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administrator
Iren Valova, PhD
Associate Dean
College of Engineering
Contact
508-999-8502
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Education
| 1997 | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan | PhD in Computer Science |
| 1993 | Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria | MS in Applied Mathematics |
| 1991 | Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria | BS in Computer Science |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
A team-based learning experience that gives students the opportunity to synthesize prerequisite course material and to conduct real-world analytics projects using large data sets of diverse types and sources. Students work in independent teams to design, implement, and evaluate an appropriate data integration, analysis, and display system. Oral and written reports and ethical aspects are highlighted.
Research
Research awards
- $ 125,000 awarded by SouthCoast Community Foundation for College Now, Empowering Women (and girls) in Stem, Student Media Collaborative
- $ 1,218,640 awarded by National Science Foundation for CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Accelerating Cybersecurity Education, Scholarship and Service
Research
Research interests
- Artificial intelligence
- Brain modeling
- Data mining
- Expert Systems
- Image processing