New faculty cohort brings excitement to fall semester
Meet the newest computer science Hokies.

Computer science is one of the fastest growing and largest academic departments at Virginia Tech. With locations in Blacksburg and across Northern Virginia, our faculty innovate in the classroom and in the laboratory to meet global challenges with vision and passion.
Our new faculty joining this academic year include full-time instructors, as well as collegiate and tenure track associate and assistant professors. They hail from abroad and from Blacksburg. Some are Virginia Tech alums and others are setting foot on our campus for the first time.
Get to know our new faculty
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Bio ItemMelissa Cameron , bio
Collegiate assistant professor
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Bio ItemYan Chen , bio
Assistant professor
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Bio ItemAtul Mantri , bio
Assistant professor
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Bio ItemSehrish Basir Nizamani , bio
Collegiate assistant professor
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Bio ItemSam Noh , bio
Professor
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Bio ItemErika Olimpiew , bio
Collegiate associate professor
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Bio ItemAllyson Senger , bio
Instructor
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Bio ItemPatrick Sullivan , bio
Instructor
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Bio ItemKirshanthan Sundararajah , bio
Assistant professor
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Bio ItemPinar Yanardag , bio
Assistant professor
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Bio ItemYaxing Yao , bio
Assistant professor
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Bio ItemXuan Wang , bio
Assistant professor
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