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The decision-making tools that CGIT produces is dependent on expertise in various areas of study and skillsets.

Full-time Faculty

Narcisa Pricope
Director of Research and Development
narcisa@vt.edu

Brandon Herndon
Associate Director
bherndon@vt.edu
 (540) 231-8935

Matthew Pierson
Project Associate
mxzf@vt.edu

Javier Ramirez
Project Associate
jmrcode@vt.edu 

Joe Newman
Project Associate
jtnewman@vt.edu

Chelsea Sobien
Research Associate
csobien@vt.edu

Danny Kim
Research Associate
kdani90@vt.edu

Mario Garza
Research Associate
garza@vt.edu

Jake Schwartz
Research Associate
jakes02@vt.edu

Who we are

CGIT hosts various positions for Virginia Tech students and alumni with backgrounds including, but not limited to, geography, engineering, planning, policy, and natural resources.

What we do

Our research projects create solutions using geospatial data and are not limited in the topic or scope of the issues that they address. CGIT constantly uses geospatial technology to improve access to information and improve logistics for our partners and the community at large.

Ut prosim

Our research and development allow us to serve immediate and extended communities by providing our partners and clients with effective decision-making tools that allow them to succeed at meeting their goals in a self-sufficient and sustainable manner.

Teaching and research faculty

Find faculty by research area

Courtesy faculty

Courtesy faculty are nominated and approved by committee and may independently advise computer science doctoral students.

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    Ella Atkins , bio

    Fred D. Durham Professor of Engineering; head, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering; and professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Lance Collins , bio

    Vice president, Virginia Tech in the greater Washington, D.C., area; professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; and professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Joseph L. Gabbard , bio

    Professor, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Thomas Hou , bio

    Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Benjamin Jantzen , bio

    Associate professor, Department of Philosophy; associate professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Myounghoon "Philart" Jeon , bio

    Professor, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Mingi Jeong , bio

    Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering; assistant professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Ruoxi Jia , bio

    Assistant professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; assistant professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Song Li , bio

    Professor, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Lingjia Liu , bio

    Andrew J. Young Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Thomas L. Martin , bio

    Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Scott F. Midkiff , bio

    Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Walid Saad , bio

    Professor, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

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    Simon Stepputtis , bio

    Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; assistant professor by courtesy, Department of Computer Science

Affiliate faculty

Affiliate faculty are nominated and approved by committee and may serve as co-advisors for computer science doctoral students.

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    Yinlin Chen
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    Assistant professor, Newman Library; assistant director, Center for Digital Research and Scholarship; assistant professor by affiliation, Department of Computer Science

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    Shin'ichiro Matsuo
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    Research professor, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative; research professor by affiliation, Department of Computer Science

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    Abhijit Sarkar
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    Senior research associate, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute; affiliate faculty, Department of Computer Science

Adjunct faculty

Robert Berwick

Richard Charles

Liting Hu

Lifu Huang

John Lewis

Ismini Lourentzou

Dave Noller

Mark Oliva

Sharath Raghvendra

Kevin Shinpaugh

John Wenskovitch

Yalong Yang

Emeritus faculty

Donald Allison

James Arthur

Osman Balci

Ing-Ray Chen

Roger Ehrich

Edward Fox

Steve Harrison

Rex Hartson

Lenwood S. Heath

Dennis Kafura

R. Benjamin Knapp

J.A.N. Lee

Richard Nance

Barbara Ryder

Deborah Tatar

Layne Watson