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Ildar Akhmetov

Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Computing Programs – Vancouver

Ildar Akhmetov is an associate teaching professor at Khoury College, and the director of computing programs for the Vancouver campus. In addition to his significant tenure as a university educator, Akhmetov is also an entrepreneur who has founded and managed several businesses, and a software developer who has overseen the development, integration, maintenance, and security of a variety of computer systems.

Juancho Buchanan

Professor of the Practice

Juancho Buchanan is a professor of practice at the Khoury College, and the senior director of software engineering at internal communications company Staffbase Email. He teaches and conducts research on topics related to computer graphics and software engineering.

Neda Changizi

Clinical Instructor

Neda Changizi is a clinical instructor at Khoury College. Her previous work as a researcher has explored the world of medical imaging informatics.

Dennis Chenard

Director of Industry Partnerships for Student Learning

Dennis Chenard is the director of industry partnerships for student learning at Khoury College’s Vancouver campus. He is passionate about creating mutually beneficial connections, and works to expand the campus’s opportunities for cross-campus, cross-border and cross-disciplinary research engagements.

Yvonne Coady

Visiting Professor

Lino Coria Mendoza

MS in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) Program Director and Associate Teaching Professor

Lino Coria Mendoza is the MS in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) program director and an associate teaching professor at Khoury College. He is interested in image processing and computer vision and has explored the topics as both an academic researcher and an industry professional for over 15 years.

Bethany Edmunds

Teaching Professor, Associate Dean of Computing Programs – West Coast

Bethany Edmunds is a teaching professor and associate dean of computing programs, West Coast at Khoury College. She is passionate about breaking down barriers to create greater diversity, access and inclusivity within the technology community.

Timothy Edmunds

Part-Time Lecturer

Timothy Edmunds is a professor at Khoury College. He teaches classes in discrete mathematics, algorithms, data structures, and statistics.

Elif Emiroglu

Graduate Student Services

Richard Hoshino

Teaching Professor

Richard Hoshino is a teaching professor at Khoury College focusing on discrete structures, algorithms, and AI. He owns the boutique math consulting firm Hoshino Math Services and is the youngest-ever recipient of the prestigious Adrien Pouliot Award for math education.

Aaron Hunter

Part-time Lecturer

Hazra Imran

Associate Teaching Professor

Aanchan Mohan

Assistant Teaching Professor

Aanchan Mohan is an assistant teaching professor at Khoury College, who also holds positions as a lead data scientist at the technology services company Global Relay, and a research faculty member at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology in New Delhi, India. His research and teaching focus on machine learning, natural language processing, and speech recognition.

Mario Nascimento

Professor of the Practice, Director of Pacific Northwest Research

Mario Nascimento is a professor of the practice and the director of Pacific Northwest research at Khoury College. His research focuses on data science, specifically spatiotemporal databases.

Mahya Payamshad

Assistant Director - Graduate Student Services, Vancouver

Cristian Penarrieta

Part-Time Lecturer

Cristian Penarrieta is a part-time lecturer at Khoury College, and a senior software engineer at HR software company Gusto. Prior to joining Northeastern, Penarrieta worked as a senior software engineer at Electronic Arts.