People

Dr. Noboru Matsuda is Associate Professor of Computer Science.  His primary research interest is in an intersection of artificial intellicence and learning science.  Dr. Matsuda has received his PhD in Intelligent Systems from University of Pittsburgh in 2004.  He is a big fun of DIY with a particular interest in woodcrafted furniture. 

Tasmia joined IEC in Fall 2018 and has been working on the SimStudent project. Her primary focus is to make interactive teachable agents to facilitate tutor learning in any problem-solving domain. Her research area is focused on AI in education, Human-computer interaction, specifically, on combining natural language processing to facilitate human learning.

Mia joined IEC in Fall 2024, with plans to explore the cognitive science principles of learning and extend SimStudent accordingly. She graduated from NCSU with a B.A. in Computer Science in May '24, and is continuing her education there to pursue her doctorate degree.

Nikhilesh joined IEC in Spring 2023. He has 1.5+ years industry experience as an NLP Engineer in building products at scale using machine learning, natural language processing and Generative AI. His research interest lies in working with LLM, Generative AI, & NLP. He is currently working on identifying prompting techniques to make LLM’s reason better. 

Neel joined IEC in Fall 2024. His research interests lie in machine learning including ML Theory and applications in biochemistry, language models, vision and alignment to name a few. He is currently working on Long Term Video Anomaly Detection applied to farm animals.

Tanmay joined IEC in Summer 2024 as a full-stack developer. With over two years of industry experience, he is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in the Computer Science department. Tanmay is actively involved in the PASTEL project and his research interests encompass supply chain software security, software engineering, and programming languages.

Bala joined IEC in Summer 2024 as a full-stack developer. Having worked as a software engineer in the banking industry for two years, he is now pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science. Bala is passionate about Full Stack Software Engineering and DevOps, and he is actively working on the WebAPLUS project.

Deep joined IEC in Fall 2024. He has previously worked with a startup to build their design system and improve their product's user experience. He plans to explore HCI methods and contribute to the front-end development of the WebAPLUS project.