Distinguished Teaching Professor
Roman V. Yampolskiy holds a PhD degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo. There he was a recipient of a four year NSF (National Science Foundation) IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) fellowship. Before beginning his doctoral studies Dr. Yampolskiy received a BS/MS (High Honors) combined degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA. After completing his PhD dissertation Dr. Yampolskiy held a position of an Affiliate Academic at the Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University of London, College of London. In 2008 Dr. Yampolskiy accepted an assistant professor position at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, KY. He had previously conducted research at the Laboratory for Applied Computing (currently known as Center for Advancing the Study of Infrastructure) at the Rochester Institute of Technology and at the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Yampolskiy is also an alumnus of Singularity University (GSP2012) and a visiting fellow of the Singularity Institute.Dr. Yampolskiy's main areas of interest are behavioral biometrics, digital forensics, pattern recognition, genetic algorithms, neural networks, artificial intelligence and games. Dr. Yampolskiy is an author of over 100 publications including multiple journal articles and books. His research has been cited by numerous scientists and profiled in popular magazines both American and foreign (New Scientist, Poker Magazine, Science World Magazine), dozens of websites (BBC, MSNBC, Yahoo! News) and on radio (German National Radio, Alex Jones Show). Reports about his work have attracted international attention and have been translated into many languages including Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish.
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About Roman Yampolskiy
Roman V. Yampolskiy holds a PhD degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo. There he was a recipient of a four year NSF (National Science Foundation) IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) fellowship. Before beginning his doctoral studies Dr. Yampolskiy received a BS/MS (High Honors) combined degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA. After completing his PhD dissertation Dr. Yampolskiy held a position of an Affiliate Academic at the Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University of London, College of London. In 2008 Dr. Yampolskiy accepted an assistant professor position at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, KY. He had previously conducted research at the Laboratory for Applied Computing (currently known as Center for Advancing the Study of Infrastructure) at the Rochester Institute of Technology and at the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Yampolskiy is also an alumnus of Singularity University (GSP2012) and a visiting fellow of the Singularity Institute.Dr. Yampolskiy's main areas of interest are behavioral biometrics, digital forensics, pattern recognition, genetic algorithms, neural networks, artificial intelligence and games. Dr. Yampolskiy is an author of over 100 publications including multiple journal articles and books. His research has been cited by numerous scientists and profiled in popular magazines both American and foreign (New Scientist, Poker Magazine, Science World Magazine), dozens of websites (BBC, MSNBC, Yahoo! News) and on radio (German National Radio, Alex Jones Show). Reports about his work have attracted international attention and have been translated into many languages including Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish.
| Present | Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Louisville ‐ Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science | |
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Disciplines
Honors and Awards
- "Top 11" Faculty Favorite, 2011, "Top 11" Faculty Favorite, Delphi/UofL
- Singularity University Scholarship, $24,000.00, 2012, Singularity University Scholarship, $24,000.00
- Who's Who in the World, 29th edition, 2012, Who's Who in the World, 29th edition, Marquis Who's Who
- National and international media coverage, 2012, National and international media coverage - TV/Radio/Magazines/Web
- Faculty Favorite, 2012, Faculty Favorite, Delphi/UofL
- EEWeb Featured Engineer, 2012, EEWeb Featured Engineer, EEWeb
- CECS Professor of the Year, 2012, CECS Professor of the Year, SSSC
- Arthur Riehl Award for Dr. Yampolskiy's MS Student, 2012, Arthur Riehl Award for Dr. Yampolskiy's MS Student, CECS UofL
- Academic Who's Who, 2012, Academic Who's Who, Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals
- 3rd place, app development competition ($1500 prize), 2012, 3rd place, app development competition ($1500 prize), SU - NASA Ames
- Research Profiled in National and International Media, 2013, Research Profiled in National and International Media
- Professional Memberships, 2013, Professional Memberships
- Outstanding Early Career in Post-Secondary Education Award, 2013, Outstanding Early Career in Post-Secondary Education Award. Kentucky Academy of Science
- Online Learning Spotlight, 2013, Online Learning Spotlight. UofL Online Learning
- Online College Professor of the Year (Top 10), 2013, Online College Professor of the Year (Top 10). bestcollegesonline.com
- Faculty Favorite - An Outstanding Professor Chosen by Students, 2013, Faculty Favorite - An Outstanding Professor Chosen by Students. Delphi, University of Louisville
- Who's Who in the World, 30th edition, 2014, Who's Who in the World, 30th edition. Marquis Who's Who
- Who's Who in America, 2014
- Science Peers into the Future, Travel Funding. $900, 2014, Center for Inquiry
- NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Research Program for College Faculty, 2014, NSF
- Faculty Fellowship, 2014, Summer Institute in Israel
- Emergent Technologies and the Future of Humanity panel presentation, Travel grant. $2500., 2014, Royal Swedish Academy of Science
- "Top 4" Favorite Faculty, 2014, Delphi, University of Louisville
- "Senior Member", 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- "Leader in Engineering Education", 2014, American Society for Engineering Education
- Visiting Fellow, 2015, Machine Intelligence Research Institute & Center for Applied Rationality, Berkley, CA
- Research Associate, 2015, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (GCRI)
- Poster Contest 2nd Place Award + Cash Prize., 2015, E-Expo
- Graduate Research Competition Award (2nd Place), 2015, Kentucky Academy of Science
- Faculty Favorite, 2015, University of Louisville
- Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, 2015, UofL
- Best Teacher - Computer Engineering, 2015, FacultyAwards.org
- Best Student Paper award, 2015, 2nd position Information Assurance and Security
- Best Paper award - biometrics/cybersecurity, 2015, IEEE
- Affiliate Scholar, 2015, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET)
- Kentucky Colonel - the highest title of honor the Governor of KY can bestow, 2016, Gov of KY
- Faculty Favorite, 2016, UofL
- 40 Under 40 - leaders on the edge of their occupations, 2016, Business First
- Research Advisor, AI Research Center Aarhus (AIRCA), Denmark, 2016
- Fellow, X-Risks Institute, 2016
- Fellow, Sapience Institute. London, UK, 2016
- Top 30 AI Influencer, 2017, IBM
- #1 AI Mind, 2017, Forbes
- Top 15 Cybersecurity Professor on Twitter, 2018, OnlineEducation.com
- 100 Leaders in Artificial Intelligence, 2018, Hub Culture
- Presidential Distinguished National & Internarial Service Award, 2018, UofL
- Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018, Marquis Who's Who
- Foresight Fellow in AI Safety & Security, 2018, Foresight Institute
Courses
- CECS 121 - PROGRAM DESIGN IN C
- CECS 545 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- CECS 130 - INTRO TO PROG LANG
- CECS 593 - IND STUDY IN CECS
| 2008 | Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo ‐ Computer Science & Engineering | |
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| 2004 | M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology ‐ Computer Science | |
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| 2000 | A,S,, Monroe Community College ‐ Computer Science | |
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Contact Information
502-852-3624
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