Chair or Co-Chair

Hamad Bin Khalifa University
The College of Science and Engineering

• Haya Al-Thani (Committee Co-Chair) (PhD degree expected in 2023)
• Hind Almerekhi (Committee Co-Chair) (PhD degree conferred in 2022)
• Kholoud Aldous (Committee Co-Chair) (PhD degree expected in 2020)
• Omar Shafie (Committee Co-Chair) (PhD degree conferred in 2020)
• Omar Ibrahim (Committee Co-Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2018)

The Pennsylvania State University
College of Information Sciences and Technology

• Partha Mukherjee (Committee Chair) (PhD degree conferred in 2016)
• Alex Brown (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2016)
• Zhe Liu (Committee Chair) (PhD degree conferred in 2014)
• Dan Coughlin (Committee Chair) (PhD degree conferred in 2014)
• Carolyn Hafernik (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2013)
• Adan Ortiz-Cordova (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2013)
• Mimi Zhang (Committee Chair) (PhD degree conferred in 2010)
• Mike Hills (Committee Chair) (PhD degree conferred in 2010)
• Hyun-Woo Kim (Committee Co-Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2010)
• Young Shin Kim (Committee Co-Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2010)

The Pennsylvania State University
School of Hospitality and Management

• Lu Zhang (Committee Co-Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2009)

The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

• Ying Zhang (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2008)
• Himanshu Sharma (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2005)
• Sourav Sengupta (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2005)

The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Electrical Engineering

• Vijay Mohan (Committee Co-Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2009)
• Dheepak Ramaswamy (Committee Co-Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2009)
• Ashish Kathuria (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2007)

The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

• Chandrika Gopalakrishna (Committee Chair) (M.S. degree conferred in 2008)

The Pennsylvania State University
Schreyer Honors College, thesis advising

• Megan Krause (B.S. degree conferred 2017)
• Allie Whitman (B.S. degree conferred 2016)
• Adan Ortiz-Cordova (B.S. degree conferred 2011)
• Bradley Shively (B.S. degree conferred 2010)
• Kate Sobel (B.S. degree conferred 2010)
• Steven Troxell (B.S. degree conferred in 2008)
• Steven Clancy (B.S. degree conferred in 2007)
• Paulo Molina (B.S. degree conferred in 2004)
• Chris Catalano (B.S. degree conferred in 2004)
• Andy Shingle (B.S. degree conferred in 2004)

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Areas of Research
Web search research, web searching research, search engines research, information retrieval research, information searching research, information searching and retrieval research, ecommerce research, sponsored search research, online marketing research, online advertising research, online branding research, Google AdWords research, PPC research, Pay-per-click research, keyword advertising research, second screens research, cross screens research, dual screens research, customer segmentation research, audience segmentation research, user segment research, persona research, personas research, persona profiles research, information science research, library research, web analytics research, digital analytics research