TAMIDS Directory

TAMIDS Program Contacts

MS in Data Science, CERT-DAPI, Scholarships: Christina Retzer, Program Manager, ceretzer@tamu.edu 

Capstone Projects, Industry Affiliates, Professional Education: Brandon Green, Assistant Director for Industry Engagement, brandon.green@tamu.edu

Seminars, Events, Coffee Connections, CEADS ConsortiumYu Ding, Associate Director for Research Engagement, yuding@tamu.edu, 979.458.2343

Visitor Program, Academic Partnerships, National Labs: Simon Foucart, Associate Director of External Academic Engagement, foucart@tamu.edu

Education Initiatives, Minimesters: Krishna Narayanan, Associate Director for Education Initiatives, krn@tamu.edu

Data Science Consultancy: Jian Tao, Assistant Director for Project Development, jtao@tamu.edu

Administration: Jennifer South, Senior Administrative Coordinator II, jsouth@tamu.edu, 979.220.3868

All other programs: Nick Duffield, Director, duffieldng@tamu.edu, 979.845.7328. Please copy Jennifer South ( jsouth@tamu.edu ) on any meeting or scheduling requests.

TAMIDS Program Directors

NameTAMIDS Role
Other Affiliations
EmailPhoneLocation
Nick DuffieldTAMIDS Director
Royce E. Wisenbaker Professorship I
Electrical & Computer Engineering
duffieldng@tamu.edu 979.845.7328 BLOC 227G
WEB 332D
Yu DingTAMIDS Assoc. Dir. Research Engagement
Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor of
Industrial & Systems Engineering
yuding@tamu.edu 979.458.2343 ETB 4016
Simon FoucartTAMIDS Assoc. Director External
Academic Engagement 
Professor, Department of Mathematics
foucart@tamu.eduBLOC 502D
Brandon GreenTAMIDS Assistant Director for Industry Engagementbrandon.green@tamu.eduBLOC 227E
Krishna NarayananTAMIDS Associate Director for Education Initiatives
Eric D. Rubin ’06 Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
krn@tamu.edu979.422.9891BLOC 221A
Jian TaoTAMIDS Asst. Director for Project Development
Assistant Professor, School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts
jtao@tamu.edu 979.845.2030BLOC 224C
ARCA 314

TAMIDS Administration

NameTAMIDS Role
Other Affiliation
EmailPhoneLocation
Jennifer South Senior Administrative Coordinator II jsouth@tamu.edu979.220.3868BLOC 227F
Christina RetzerProgram Coordinator IIceretzer@tamu.eduBLOC 227B
Angie RollinsAdministrative Coordinator Ia-rollins@tamu.eduBLOC 227
Allie SaxtonStudent Web Developerallie.saxton@tamu.edu
Leo GarzaDigital Media Internleonelmg2003@tamu.edu

TAMIDS Research Staff

NameTAMIDS Role
Other Affiliations
EmailPhoneLocation
Yalong Pi Assistant Research Scientist
Operational Data Science Lab
piyalong@tamu.eduBLOC 221C
Haoyu NiuTEES Research Engineer III, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineeringhniu@tamu.eduBLOC 221E
Snehashis ChakrabortyTEES Research Engineer III, Department of Electrical Engineeringsnahashisc@tamu.eduBLOC 221F

TAMIDS Thematic Lab Directors

NameTAMIDS Role
Other Affiliations
EmailPhoneLocation
Ulisses Braga-NetoTAMIDS SciML Lab Director
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
ulisses@tamu.edu979.862.6441WEB 236B
Ann McNamaraTAMIDS VIVID Lab Director
Professor,
Associate Dean for Research, School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts
ann@viz.tamu.edu979.845.4715SCTS 105
Lu TangTAMIDS Data Justice Lab Director
Associate Professor, Communication
ltang@tamu.edu979.845.5500BLTN 209D
Jian TaoTAMIDS Digital Twin Lab Director Assistant Professor, School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Artsjtao@tamu.edu979.458.2171BLOC 224C
ARCA 314
Xinyue YeTAMIDS Design & Analytics Lab for Urban Artificial Intelligence Director
Associate ProfessorLandscape Architecture & Urban Planning
xinyue.ye@tamu.edu979.458.4306ARCA A 306

TAMIDS Associated Staff

NameHome Department
TAMIDS Program Support
Email
Jian CaoPostdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Statistics (Mentor: Matthias Katzfuss)
TAMIDS Postdoc Project Program
jian.cao@tamu.edu
Matthew HielsbergResearch Specialist V
Institute for Scientific Computation
TAMIDS Research Support
hielsber@tamu.edu
Shaogang RenPostdoctoral Researcher Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Mentor: Xiaoning Qian)
TAMIDS Postdoc Project Program
shaogang@tamu.edu