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Focus Area Head
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Beck, Dr. Stephen David
Interim Director, CCT
Full Professor
Room 14, Johnston Hall
Department: Music
+1 225 578 2594
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/ecaa7f8b8434a82d3a73b74a6760724c071b935541db747f)
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~sdbeck/
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Dr. Stephen David Beck is serving as Interim Director of CCT. Along with that, he is Area Head of the Cultural Computing focus area, and director of the Laboratory for Creative Arts & Technologies (LCAT). He is a Professor of Composition and Computer Music in LSU's School of Music. Beck received his Ph.D in music composition and theory from UCLA, and held a Fulbright Fellowship (1985) at the Institut du Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris. His research interests include: immersive audio, data sonification, auditory display, sound diffusion, and interactive computer music.
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Faculty
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Hirschheim, Rudy
Room 339, Johnston Hall
Department: Information Systems & Decision Sciences
+1 225 578 8896
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/2ec4c7b9097b1d0195abaa12ab713bbe8f40cde334a71e4e)
http://projects.bus.lsu.edu/faculty/rudy/
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Rudy Hirschheim is the Ourso Family Distinguished Professor of Information Systems in the ISDS department of the E.J. Ourso College of Business and the focus area head of the Business, Medical and Social Informatics focus area at CCT. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of London. His research expertise is in the area of outsourcing.
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Li, Xin
Assistant Professor
Room 9, Johnston Hall
+1 225 578 0289
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/e8794499b5fb029ea0089e9eca9a55e1473526915ab52476)
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Porter, Lance
Assistant Professor
Room 320, Johnston Hall
Department: Mass Communication
+1 225 578 7377
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/06a482fc2140a624dddc2f5c3234b581365ede802ca728f0)
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Lance Porter is an assistant professor of mass communication. He received his Ph.D. in mass communication with an emphases in public relations/new media from the University of Georgia. His research interests include new media effects, Internet advertising effects, public relations theory and entertainment marketing.
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Ryan, Susan
Adjunct Associate Professor
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/2354323bf47beae3a4bf94cb0ebbc6f1)
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Sanger, Gary
Distinguished Professor of Finance and Director, SMART Lab
Room 2163, Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Department: Finance
+1 225 578 6353
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/67c34f5605d598dcdddc2f5c3234b581365ede802ca728f0)
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Dr. Sanger is the director of the Securities Market Analysis Research
and Trading Lab and Distinguished Chair of Finance in LSU's E.J. Ourso College of Business.
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Watson, Edward
Professor
Department: Information Systems & Decision Sciences
+1 225 578 2502
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/74ca70ddc7c923d3dddc2f5c3234b581365ede802ca728f0)
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Dr. Watson is an ISDS professor in LSU's E.J. Ourso College of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State. His research interests include performance analysis of manufacturing, service, and supply chain systems.
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Wiley-Patton, Sonja
Assistant Professor
Department: Information Systems & Decision Sciences
+1 225 578 2512
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/e71561055016d459b98c6f98966bae40f3d04f21420541c3)
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Sonja Wiley-Patton is assistant professor of Information Systems and Decision Sciences in LSU's E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration. She received her Ph.D in Communication and Information Sciences from the University of Hawaii. She is currently working on an NSF-funded study to examine why health care professionals are resistant to using information technology in clinical processes, especially when information technology has proven to reduce medical errors.
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Post-doctoral Researchers
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Kooima, Robert
Post Doctoral Researcher
Room 5, Johnston Hall
+1 225 578 7150
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/0f03ed4b4c115264dddc2f5c3234b581365ede802ca728f0)
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Psenicka, David
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/df29237879148b0c99e2f76a2b922c9aa3f14e6f0ba1bde5)
Supervisor: Stephen David Beck
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Staff
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Hutanu, Andrei
IT Consultant
Room 350, Johnston Hall
Department: Center for Computation & Technology
+1 225 578 0811
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/b97b67b9c9c4322cdddc2f5c3234b581365ede802ca728f0)
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~ahutanu
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Andrei Hutanu graduated in 2002 and received his engineering diploma in Computer Science from
Politehnica University of Bucharest. Currently he is a researcher in the Grid and Visualization departments of the Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University. Prior to this he was employed for two years as a researcher in the Visualization department of the Zuse Institute Berlin. His research interests are distributed interactive visualization, data management and optical network applications.
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O'Connor, Letitia
Analyst
Room 2301, Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Department: Finance
+1 225 578 0070
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/91c64e2d85ede5cafb4ec7e0f94059e4)
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Graduate Students
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Harhad, Farid
Graduate Assistant
Room 300, Frey CSC
Department: Computer Science
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/8b01e05258b84436dddc2f5c3234b581365ede802ca728f0)
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I'm a Ph.D. student in Computer Science. I've also joined the CFD-IGERT program. I obtained my bachelor's degree in Computer Science from LSU with a minor in Mathematics. My research interests are Scientific Visualization, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Human-Computer Interaction.
My faculty advisors are: Dr. Bijaya Karki, Dr. Brygg Ullmer, Dr. Sumanta Acharya, and Dr. Werner Benger.
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Pena, Santiago
Graduate Assistant
Room 234, Johnston Hall
Department: Information Systems & Decision Sciences
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/e700a7172408091099e2f76a2b922c9aa3f14e6f0ba1bde5)
Faculty Advisor: Rudy Hirschheim
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/~santiago/
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Santiago graduated from University Blas Pascal in Argentina with a degree in Telecommunications Engineering. He earned an M.S. in Physics from the University of Texas at Brownsville and recently completed his second master's degree in Systems Science at Louisiana State University under the supervision of Dr. Gabrielle Allen, performing research on Grid Computing.
Currently, Santiago is a graduate assistant at the Center for Computation & Technology at LSU pursuing a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Information Systems and Decision Sciences under the supervision of Rudy Hirschheim. His research interests include SOA management, business ontologies, and the application of Grid technologies to business.
In addition to his research, Santiago works as Program Manager for the ParalleX Group. ParalleX is a revolutionary computational model created by Dr. Thomas Sterling to address the key challenges of efficiency, scalability, sustained performance, and power consumption with respect to the limitations of conventional programming practices.
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Schwarz, Colleen
Ph.D. Student
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/a633b8714d9bcdb799e2f76a2b922c9aa3f14e6f0ba1bde5)
Supervisor: Rudy Hirschheim
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Toole, Cornelius
Graduate Student
Room 320, Frey CSC
Department: Computer Science
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/09ecb93becec7295a2e4bda7ab785a23e3aeb1c3b3d829a7)
Faculty Advisor: Brygg Ullmer
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I'm a doctoral student within the Computer Science Department. I completed Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Computer Science at Jackson State University respectively in 2003 and 2005 and started here at the LSU/CCT Fall 2005. Currently I'm investigating brokering techniques to help manage distributed visualization applications as part of the Enlightened Project. I'm also working with the Tangible Visualization Group to find ways to apply brokering and other distibuted computing concepts to support co-located, computer-supported, collaborative use of tangible interaction devices in scenarios such as remote visualization and teleconference sessions. My research interests include visualization, human computer interfaces, distributed computing and design.
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Willkie, Brian
Graduate Assistant
Frey CSC
Department: Music
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/48c23adc0c96def299e2f76a2b922c9aa3f14e6f0ba1bde5)
Faculty Advisor: Stephen David Beck
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Brian Willkie is seeking his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University where he works with Dr. Stephen Beck in the Electroacoustic Studio and the Laboratory for Creative Arts and Technologies (LCAT). His works have been performed in Japan, Argentina, the U.K. and regionally in the Southeastern U.S. and are published by Dorn Publishing. Brian received his Masters and Bachelors degrees in composition from the University of Georgia at Athens and studied in Paris at the Center for the Composition of Music Iannis Xenakis (formerly Les Ateliers UPIC). Current projects include ICAST, sonification, and spatialization.
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Other
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Gevorgyan, Gennadi
Graduate Assistant
Department: Mass Communication
+1 785 341 9533
![[email-address]](http://www.cct.lsu.edu/user/imgencode/www1/9de3d9becac0197a612868d7b073faa4a4bf94cb0ebbc6f1)
Faculty Advisor: Lance Porter
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Gennadi Gevorgyan is a PhD student in Manship school of mass communication. He received his master's degree in journalism and mass communication from Kansas State University in spring 2005. In 2003 he was awarded a U.S. Department of State Muske Graduate Fellowship. Prior to graduate studies, Gevorgyan was an assistant marketng director for a major Russian language newspaper in Yerevan, Armenia. He received his bachelor's degree in economics from Yerevan State University (Armenia) in 2001.
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