Focus Area

Prem Kumar

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Physics and Astronomy

Field: Complex Systems

Focus Areas: Fiber-optics, Information Systems and Technology, Network and Systems Security, Quantum Mechanics

Yan Chen

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Computer Science

Field: Complex Systems

Focus Areas: Cybersecurity, Network and Systems Security

Randall Berry

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

John A. Dever Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Field: Electrical Engineering

Focus Areas: Cybersecurity, Data Science, Machine Learning and Automation, Network and Systems Security, Social Networks, Wireless Networks

Adilson E. Motter

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Field: Complex Systems

Focus Areas: Chaos Theory, Network Science

Dr. Anne M. Stey

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Field: Data Science, Economics, Surgery

Focus Areas: Communications Strategy, Decision Making, Healthcare Policy, Information Systems and Technology, Machine Learning and Automation, Network Science, Organizational Change

Elizabeth Johnson

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Pediatrics

Field: Human Development, Medical Social Sciences, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychology

Focus Areas: Memory, Network Science, Neuroscience

Luis Amaral

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Complex Systems, Data Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Data Science, Environmental Sustainability, Network Science, Teams Theory

Michelle Anne Birkett

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences and Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

Field: Medical Social Sciences

Focus Areas: Data Bias, Discrimination, Health Disparities, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ Health, Network Science

Noshir Contractor

Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Communication

Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Complex Systems, Computational Social Science, Data Science, Industrial Engineering

Focus Areas: Communication Skills, Data Science, Network Science, Predictive Analytics, Scientific Collaboration, Social Media, Social Networks, Space Travel, Teams Theory

Andrew V. Papachristos

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

IPR Director and John G. Searle Professor, Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science (CORNERS)

Field: Sociology

Focus Areas: Criminology, Policing, Social Networks, Violence Prevention, Violent Crime

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