Team

The AI4FM research group brings together faculty and students from Loyola University Chicago’s Department of Computer Science.

Mohammed Abuhamad

Mohammed Abuhamad

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

Directs the AI for Secure Computing Lab (AISeC). Research covers information security, adversarial ML, IoT security, and deep learning for authentication. Published at ACM CCS, IEEE TDSC, IEEE TIFS, and IEEE ICDCS.

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Konstantin Laufer

Konstantin Laufer

Professor of Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

Research spans programming languages, software architecture, distributed systems, and data engineering. PhD from the Courant Institute at NYU. Joined Loyola in 1992, served as department chair 2012-2018.

Website | Google Scholar | ORCID | GitHub

George K. Thiruvathukal

George K. Thiruvathukal

Professor and Chairperson, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

Research spans HPC, distributed systems, software engineering, and ML. Former EiC of IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering. Visiting Computer Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. Author of 200+ works.

Website | Google Scholar | GitHub

TaiNing Wang

TaiNing Wang

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

Research focuses on databases, query processing, graph data, and AI accountability. PhD from the National University of Singapore. Microsoft Research Asia Fellow (2019).

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Arslan Bisharat

Arslan Bisharat

PhD Student, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

LLM evaluation, formal methods, adversarial ML.

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Khushboo Bhadauria

Khushboo Bhadauria

M.S. Student, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

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Beatriz Santos

Beatriz Santos

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

GitHub | Email

Brian Ortiz

Brian Ortiz

M.S. Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

DevSecOps engineering and secure systems. USMC veteran.

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Eric Spencer

Eric Spencer

B.S. Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

Mulcahy Scholar - supported by the Loyola University Chicago College of Arts and Sciences Mulcahy Scholars Program under the supervision of Prof. Konstantin Läufer.

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Anisa Ramos

Anisa Ramos

B.S. Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago

Joined Spring 2026.

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