News

  • 2026: My wife, Lisa Setlak, a data scientist, and I are announcing the launch of a data science, AI, knowledge, and tech consulting firm, Knowledge Sciences, LLC. knowsci.ai will be live very soon. We are primarily interested in providing consulting services for non-profits and small and medium-sized businesses. We are expert at Data Science, Data Analytics, Data Management, AI workflows, Knowledge Representation, Ontology Design, and overall Information Organization. Due to considerable experience in all things computing, we are also seeking to provide technology consulting for non-profits and small businesses (particularly how to creat a secure and private data and information architecture and infrastructure). We strongly believe in moving away from the hegemony of large cloud vendors.

  • 2025: Our Master of Science in Computer Science program launching this Fall with specializations in AI and Cybersecurity (including Digital Forensics and Incident Response) is actively collecting applications. If you are a person looking to skill up while developing a critical perspective on the use of technology ethically and for social good, this is the program for you. Apply now!

  • 2026: I was a participant at the NSF/CRA NAIRR LEVEL UP AI research workshop on rethinking CS education in the AI era. Key themes were the need to teach all of AI, including 8 decade history and far beyond just GenAI/LLMs and the need to rethink math sequence (how important is calculus sequence?).

  • Summer 2025: I am doing a Summer Research Innovation Fellowship at Cornell University with the Legal Information Institute.

  • 2025: I am serving as an advisor on the Microsoft and Computing Research Association Trustworthy AI Research Fellowship.

  • 2025 - 2026: I am serving as the ASEE Ethics Division chair.

  • 2025: The Master of Science in Computer Science program is approved and will be launching in Fall 2026.

  • 2025 - 2026: I am a consultant research advisor for some California Learning Lab AI FAST grantee groups.

    1. The Japanese American Internment Testimony Interactive Q&A Project, Fresno State University, Hanayo Oya Aris (PI), Athanasios Panagopoulos (Co-PI)
    2. AI-Assisted Assessment to Award Credit for Prior Learning (A4CPL), LA City College and UC San Diego, Armando Rivera-Figueroa (PI), Leon Bergen (Co-PI)
    3. AI-Powered Virtual Reality for Enhancing STEM Education, CSU Dominguez Hills, Horace Crogman (PI), Kwame Eshun (PI), To Dang (Co-PI), Adekunle Aina (Co-PI)
    4. Developing and Testing the “Build Your Career Pathway” AI Chatbot at CSU Dominguez Hills and East Los Angeles College, CSU Domnguez Hills and East Los Angeles College, Fynnwin Prager (PI), Jose N. Martinez (Co-PI), Jennifer Brodmann(Co-PI), M. Allen Coson (Co-PI), Chris Cagle (Co-PI)
    5. E-GAISE: Ethical Generative AI in Undergraduate Computer Science Education, SF State University, Shahrukh Humayoun (PI), Hui Yang (Co-PI), Isabel Hyo Jung Song (Co-PI), Akila de Silva (Co-PI)
    6. ELEVATE: Enhancing Learning Experiences Via AI TEchniques, CSU Bakersfield, Alberto C. Cruz (PI), Anjana Yatawara (Co-PI)
    7. G𝜋T: Generative Practice Interview Trainer, CSU Fullerton, Alison Marzocchi (PI), Edward Watson (Co-PI), Matheus Guerrero (Co-PI), Sunny Le (Co-PI), Francisco Zepeda (Co-PI)

  • Fall 2025: I served as a reviewer for the California Learning Lab AI Grand challenge.

  • 2024 - 2025: I served as the ASEE Ethics Division Technical Program chair.

  • September 2024: I was an invited speaker on the Measuring Impacts and Risk Awareness for TLP panel at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Technical Language Processing Community Meeting.