Research Interests

My current focus is on the analysis of time-series data from complex adaptive nonlinear systems. I use a variety of approaches, ranging from the traditional ones from nonlinear dynamics (delay reconstruction, Lyapunov exponents, etc.) to information theory and topological data analysis.

In the past, I have done some work in the area of artificial intelligence: in particular, computer tools that autonomously analyze and/or design things. My focus has largely shifted away from this area. Note: I do not work on AI, including machine learning. Please do not contact me about projects in that area.

Other Affiliations

Fall Office Hours frob

  • By appointment. Please send email.

Current Research Collaborators

  • Morgan Byers PhD student, Computer Science.
  • Lily Cothren PhD student, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  • Varad Deshmukh Meta.
  • Joshua Garland Associate Research Professor, Arizona State University (more on Joshua in the “Alumni” section below).
  • Golnar Gharooni Fard PhD student, Computer Science (in collaboration with Orit Peleg).
  • Jim Meiss Professor, Applied Mathematics.
  • Corey Murphey PhD student, Computer Science (in collaboration with Jed Brown and Allison Hilger).
  • Orit Peleg Associate Professor, Computer Science.

Graduate/Postgraduate Research Alumni

  • Jenny Abernethy is at CSIRO in Australia.
  • Zach Alexander is at Microsoft Research.
  • Srinivas Bhaskar is at Google.
  • Nancy Collins is at NCAR.
  • Varad Deshmukh is at Meta.
  • Matt Easley is the deputy Principal Information Operations Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy working under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD(SO/LIC), in the official acronyms.
  • Joshua Garland is an Associate Research Professor in the Global Security Initiative at Arizona State University (see link above). Here’s a nice feature about him from DSWeb and a link to his thesis.
  • James Garnett is somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Kenny Gruchalla leads the scientific visualization group at NREL.
  • Stephen Heck is at Sandia.
  • Rhonda Hoenigman is still at the University of Colorado Boulder, but now in the Dean’s office.
  • Joe Iwanski is at the Dwight Englewood School outside New York City.
  • Ryan James is in Jim Crutchfield’s group at UC Davis.
  • Samantha Molnar is at NREL.
  • Todd Mytkowicz is at Microsoft Research.
  • Mike Neuder is at Google.
  • Tom Peacock is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at M.I.T.
  • Laura Rassbach de Vesine is at Google.
  • Vanessa Robins is an Associate Professor in Fundamental and Theoretical Physics at the Australian National University.
  • Natalie Ross is at Google.
  • Reinhard Stolle is with Audi’s autonomous vehicles division.
  • Josh Stuart is a Professor of Biomolecular Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, and the winner of CU’s 2006 Kalpana Chawla award. Click here to read about some of what Josh has been up to lately.
  • Elizabeth White took an instructor position at the University of Colorado after finishing her Ph.D.

Contact Information

Email: lizb(at)cs[dot]colorado[dot]edu
Phone:+1-303-492-5355
Fax:+1-303-492-2844
Office:7th Floor, Room ECOT 747
URL:Website
Mail:University of Colorado 430 UCB,
Department of Computer Science,
Boulder, CO 80309-0430 USA