Meet Our Team


Steven Skiena

Steven Skiena is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation at Stony Brook University. His research interests include data science, bioinformatics, and algorithms. He is the author of six books, including "The Algorithm Design Manual", "The Data Science Design Manual", and "Who's Bigger: Where Historical Figures Really Rank", and over 150 technical papers.
Skiena received his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois in 1988. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a former Fulbright scholar, and recipient of the University of Virginia Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award (WahooWa!), the ONR Young Investigator Award and the IEEE Computer Science and Engineer Teaching Award. More info is available at
http://www.cs.stonybrook.edu/~skiena/.

Kelvin Chen

Kelvin Chen is a research assistant working with Professor Steven Skiena. He recieved both his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science at Stony Brook University. He now works at Amazon as a member of the Search M5 team.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvin-chen-068b27221/

Yash Saran

Yash Saran is currently working as a research assistant under the guidance of Professor Steven Skiena. He completed his B.Tech degree at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science at Stony Brook University. Currently, Yash is working as an SDE3 intern at Walmart Global Tech. More information about Yash can be found on his LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ysaran29/