Faculty and Staff

Below is a list of current faculty and staff. With each person, their current rank, degrees, interests, office, phone number and e-mail address are listed. Home page links are provided where possible. Click here for current news about the department faculty.


Zhi-Hong Chen
Zhi-Hong Chen, professor;
BS (mathematics) South China Institute of Technology, MS (mathematics) South China Institute of Technology, MA (computer science) Wayne State University, PhD (mathematics) Wayne State University;
graph theory, computational geometry, computer graphics, algorithm analysis and design, image processing.
Office: FB156 Phone: (317)940-6540 E-mail: chen@butler.edu
Ankur Gupta
Ankur Gupta, assistant professor;
BS (mathematics), BS (computer science) University of Texas at Dallas, MS (computer science) University of Texas at Dallas, PhD (computer science) Duke University;
algorithms, theory of computation, data compression and data structures.
Office: FB118D E-mail: agupta@butler.edu
Rahul Hardikar, postdoctoral researcher in high performance computing;
BS (physics) Maharaja Sayajirao University (Vadodara India), MS (physics) Mississippi State University, PhD (applied physics) Mississippi State University;
high performance scientific computing, Monte Carlo algorithms, organic superconductors and semiconductors, numerical analysis.
Office: FB142
Duane Leatherman
Duane Leatherman, associate professor;
BA Anderson College, MA (mathematics), MA (computer science) Ball State University;
mathematics education, programming languages, computer architecture.
Office: JH253E Phone: (317)940-9439 E-mail: dleather@butler.edu
Prof. Leatherman's primary home is actually Mathematics and Actuarial Science, but he teaches a number of courses for Computer Science too.
Panagiotis Linos
Panagiotis (Panos) K. Linos, professor;
BS University of Athens, MS Wayne State University, PhD Wayne State University;
software engineering, CASE tools, programming languages, database systems.
Office: FB154 Phone: (317)940-8360 E-mail: linos@butler.edu
Jonathan Sorenson
Jonathan Sorenson, professor and head;
BS (mathematics and computer science) Valparaiso University, MS (computer science) University of Wisconsin-Madison, MA (mathematics) University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD (computer science) University of Wisconsin-Madison;
algorithm analysis and design, parallel algorithms, number theory, cryptography, database systems, operating systems.
Office: FB158 Phone: (317)940-9765 E-mail: sorenson@butler.edu
Amy Aldridge
Amy Aldridge, departmental secretary;
BS (mathematics) Northern Michigan University;
Office: FB144 Phone: (317)940-9269 E-mail: aaldridg@butler.edu

Amy will normally be on campus:

Mondays8:30am to 3:30pm
Tuesdays8:30am to 3:30pm
Thursdays8:30am to 3:30pm