CU on the Road
The University of Colorado Boulder will be hosting an in-person event in the San Francisco Bay Area for the following master's programs:
-Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (ME-EM)
-Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MS-AI)
-Master of Science in Computer Science (MS-CS)
-Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS)
-Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MS-ECE)
Please note that this event is for CU on Coursera students.
This is an excellent opportunity to connect with faculty, staff, and classmates in a city near you.
Date: Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm PT
Location: JJ Lake Business Center
Address: 340 E Middlefield Rd., Mountain View, CA 94043
Event Agenda and Registration
5:00 PM – Doors Open
5:00 PM – Dinner Begins (buffet style)
5:15–6:00 PM – Networking Bingo
5:45 PM – Welcome, Remarks
6:00–7:00 PM – Faculty Roundtables
7:15 PM – Raffle CU Prizes
7:30 PM – Event Closes
Agenda is subject to change.
Meet CU Boulder Faculty and Staff
We’re bringing our incredible faculty and staff to you! This is a great chance to connect, ask questions, and get advice some of the best in the field. Don’t miss it!
Sriram Sankaranarayanan,Associate Dean for Digital Education, Professor of Computer Science
Sriram Sankaranarayanan is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research interests include automatic techniques for reasoning about the behavior of computer and cyber-physical systems. Sriram obtained a PhD in 2005 from Stanford University where he was advised by Zohar Manna and Henny Sipma. Subsequently he worked as a research staff member at NEC research labs in Princeton, NJ. He has been on the faculty at CU Boulder since 2009.
Sriram teaches the following courses:
Algorithms for Searching, Sorting, and Indexing
Trees and Graphs: Basics
CSCA 5414/DTSA 5503: Dynamic Programming, Greedy Algorithms
CSCA 5424: Approximation Algorithms and Linear Programming
CSCA 5454: Advanced Data Structures, RSA and Quantum Algorithms
Tim Scherr,Teaching Associate Professor, Embedded Systems Engineering
Dr. Sherr's research has involved embedded systems design and digital signal processing, especially as implemented in programmable logic devices and FPGAs.
Dr Scherr teaches the following courses:
ECEA 5360 - FPGA Design for Embedded Systems: Intro to FPGA Dsgn for ES
ECEA 5361 - FPGA Design for Embedded Systems: Hardwr Desc Lang FPGA Dsgn
ECEA 5362 - FPGA Design for Embedded Systems: FPGA Softcore Proc, IP Acq
ECEA 5363 - FPGA Design for Embedded Systems: Building FPGA Projects
ECEN 5623 - Real-Time Embedded Systems
ECEN 5803 - Mastering Embedded Systems Architecture
ECEN 5823 - Internet of Things Embedded Firmware
ECEN 5833 - Low Power Embedded Design Techniques
ECEN 5863 - Programmable Logic Embedded System Design
Wendy Martin,Interim Faculty Director, Engineering Management, Lockheed Martin Endowed Professor
Wendy Martin specializes in business and process improvement and is a certified Lean Six Sigma trainer/Master Black Belt. Wendy earned her Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master's in Engineering Management from the University of Colorado, Boulder, emphasizing Six Sigma, Quality Systems, and Applied Statistics. Wendy has held several leadership and management positions in quality and engineering at Anheuser-Busch, where she mastered the application of statistics in an industrial setting during her 14 year tenure.
Wendy joined the Engineering Management program in 2014 and has taught a variety of subject related to operations and business improvement. Currently she teaches Applied Statistics, Quality Management, Lean / Agile Management, and Data Analytics and Visualization. Her areas of expertise include operational excellence, product and process quality, reliability methods and applied statistical methods. She consults with clients across the front range to identify and fix their critical process-related issues, as well as management system issues.
In her free time, she loves to explore generative AI, workflow automation, and statistics (for fun). When not exploring, she enjoys spending time with her family.
Kevin Gifford,Research Professor, Faculty Director, Computer Science
Kevin Gifford's research focus is in wireless engineering. Prior to joining the Department of Computer Science, Kevin was a faculty member in aerospace engineering sciences at CU Boulder for 20 years. In his communications-related work, notable contributions include:
- Leading the teams that were the very first to fly the Linux operating system on both the Space Shuttle (1996) and on the International Space Station (2000).
- In 2012, Kevin was a lead member of the NASA Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) team. Kevin lead the team that established the first two Interplanetary Internet nodes onboard the International Space Station enabling Internet-based communications in the vast and harsh environment of space.
- In 2013, Kevin composed the NASA Institutional DTN deployment plan, and in 2015 DTN service provision was a seminal NASA-provided space communications service available or all International Space Station partners.
- Kevin is the Working Group chairman of the Wireless Working Group, for the ISO affiliated Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems, CCSDS.
Mary Knight, Online Graduate Program Specialist, Computer Science
Nicole Miller, Graduate Program Advisor, Engineering Management
Nicole holds bachelor's degrees in both Political Science and Sociology from Furman University and a master's degree in Higher Education from the University of Connecticut.
Nicole’s professional experience includes academic advising and account management across nonprofit organizations, corporate environments, and higher education institutions. These diverse professional experiences inform a holistic approach to project management, and student support.
Nicole is also a certified personal trainer and coaches weekly group fitness classes. Outside of the office Nicole enjoys traveling, reading, playing board games, and is an avid fan of the show Survivor.
Randall Fullington, Assistant Vice Provost, Executive Director of Academic & Learning Innovation
Randall received his PhD from the Department of English in December 2016. His dissertation identified religious, social, and political ramifications of representing the ineffable in twentieth and twenty-first century American literature. He has taught composition, nineteenth-century literature, contemporary literature, music, and film for CU Boulder, Irvine Valley Community College, and CCC Online, where he received the 2016 Excellence in Teaching award. As a PhD student, he earned competitive fellowships from the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) and the Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program (MASP). In addition to teaching for the English department at CU, he taught, developed curriculum, and co-directed summer-bridge programs for MASP, supporting first-generation and traditionally underrepresented undergraduates at CU.
From 2008 to 2010, he served first as the English department’s Administrative Assistant and then as the Program Assistant for the undergraduate and graduate divisions, where he undertook a successful reorganization and improvement of the Student Services office. Prior to working for the English department, he worked as an Assistant Director of Operations in the events industry in Los Angeles, CA.
He holds an MA in English from CU Boulder and a BA in English from the University of Denver.
Stay tuned as we announce more faculty and staff to attend!