Susanne Hambrusch
Department Head of Computer Science
Purdue University

Professor Hambrusch's research interests are in the area of parallel and distributed computation, data management and data dissemination in wireless environments, and analysis of algorithms. Her research contributions include communication and data dissemination routines for distributed applications, data management techniques for query processing in wireless, mobile environments, and parallel algorithms for image processing and graph problems. Professor Hambrusch's research has been supported by NSF, ONR, DARPA, DoE, and Microsoft Corp.

Professor Hambrusch is a member of the editorial board for Parallel Computing and Information Processing Letters, and she also serves on the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing. Her recognitions include inaugural membership in the Purdue University Book of Great Teachers, a 2003 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award from Pennsylvania State University, and 2004 TechPoint Mira Education Award Winner. She serves as the head of the Department of Computer Science (since July 2002).