Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)

Websitehttps://ics.psu.edu/

Postal address
United States

Organization profile

Centers and Facilities

ICDS helps you apply big data and big simulation methods across the research landscape.

Carlos Blanco
- Physics - Assistant Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Person: Academic
20172025
Timothy Raymond Brick, PhD
- Human Development and Family Studies - Associate Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Person: Academic
20072025
Dana Calacci
- College of Information Sciences and Technology - Assistant Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Person: Academic
20152025
Enrico Casella
- Animal Science - Assistant Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Person: Academic
20192025
Guido Cervone, PhD
- Geography - Professor of Geography and Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) - Director
Person: Academic
20002025
Keith Cheng, MD, PhD
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Distinguished Professor
- Division of Experimental Pathology
- Department of Molecular and Precision Medicine - Distinguished Professor
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
- Cancer Institute, Next-Generation Therapies
Person: Academic
19842025
Bruce A. Desmarais, Jr., PhD
- Political Science - Associate Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Person: Academic
20112025
Zoltan Fodor
- Physics - Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Person: Academic
19872025
Eric B. Ford, PhD
- Astronomy & Astrophysics - Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
- Center for Astrostatistics - Associate Director
- Center for Exoplanets & Habitable Worlds
Person: Academic
19962025
Melissa Gervais
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Science - Associate Professor
- Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
Person: Academic
20142025

Byzantine-resilient federated online learning for Gaussian process regression
Zhang, X., Yuan, Z. & Zhu, M., Jan 2026, In: Automatica. 183, 112554.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multiobjective aerodynamic design optimization of the NASA common research model
Carlson, K. & Renganathan, A., Jan 2026, In: Aerospace Science and Technology. 168, 111120.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multivalency in Zr₆Nb₂O₁₇
Spurling, R. J., Sivak, J. T., Sinnott, S. B. & Maria, J. P., Jan 15 2026, In: Scripta Materialia. 271, 117014.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rethinking contrastive learning in session-based recommendation
Zhang, X., Xu, B., Ma, F., Wang, Z., Yang, L. & Lin, H., Jan 2026, In: Pattern Recognition. 169, 111924.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations
SPECTRAL CONVERGENCE OF SYMMETRIZED GRAPH LAPLACIAN ON MANIFOLDS WITH BOUNDARY
Peoples, J. W. & Harlim, J., Mar 2026, In: Foundations of Data Science. 8, p. 119-167 49 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
The Incubator: A Serious Game to Study Decision-Making in Product Development
Letting, C., Ahmed, N. A., Masters, B., Dudas, P. M., Parkinson, M. & Menold, J., May 1 2026, In: Journal of Mechanical Design. 148, 5, 054501.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Think, Talk, and Design: Exploring the Interplay of Cognition, Communication, and Design Processes
Dougherty, P., Letting, C., Witherell, C. J. & Menold, J., Mar 1 2026, In: Journal of Mechanical Design. 148, 3, 031404.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2D Indium Oxide at the Epitaxial Graphene/SIC Interface: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Devices
Turker, F., Xu, B., Dong, C., Labella, M., Nayir, N., Sheremetyeva, N., Trdinich, Z. J., Zhang, D., Adabasi, G., Pourbahari, B., Lu, L. S., Auker, W. E., Wang, K., Baykara, M., Meunier, V., Bassim, N., van Duin, A. C. T., Crespi, V. H. & Robinson, J. A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Materials.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2-loop scattering on superstring and supermembrane in flat space
Beccaria, M., Roiban, R. & Tseytlin, A. A., Sep 2025, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025, 9, 191.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A bio-lattice deep learning framework for modeling discrete biological materials
Kumar, M., Upadhyay, N., Barai, S., Reinhart, W. F. & Peco, C., Apr 2025, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 164, 106900.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations

209 Active
1708 Finished

Synergistic study of deformation signals and volcano-tectonic earthquakes at Mauna Loa Volcano, HI
Wauthier, C. (PI), Roman, D. (CoPI) & Maulik, R. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
8/15/25 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: HNDS-I: Enhancing Infrastructure For Discovery About Human Behavior
Gilmore, R. O. (PI)
National Science Foundation
3/1/25 → 2/28/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: Engineering spatiotemporal temperature control of solvated noble-metal nanoparticles through the understanding of solid-water nanoscale conduction
Ramos Alvarado, B. (PI), Kim, S. H. (CoPI) & Van Duin, A. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
1/1/25 → 12/31/27
Project: Research project
Combining DFT with classical simulations to predict solvation and cation effects on electrocatalytic reaction rates
Milner, S. T. (PI) & Janik, M. J. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
12/15/24 → 11/30/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: The genomics of host-specific response and adaptation in the parasitic agricultural pest, Cuscuta
Lasky, J. R. (PI), Depamphilis, C. W. (CoPI) & Axtell, M. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
11/1/24 → 10/31/27
Project: Research project
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Investigating the genetic and environmental history of type 2 diabetes
Perry, G. H. (PI), Shenk, M. (CoPI) & Perez, L. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/15/24 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
Fostering Engaged Team-Based Learning in Asynchronous Online and Hybrid Learning Environments
Chow, S.-M. (PI) & Don, P. K. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/15/24 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
NANOGrav Student Teams of Astrophysics Researchers Undergraduate Pathways (STARS-UP): Infrastructure for the Two to Four-Year College Transition
McLaughlin, M. (PI), Schmiedekamp, A. M. (CoPI), Kaplan, D. L. (CoPI), Key, J. (CoPI) & Dolch, T. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/24 → 9/30/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: Fostering Inclusive Pathways in Innovation Ecosystems
Kulturel-Konak, S. (PI), Konak, A. (CoPI) & Leung, C. Y. A. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/24 → 9/30/27
Project: Research project
SaTC: CORE: Small: Utilizing Untrusted Machine Learning Services Safely via Privacy-Preserving User Data Embedding
Maeng, K. (PI) & Kifer, D. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/24 → 9/30/27
Project: Research project

3 Oral presentation
1 Participation in conference

Motivations and Potential for a 3D Image Informatics for Histopathology (Panel Discussion)
Cheng, K. (Speaker)
Nov 4 2017
Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
From Morphology to Math: Using whole zebrafish to create the engineering and computational infrastructure for Microanatomic Phenomics
Cheng, K. (Speaker), Ding, Y. (Speaker), Katz, S. (Speaker), Lin, A. (Speaker), van Rossum, D. (Speaker) & Vanselow, D. (Speaker)
Sep 27 2017
Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
International Conference of Auditory Display 2017 - conference chair
Mark Edward Ballora (Participant)
Jun 19 2017 → Jun 23 2017
Activity: Attendance types › Participation in conference
Morphometric phenomics and Cross-Atlas Registration of Virtual 3D soft tissue microCT images of Zebrafish
Cheng, K. (Speaker), Ding, Y. (Speaker), Lin, A. (Speaker), Yakovlev, M. (Speaker), Vanselow, D. (Speaker), Xin, X. (Speaker), Katz, S. (Speaker), Vanselow, D. (Speaker) & La Riviere, P. (Speaker)
Jul 5 2017
Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation

AAAS Fellow
Cheng, K. (Recipient), 2020
Prize
Advocacy Day Travel Grant Award
Zaorsky, N. (Recipient), 2017
Prize
Dr. Harold Lamport Biomedical Research Prize
Zaorsky, N. (Recipient), 2011
Prize
Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Buxton, O. M. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award
Fellows Recognition Award
Zaorsky, N. (Recipient), 2014
Prize
Inaugural ICDS Faculty Scholar Award
Cheng, K. (Recipient), 2022
Prize
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Achievement Award
Zaorsky, N. (Recipient), 2016
Prize
Scholarship in Education Award
Acharya, V. (Recipient), Foy, A. (Recipient), Vrana, K. (Recipient), Huang, X. (Recipient), Chetlen, A. (Recipient), Dovat, S. (Recipient), Gowda, C. (Recipient), Acharya, J. (Recipient) & Murray, M. (Recipient), 2022
Prize
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Course Award
Zaorsky, N. (Recipient), 2017
Prize
Travel Grant Award
Zaorsky, N. (Recipient), 2017
Prize

Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)

Organization profile

Organization profile

Centers and Facilities

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Profiles

Research output

Projects

Activities

Prizes