Dr. Karuna Pande Joshi
Professor · Tenured
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department of Information Systems
About
Dr. Karuna Pande Joshi is a Professor of Information Systems and UMBC Director of the Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA). She also directs the Knowledge Analytics Cognitive and Cloud (KnACC) Lab. Her research focus is in the areas of Data Science, Cloud Computing, Data Compliance and Privacy, and Healthcare IT systems. She has published over 80 papers, and her research is supported by ONR, NSF, DoD, GE Research, and Cisco. She received her MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from UMBC, where she was awarded the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship, and her Bachelors in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India. Dr. Joshi also has extensive experience working in the industry, primarily as an IT Program/Project Manager at the International Monetary Fund.Research interests
Cloud Computing, Data Science, Text Analytics, Cybersecurity Analytics, Security and Privacy of Cloud DataTeaching interests
Big Data and Cloud Analytics, Decision Support Systems, Databases, Software Engineering, Legal Aspects of Information SystemsEducation
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Ph D, Computer Science
— University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2012) Service lifecycle and negotiation on the cloud, Quality framework for IT Services
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MS, Computer Science
— University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1999) Analysis and Mining of Web Logs
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Other, Computer Engineering
— University of Bombay (1993) Portable Graphical Interface for Parallel Programs