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| Farshad Fotouhi | |
|---|---|
 Photo was taken in 2011 | |
| Born | 1957 |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science, Databases, Data Mining, Semantic Web, Multimedia Systems, and Biomedical Informatics |
| Institutions | Wayne State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Sakti Pramanik |
Farshad Fotouhi became the eleventh dean of Wayne State University's college of engineering in March 2011. Prior to that he was chair of the Department of Computer Science since 2004. Farshad Fotouhi joined Wayne State University in 1988. Before being appointed chair of the Department of Computer Science, he was associate chair from 2000-2004 and a member of the faculty.
The official reason he was appointed dean by the provost despite being the last choice of the faculty, was to facilitate the transfer of the Department of Computer Science out of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and into the College of Engineering. But his first priority upon becoming dean was to fire a lot of people, including Assistant Dean Gerald Thompkins and non-faculty personnel who worked under Prof. Greg Auner, a man recognized worldwide as a leader in research on the applications of engineering to medical problems. After the firings, Fotouhi started a construction project to renovate and enlarge the Dean's Office.
On March 17, 2011, Fotouhi ordered the locks changed on the doors to Auner's labs, and campus police escorted the members of the Auner's team and his students out of the building. Scott Chang, who worked in a nearby lab, detected a dangerous silane gas leak and informed Fotouhi that he had just fired the only one in the entire university capable of safely stopping the highly dangerous leak. Fotouhi was forced to order campus police to find that man and bring him back in.
In response to Fotouhi's actions against Auner, many businesses have stopped paying WSU money to use the world-class labs Auner maintained. Fotouhi alleges that Auner was not giving the money to the university, but Auner counters that the money arrangement was set up in a manner authorized by the late Dean Emeritus Ralph Kummler. Auner provided Crain's Detroit with documentation to prove what Kummler had ordered be done with the big bucks companies wanted to pay to use the labs Auner maintained.
Another detrimental result of Fotouhi's actions against Auner has been the cancellation of some donations for WSU. For example, Paul Strauss, who had already donated half a million dollars, cancelled his pledge for another $1.5 million. "I'm not going to give them another nickel ... under Fotouhi," Strauss told Crain's Detroit.
Fotouhi's research interests include Biomedical Informatics, the Semantic Web and Multimedia Systems. He has published more than 180 papers in academic journals and conference proceedings. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Michigan Life Sciences Corridor, as well as Ford Motor Company and other companies. While at WSU he has secured more than $9 million in research funding and contributions. Since joining WSU, Dr. Fotouhi has graduated 25 Ph.D. and 30 M.S. students. More than half of his Ph.D. graduates are tenure-track or tenured faculty at institutions in Michigan and across the country. Many of his graduates hold executive positions in industry and corporate America.
Fotouhi has been a program committee member for various conferences related to his research interests and is a member of the Editorial Board of IEEE Multimedia Magazine, chair of the Steering Committee of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Semantic Web and Information Systems. In recent years, Dr. Fotouhi has organized several workshops including the Workshop on Privacy in Information Society, the IEEE Workshop on Scientific Workflow, and the ACM Workshop on the Many Faces of Multimedia Semantics. He holds a bachelor's in Computer Science from Western Michigan University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the College of Engineering at Michigan State University.
See also
- List of Wayne State University people
- College of Engineering, Wayne State University
References
- Farshad Fotouhi appointed dean of Wayne State University’s College of Engineering
- College of Engineering Dean Select Farshad Fotouhi
- Tom Henderson, reporter for Crain's Detroit Business. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130601/NEWS/306029984/
- Rachel Kast in a letter to Crain's Detroit Business. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130616/NEWS/306169980/
- Henderson, ibid.
- Henderson, ibid.
- Fotouhi's fan club can find the citation for this one.
- Greg Auner in a letter to Crain's Detroit. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130616/NEWS/306169980/
- Henderson, ibid.
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Microsoft Academic Search Page
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Publication List on Google Scholar
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Publication List on DBLP
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Profile on Arnetminer
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Profile on BiomedExperts
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Funded Research
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Students
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's Mathematics Genealogy
- Prof. Farshad Fotouhi's AI Genealogy