About Us

The mission of the Twin Cities ACM Chapter is organize and support events and activities related to computing and its applications in the Twin Cities area, Minnesota, and across the Upper Midwest region.

The Twin Cities ACM Chapter is chartered by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) as a professional chapter. We organize annual conferences (such as CADSCOM and CIACAM) that help researchers disseminate their original research in computing related disciplines.

CURRENT CHAPTER OFFICERS

Dr. Ismail Bile Hassan ChairDr. Ismail Bile Hassan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Universiti Putra Malaysia and MSc. in Information Technology Management from the University of Technology Malaysia in 2017 and 2011, respectively. He has published a journal, book chapters, and conference proceedings in information systems, knowledge management, and data science. His research interests include e-health adoption, knowledge sharing, data science education, data mining, and e-government.

Dr. Mansi BhavsarVice ChairDr. Mansi Bhavsar is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Information Science Department at Minnesota State University Mankato. She teaches in the Computer Science Program, which is a unique practice-based engineering program. Dr. Mansi received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University in 2023. She has published papers in reputable journals and conferences and has presented her work to President Joe Biden during his visit to the Cyber Defense lab at NCAT. Her current research focuses on Machine Learning and Deep Learning applications in Autonomous vehicle Security, Cyber Security, IoT Security in wireless networks, and Machine Learning applications of Computing education in Health and Informatics.

Dr. Lauren SingelmannSecretaryDr. Lauren Singelmann is an Assistant Professor in the Integrated Engineering Department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She received her PhD from North Dakota State University in Electrical and Computer Engineering and STEM Education, and her research focuses include engineering education, learning analytics/educational data mining, and AI education for engineers. Dr. Singelmann teaches at Iron Range Engineering — an innovative practice-based engineering program based in northern Minnesota.

Dr. Rafa Absar
TreasurerDr. Rafa Absar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. She earned her PhD and MSc degrees from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. She has published her research in several reputed journals and conference proceedings. Her research interests are in human-computer interaction, user experience and engagement, and computer science education.

Past Chapter officers

Dr. Rajeev Bukralia
Chair & Co-founder

Dr. Rajeev Bukralia is a tenured faculty in the Computer Information Science (CIS) department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Dr. Bukralia serves as the program director for the MS in data science program. He is the faculty founder of and advisor to DREAM (Data Resources for Eager & Analytical Minds), a recognized student organization dedicated to data science and artificial intelligence. He has served on the organizing committee for many scholarly conferences and hackathons including the Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition (MUDAC). Dr. Bukralia is a recipient of many awards including the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Board of Trustees Outstanding Educator award and the South Dakota Board of Regents faculty award. His research interests include data science, artificial intelligence (machine learning & deep learning) and IT strategy. He previously served in several leadership positions including CIO and dean at different universities.

Dr. Dalia Sulieman
Former Vice Chair

Dr. Dalia Sulieman was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. She received her PhD in Computer Science from University of Cergy-Pontoise, France. And she received her MS degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Lille University of Science and Technology, France. Her academic work has been published in a variety of journals and conference proceedings. Her research interests are in Social Networks Analysis, Recommender Systems, and Machine learning.

Dr. Simon Sung Jin
Former Secretary

Dr. Simon Sung Jin is an associate professor and department chair of MIS in the College of Management at Metropolitan State University. He earned his doctorate degree from the SUNY at Buffalo, and MS degrees from Korea University and the SUNY at Buffalo. His research interests are in the field of Information Privacy, Business Analytics, and IT innovation Adoption & Implementation. Recently, his interests have merged to information privacy issues in the context of social media focusing on privacy concerns. His academic work has been published in a number of international journals, conferences, and book chapters. Also, he is the recipient of several grants from the University as well as external agencies, including National Research Foundation of Korea, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy of Korea.

Dr. Ismail Bile HassanFormer Treasurer

Dr. Ismail Bile Hassan is an Associate Professor and Internship Program Director in the Department of Computer Science and Cybersecurity at Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Universiti Putra Malaysia and MSc. in Information Technology Management from the University Technology Malaysia in 2017 and 2011, respectively. He has published a journal, book chapters, and conference proceedings in information systems, knowledge management, and data science. His research interests include e-health adoption, knowledge sharing, data science education, data mining, and e-government.

Dr. Rushit Dave Former Vice Chair

Dr. Rushit Dave is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Information Science Department at Minnesota State University Mankato. He has published multiple journal and conference papers in reputed platforms. Dr. Dave also holds position in Editorial and Reviewer board at many Computer Science and Engineering journal and conference platforms. He helped found, and is currently Director of Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning & Security Research [AIMS] Group, a recognized student organization dedicated to artificial intelligence, cyber security & software engineering. His current research focus is on Machine Learning & Deep Learning Applications of Cyber Security, Biometrics, IoT Security in wireless networks, Machine Learning Applications of Computing in Education and Human Activity Recognition.