Leadership | Matrix: UTSA AI Consortium for Human Well-Being

Director

Dhireesha Kudithipudi, PhD

Founding Director of MATRIX AI Consortium
Professor, Robert F McDermott Endowed Chair, Departments of CE/CS, UTSA
[email protected] 210-458-8539 Visit Website
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Dhireesha Kudithipudi, PhD
Founding Director of MATRIX AI Consortium
Professor, Robert F McDermott Endowed Chair, Departments of CE/CS, UTSA
Academic Profile:

https://klesse.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/kudithipudi-dhireesha.html

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhireesha/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RKGYlZEAAAAJ

Recent Honors and Awards
- 2018 Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship for Faculty in STEM
- 2018 Technology Women of the Year, Rochester
- 2018 NY State Round Table Panelist on AI
- Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (2017 – Present)
- Reviewer for 22 journals (including Nature, IBM R&D, APL, various ACM and IEEE Transactions, etc.)
- Invited speaker at flagship Neuro-inspired computing elements workshop (2014-2017)
- Google CS4HS workshop chair (2012-2015)
Research Areas:

brain-inspired neural algorithms, energy-efficient machine intelligence, AI accelerators, reinforcement learning

Research Thrust leads

Thrust 1: Augmenting Human Capabilities

Amina Qutub, PhD

Assistant Director of Strategic Alliances
MATRIX AI Consortium

Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UTSA
[email protected]210-458-7092
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Amina Qutub, PhD
Assistant Director of Strategic Alliances
MATRIX AI Consortium

Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, UTSA
Research Areas:

AIxBio, Systems Biology, Modeling & Visualization, Cell Engineering, Hypoxic Response, Neurovascular Regeneration

Academic Profile:

https://klesse.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/qutub-amina.html

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aminaqutub/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Tqx8w_gAAAAJ

Research Group:

https://www.qutublab.org/

Recent Honors and Awards

• U.S. National Academies Frontiers of Engineering Symposia Chair, Invited Speaker & Participant (2014–2019)
• Inaugural Bioinformatics Peer Prize Award, 2017
• Hamill Innovation Award, Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Rice, 2015, 2011
• The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas Conference Protégé Invitee, 2014
Mark P. Goldberg, MD

LeWinn Endowed Professor
Department of Neurology

Associate Vice President for Strategic Research Initiatives, UT Health San Antonio
[email protected]210-567-4418
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Mark P. Goldberg, MD
LeWinn Endowed Professor
Department of Neurology

Associate Vice President for Strategic Research Initiatives, UT Health San Antonio
Research Areas:

Vascular Neurology, Stroke Recovery, Neural Plasticity After Injury, Whole-Brain Microscopy & Connectomics, Brain Diagnostics & Therapeutics, AI for Neurologic Disease, Long COVID

Academic Profile:

https://directory.uthscsa.edu/academics/profile/goldbergm

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpgoldberg/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=o_EATSoAAAAJ

Recent Honors and Awards:
- Chair-Elect, Stroke Rehabilitation, Prevention and Recovery Committee, American Heart Association (2025-2027)
- Edward B. LeWinn MD Memorial Endowed Chair (2021-Present)
- Co-founder (2013-Present); Executive Committee Chair (2022-Present), Lone Star Stroke Consortium
- Multiple-Principal Investigator, NIH South Texas RECOVER (Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery) (2021-Present)
- Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010-2018)
- Director, Haggerty Center for Research on Brain Injury and Repair after Stroke, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010-2019)

Thrust 2: Machine Learning and Deployment

Hakima Ibaroudene, MS

SwRI, Manager - R&D
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Hakima Ibaroudene, MS
SwRI, Manager - R&D
Research Areas:

Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare, Medical Diagnostics & Prognostics, Medical Imaging & Image Processing, Electronic Health Record Analytics, Mental Well-Being, Digital Pathology, Radiology, Biomechanics, Cognitive Performance

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hakima-ibaroudene-46735170/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=yTCproEAAAAJ
Amanda Fernandez, PhD

Kay and Steve Robbins Faculty Teaching Fellow
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, UTSA
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Amanda Fernandez, PhD
Kay and Steve Robbins Faculty Teaching Fellow
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, UTSA
Research Areas:

Deep Learning, Generative Adversarial Networks, Visual Saliency, Computer Vision, Media Forensics

Academic Profile:

https://sciences.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/fernandez-amanda.html

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandasdfernandez/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=2UJTwuwAAAAJ

Research Group:

https://sites.google.com/view/amandafernandez/research/vision-ai-lab

Recent Honors and Awards:
- Patent on “Authentication based on through-body signals” (2023)
- $5 million renewal grant from DOE for UTSA-led Consortium on Nuclear Security Technologies (CONNECT) (2022)
- Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (2022)
- Patent on “System for automatic vision correction in near-to-eye displays” (2022)

Thrust 3: Neuro-Inspired AI

Peter Fox, MD

Director, Research Imaging Institute
Professor, Departments of Radiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Physiology
UT Health San Antonio
[email protected]210-567-8150
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Peter Fox, MD
Director, Research Imaging Institute
Professor, Departments of Radiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Physiology
UT Health San Antonio
Research Areas:

Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Brain Mapping, Functional MRI, PET Imaging, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Meta-Analysis, Cognitive Neuroscience

Academic Profile:

https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/physiology/team-member/peter-t-fox-m-d/

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-fox-0938a0146/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Au7CXkkAAAAJ

Research Group:

https://www.michaeljfox.org/researcher/peter-thornton-fox-md
- BrainMap Project
Fidel Santamaria, PhD

Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
[email protected]210-458-6910
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Fidel Santamaria, PhD
Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Research Areas:

Computational Neuroscience, Biophysics, Anomalous Diffusion, Fractional Calculus, Electrophysiology, Learning and Memory, Cerebellar Function in Health and Disease

Academic Profile:

https://sciences.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/santamaria-fidel.html

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fidel-santamaria-09873115/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7zf6DMEAAAAJ

Research Group:

http://www.utsa.edu/SantamariaLab/
William Severa, PhD

Associate Professor
Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, UTSA
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William Severa, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, UTSA
Research Areas:

AI/ML and Neuromorphic Algorithms, Unconventional Computing Systems and Software, AI/ML for High-Consequence Applications

Academic Profile:

https://caicc.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/severa-william.html

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-s-0279a931b/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7Hf6YKcAAAAJ

Thrust 4: Trustworthy AI

Panagiotis (Panos) Markopoulos, PhD

Cloud Technology Endowed Fellow
Associate Professor, Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, UTSA
[email protected]210-458-6482
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Panagiotis (Panos) Markopoulos, PhD
Cloud Technology Endowed Fellow
Associate Professor, Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, UTSA
Research Areas:

Efficient and Robust Machine Learning, Continual and Federated Learning Systems, Data Science, Signal Processing

Academic Profile:

https://klesse.utsa.edu/faculty/profiles/markopoulos-panagiotis.html

Industry Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/panagiotis-panos-markopoulos-ph-d-750b5842/

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8NPXGZkAAAAJ

Research Group:

https://www.meloslab.org/

Recent Honors and Awards:
- Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship (2025-Present)
- Margie and Bill Klesse Endowed Professorship (2022-2025)
- Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) (2020)
- Exemplary Performance in Research, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, RIT (2019)
- Exemplary Performance in Teaching, Kate Gleason College of Engineering (KGCOE), RIT (2019)
- Exemplary Performance in Research, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, RIT (2018)
- Exemplary Reviewer, IEEE Communications Society (2017)

Meet the team behind the research.

Director

Dhireesha Kudithipudi, PhD

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Research Thrust leads

Thrust 1: Augmenting Human Capabilities

Amina Qutub, PhD

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Mark P. Goldberg, MD

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Thrust 2: Machine Learning and Deployment

Hakima Ibaroudene, MS

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Amanda Fernandez, PhD

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Thrust 3: Neuro-Inspired AI

Peter Fox, MD

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Fidel Santamaria, PhD

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William Severa, PhD

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Thrust 4: Trustworthy AI

Panagiotis (Panos) Markopoulos, PhD

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