Primary Job Title Professor and Chair of Lehigh’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering Primary Organization 
Lehigh University
Location Hellertown, Pennsylvania, United States Regions Great Lakes, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Dr. Daniel Lopresti is Professor and Chair of Lehigh’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, as well as director of the university’s new Data X
Strategic Initiative. He conducts research examining fundamental algorithmic and systems-related questions in pattern recognition, data analysis, and computer security. Dr. Lopresti received his
bachelor of science degree from Dartmouth College in 1982 and his PhD degree in computer science from Princeton University in 1987.
Dr. Lopresti arrived at Lehigh in 2003 after having spent time on the faculty at Brown and on the research staff at Panasonic Technologies, and Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in professional conferences and journals, and he holds 24 U.S. patents. He serves on the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium Council, which works to strengthen the research community, articulate compelling research visions, and align those visions with pressing national and global challenges.
