Faculty Profiles

Dr. Tanzima Islam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas State University (TXST), with a dual appointment as an Associate Computational Scientist in the AI Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Dr. Islam earned her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Purdue University and was a postdoctoral scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Her research advances AI/ML methods that enable supercomputers to autonomously optimize their own performance, democratizing access to efficient scientific computing. Supported by the NSF, DOE, AMD, and multiple national laboratories, her work has been recognized with the NSF CAREER Award, DOE Early Career Award, R&D 100 Award, LLNL's Science & Technology Award, and TXST’s Presidential Seminar Award. As a DOE SRP Fellow, Dr. Islam has built partnerships with national laboratories, including Sandia, Brookhaven, LLNL, LBNL, and ORNL, while creating research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. Her outreach also extends internationally. In Bangladesh, she co-created the country’s first research and mentoring platform for women in computing. Through this work, she has mentored hundreds of female computer science students pursuing graduate school, competitive fellowships, and STEM careers.

AI/ML: Data Science; Predictive and Generative Modeling; Deep Learning; AI.
HPC: High Performance Computing; Systems; Compiler Construction; Parallel Computing; Performance Engineering.
Others: Scientific Visualization.