Summary
Mohammed Arefin is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Colorado State University with nine years of experience bridging academic research and applied human-centered computing. He holds a PhD and MS from Mississippi State University (both with 4.0 GPAs) and has applied his expertise in algorithms, perceptual mechanisms, and human visual processing in collaborations with DEVCOM US Army Research Laboratory and USC Institute for Creative Technologies. His work spans eye-tracking and VR perceptual depth research to algorithmic technologies, reflecting a blend of neuroscience-informed experimentation and rigorous computational methods. Prior roles include postdoctoral research, graduate research and teaching, and lecturing internationally, demonstrating strengths in mentoring and translating research into practice. Based in Fort Collins, he combines top academic performance with hands-on research internships at military research labs—an uncommon path that tightens the loop between theory and operational human-systems applications. Though active on GitHub as an early-stage IT practitioner, his publication and lab-based contributions signal a deepening transition from trainee to independent research and teaching leader.
10 years of coding experience