Dr. Suzan Anwar is an assistant professor and the department chair of Computer Science at Philander Smith College. In 2019, she received a Ph.D. in computer and information science from University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her research covers different aspects of using computer vision, machine learning techniques with data science applications, and cybersecurity. Dr. Anwar has an impressive publication record along with national and international teaching experience. She mentors students from independent study projects to M.S., groups of students that take her classes, and prospective students. She worked in national labs such as Argonne National and Lawrence Berkeley National labs on high performance computing, monitoring and improving the performance of the GPU’s. She has been awarded NSF and NSA grants for both DART seed and GenCyber programs. Her Career interest is to develop data scientists and cybersecurity professionals to grow our nation’s business. Dr. Anwar is also a member of the Arkansas Council for Women in Higher Education and SACNAS.

.