Contact Information

This section of the CIFA website contains contact information for reporting issues, asking general questions, scheduling, etc. Other contact information for CIFA affiliates is located in the Partners & Affiliates section of the website.

• General CIFA Contact Information
• CIFA Management Team
• CIFA Research Laboratory

• Main CIFA Tel: (518) 442-3143
• Main CIFA Fax: (518) 442-3153
• General Questions: cifa@albany.edu



CIFA Management Team

• Bob Bangert-Drowns, Director of Educational Research: rbangert@albany.edu
• George Berg, CIFA Director: berg@cs.albany.edu
• Peter Bloniarz, Associate Provost for Informatics: p.bloniarz@albany.edu
• Jagdish Gangolly, Associate Professor, Accounting & Law: gangolly@albany.edu
• Sanjay Goel, Director of Research: goel@albany.edu
• Laura Iwan, State ISO, CSCIC: laura.iwan@cscic.state.ny.us
• Fabio R. Auffant II, NYS Police Computer Crime Unit: fauffant@troopers.state.ny.us



CIFA Research Laboratory

Collaborative Research Laboratory

• Main Tel Line: (518) 442-3143
• Scheduling: Xiaowen Song
• General Network or Computer Issues: Xiaowen Song
• Apple X Cluster / Mac Mini Issues: George Berg
• Director of CRL: Sanjay Goel



Educational Research and Learning Laboratory

• Main Tel Line: (518) 442-3321
• Scheduling: Xiaowen Song
• General Network or Computer Issues: George Berg
• Director of ERLL: George Berg