University of Bridgeport Department of Computer Science and

University of Bridgeport Department of Computer Science and Engineering Stephen Grodzinsky Professor and Chairman 1

Department of Computer Science and Engineering – The Faculty n Julius Dichter: n Stephen Grodzinsky: n Gonhsin Liu: n Ausif Mahmood: n Valluru Rao: n Tarek Sobh: n Khaled Elleithy: n Mostafa Aref: n Abhilasha Tibrewal: Ph. D. , University of Connecticut; artificial intelligence, parallel and distributed processing, object- oriented design Ph. D. , University of Illinois; logic synthesis, FPGA and digital design, VLSI design Ph. D. , SUNY Buffalo; digital signal and image processing, computer vision, Unix programming Ph. D. , Washington State University; computer architecture, parallel processing, VLSI design Ph. D. , Washington University; neural networks, genetic algorithms, theory of computation Ph. D. , University of Pennsylvania; robotics and automation, precision manufacturing, reverse engineering, sensing. Ph. D. , University of Southwestern Louisiana; network security, computer Arithmetic, Computer Architecture and formal approaches for design and verification. Ph. D. , University of Toledo, Artificial Intelligence, Natural language Processing, Knowledge Representation, Object – oriented design. M. S. , University of Bridgeport, Object – oriented programming, engineering education. M. S, Education, University of Bridgeport. 2

Department of Computer Science and Engineering – The Programs n n B. S. in computer engineering – ABET-accredited (1 of 2 in CT, 1 of 8 in New England, 1 of 8 in NY, NJ, CT area) B. S. in computer science M. S. in computer engineering M. S. in computer science (& new weekend program in Stamford) 3

Department of Computer Science and Engineering – The Facilities n n n Unix Laboratory – SPARC workstations - Initially funded with an NSF grant of $100 K Mixed Signal Laboratory – Pentium-based - Funded with an NSF grant of $56 K Image Sequence Laboratory – Mac-based - Funded with an NSF grant of $105 K Networking Laboratory – formative stages Robotics Laboratory - Partially funded with a grant from FES Microprocessor and Instrumentation Laboratory 4

Department of Computer Science and Engineering – The Students (1) n n n ~ 330 graduate students 98 undergraduate students Approximately evenly divided between computer science and computer engineering ~ 33% of undergraduates go to graduate school immediately after graduation Population has tripled since spring 1996 5

Department of Computer Science and Engineering – The Students (2) n n Have students in doctoral programs at Colombia, Cornell, Purdue, Stony Brook & Others Team of 3 always finishes in top fifth of regional ACM contest Enter local industry – Pitney Bowes, Transwitch, Sikorsky, New. Net, UTC National companies – Synopsys, Cascade Design Automation, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Sony, EMC, Lexmark, Oracle 6

Department of Computer Science and Engineering n Faculty n Programs n Facilities n Students 7