University of Bridgeport Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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University of BridgeportDepartment of Computer
Science and Engineering

• Stephen Grodzinsky
• Professor and Chairman

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Faculty

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

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Programs

• 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)

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Facilities

• Unix Laboratory SPARC workstations
• - Initially funded with an NSF grant of 100K
• Mixed Signal Laboratory Pentium-based
• - Funded with an NSF grant of 56K
• Image Sequence Laboratory Mac-based
• - Funded with an NSF grant of 105K
• Networking Laboratory formative stages
• Robotics Laboratory
• - Partially funded with a grant from FES
• Microprocessor and Instrumentation Laboratory
  

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Students (1)

• 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

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Students (2)

• 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, NewNet, UTC
• National companies Synopsys, Cascade Design
  Automation, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Sony, EMC,
  Lexmark, Oracle

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

• Faculty
• Programs
• Facilities
• Students