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University of Bridgeport
Department of Computer Science
and Engineering
Stephen Grodzinsky
Professor and Chairman
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Department of Computer Science
and Engineering – The Faculty
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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
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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
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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)
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~ 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)
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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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