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

2. 2 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.

3. 3 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)

4. 4 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

5. 5 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

6. 6 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

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