computer science program william paterson university
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Highlights of Our Highlights of Our ProgramProgram
Accredited by ABET/CAC (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology/Computing Accreditation Commission)
Curriculum: Up-to-date, challenging, and flexible. Computing facilities: State-of-the-art and fully
networked computing systems Work/Study and internship opportunities Small class size Institutionalized mentoring/lab assistants
program. Articulation agreement with College of Computing
Sciences of NJIT
CurriculumCurriculum
Build upon foundation math and science courses
Computer courses are balanced between theory and applications
Conforms to ABET & IEEE/ACM national standards
Wide range of upper level computer electives Prepare students for a professional career or
graduate study Internship/Honors program/Indep. studies Research opportunities
Math Foundation Math Foundation CoursesCourses
MATH-160 Calculus I MATH-161 Calculus II MATH-324 Probability and Statistics
Computer Science Core Computer Science Core CoursesCourses
CS-230 Computer Science I CS-240 Computer Science II CS-260 Discrete Structures CS-280 Assembler Language CS-341 Digital Logic & Computer
Organization CS-341 Data Structures CS-345 Operating systems
Other Required Other Required Computer Science Computer Science
CoursesCourses
CS-350 Software Engineering CS-372 Design & Analysis of
Algorithms CS-382 Programming Languages CS-480 Computer Science Seminar
Computer Science Computer Science ElectivesElectives
CS-399 Selected Topics CS-402 Numerical Methods CS-404 Computer Simulation CS-405 Systems Programming CS-410 Artificial Intelligence CS-420 Compiler Construction CS-430 Data Communications & Computer
Networks CS-440 Database Management CS-441 Computer Architecture CS-445 Theory of Computation CS-461 Computer Graphics
Internship/Honors Internship/Honors Computer Science Computer Science
Project/Indep. StudiesProject/Indep. Studies CS-490 Honors Computer Science
Project CS-495 Internship CS-499 Independent Studies
Note: CS Minor (20 credits) CIS Minor (18/19 credits) CIT Major (Planned to start in 2011-2012)
Computing facilitiesComputing facilities
Three teaching computer labs in Atrium and many other computer labs on campus for general access
Three additional labs in Coach House exclusively for CS majors
Sun Microsystems server & workstations Solaris UNIX and Windows XP Platforms Lab computers are replaced every 3 years Variety of application software packages Fully networked (wired and wireless)
environment Students participate in lab administration and
maintenance
Small Class SizeSmall Class Size
All classes are capped at 20 Upper level class average
less than 15 students All Computer Science major
classes taught by full time faculty
Student ResearchStudent Research
Many students have been involved in research with faculty members (e.g., CfR in College of Science and Health, Dr. Kaufman’s NSF grant starts in 2007)
Students presented their papers with professors in prestigious national and international conferences (e.g., Sigma Xi Annual Conference at St. Joseph University, Annual Student Math Conference at Moravian College)
Current faculty research interests are in software engineering, databases, computer architecture, compiler, digital signal processing, optimization theory and algorithms, and logic foundation in computer science.
Publish with StudentsPublish with Students Erh-Wen Hu, Cyril S. Ku, Andrew T. Russo, Bogong Su, and Jian
Wang, “Performance Analysis of Digital Signal processors Using SMV Benchmark,” International Journal of Signal Processing, Volume 5, Number 3, pages 223-230, Summer 2009.
Cyril S. Ku, Thomas J. Marlowe, Tatyana Budanskaya, and Philip K. Kang, “Software Engineering Design Patterns for Relational Databases,” Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP’07), CSREA Press, Volume II, pages 340-344, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-28, 2007.
Cyril S. Ku, Thomas J. Marlowe, Nathan M. Mantell, “Design Patterns across Software Engineering and Relational Databases,” Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2006), Los Angeles, California, USA, pages 271-274, July 6-8, 2006.
Erh-Wen Hu, Cyril S. Ku, Andrew T. Russo, Bogong Su, and Jian Wang, “New DSP Benchmark based on Selectable Mode Vocoder (SMV),” Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES’06), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CSREA Press, pages 175-181, June 26-29, 2006.
Work/Study Work/Study OpportunitiesOpportunities
Internal: many of CS majors work part-time with the Instruction and Research Technology (IRT) or with the department on tutoring and lab assistant program
External: many other Computer Science majors work part-time with local industries.
CS Student CS Student OrganizationsOrganizations
Computer Society (SGA) ACM (Association for
Computing Machinery) Student Chapter
UPE National Honor Society (more than 126 students have been inducted since 1988)
Career OpportunityCareer Opportunity Starting salary is among the highest. Computer Support Specialists and Computer
Software Engineers are projected to be the biggest job gainers in the U. S. from 2000 to 2010 (Time Magazine, November 24, 2003). They are jobs with the greatest projected employment growth in New Jersey from 2000 to 2010 (Star-Ledger, January 25, 2004).
#1 (Software Engineer) and #7 (Computer/IT Analyst) best jobs in America for the next 10 years – 2004 to 2014 (MONEY Magazine and Salary.com).
Demand for computer software engineers will increase as computer networking continues to grow.
Where Do Our Where Do Our Graduates Go (A Graduates Go (A
Sample)?Sample)? Our graduates have been employed by IBM,
Telcordia Technologies, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Verizon, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, UPS, and many other companies.
Several have chosen to pursue graduate studies: many have gone to NJIT, Stevens Institute of Technology, SUNY at Stony Brook (1 received ‘Turner scholarship’ for Ph.D. in Computer Science), UMDNJ (1 in Biomedical Engineering), University of Delaware (1 Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, 1 Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2005), Drexel University (2 with full research assistantships in Computer Science in 2004), William Paterson University (1 with assistantship in MBA).
FacultyFaculty
Li-hsiang (Aria) Cheo, Ph.D., New York University Erh-Wen Hu, Ph.D., Polytechnic Institute of New
York Linda Kaufman, Ph.D., Stanford University Cyril S. Ku, Ph.D., Northwestern University John Najarian, Ph.D., City University of New York Gilbert Ndjatou, Ph.D., City University of New York Bogong Su, Ph.D., Tsinghua University, China
SummarySummary
Affordable education Quality program Stimulating learning
environment Caring faculty members Many levels of support systems
to help you succeed Excellent career opportunities
More Information?More Information?
For more information Call CS Department at (973) 720-
2649 E-mail the Department
Chairperson, Dr. Cyril S. Ku at [email protected]
Department Web page at http://cs.wpunj.edu