Computer Science Computer Science ProgramProgram

William Paterson University

Department of Department of Computer ScienceComputer Science

The Coach House

Department of Department of Computer ScienceComputer Science

New Home in 2011-2012

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 kuc@wpunj.edu

Department Web page at http://cs.wpunj.edu