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

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