| Staff: | ||
| Mithal Ashraf | Michelle Lockhart | Clif Redding |
| Diana Walker | ||
| Mithal Ashraf, Computer Specialist |
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Education:
B.S., University of West Florida Phone Number: (850) 474-3133 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 176 Email Address: |
| Sikha Bagui, CIS/IT Program Director & Associate Professor |
Education:
B.S., Cuttington University (Liberia);M.B.A., University of Toledo; Ed.D., Computer Science, University of West Florida Books Published: Co-Authored with R. Earp Learning SQL: A Step-By-Step Guide Using Oracle Learning SQL: A Step-By-Step Guild Using Access Database Design Using Entity Relationship Diagrams Learning SQL: A Step-By-Step Guide Using SQL Server Research Interests: Database, Data Mining and Statistical Computing. Phone Number: (850) 474-3022 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 108 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~sbagui |
| James Bezdek, Professor (retired) |
Education:
B.S.C.E, University of Nevada (Reno);Ph.D., Cornell University General Interests: Woodworking, cigars, motorcycles, gardening, fishing, and blues music. Research Interests: Pattern Recognition, Optimization, Image Processing, Clustering in Very Large Databases and Medical Applications. Experience: Founding editor of International Journal of Approximate Reasoning and IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. Past president of three professional societies: North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS), International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) and IEEE Neural Networks Council. Fellow of the IEEE and IFSA. Recipient of the IEEE Millenium, Fuzzy Systems Pioneer and Frank Rosenblatt Medals. Listing of Publications. Phone Number: (850) 474-2784 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 196A Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~jbezdek |
| John Bolyard, Lecturer |
Education:
B.S., University of Texas;M.A., Salve Regina College; M.A., U.S. Naval War College; M.S., U.S. Naval Postgraduate School; M.S., University of West Florida; Ed.S., University of West Florida; Ed.D. (ABD), University of West Florida Phone Number: (850) 473-7063 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 119 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~jbolyard |
| John Coffey, Associate Professor |
Education:
B.S., College of William & Mary;B.S., University of West Florida; M.S., University of West Florida; Ed.D., University of West Florida Specialties: Research Scientist at Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Principle programmer of NUCES (Nuclear Cardiology Expert System) and head designer of LEO (Learning Environment Organizer to Accompany Constructivist Knowledge Models). Research Interests: Web-based, non-linear, graphical learning environment organizers, student achievement modeling, and knowledge elicitation and modeling Phone Number: (850) 474-3183 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 110 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~jcoffey |
| Dennis Edwards, Associate Professor |
Education:
B.S., University of Southern Mississippi;M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., College of William & Mary Research Interests: Distributed software development, visualization of concurrent execution, operating systems and security. Phone Number: (850) 473-7348 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 118 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~dedwards |
| Eman El-Sheikh, Assistant Professor |
Education:
B.S., American University in Cairo;M.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University Teaching Interests: Artificial intelligence, CS projects, programming languages, Java programming, and software systems. Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, intelligent tutoring systems, adaptive/interactive learning environments, knowledge-based systems, and Computer Science education. Phone Number: 850) 473-7347 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 113 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~eelsheik/ |
| Jacalyn Huband, Assistant Professor |
Education:
B.A., University of Virginia;M.S., Old Dominion University; Ph.D., Old Dominion University Research Interests: Visual Cluster Assessment, Inverse Engineering and Mathematical Modeling. Phone Number: FWB Campus: (850) 863-6556 Main Campus: (850) 474-2304 Office location: FWB Campus: Bldg. 4, Room 459 Main Campus: Bldg. 79, Room 112 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~jhuband/ |
| Jim Lewis, Lecturer |
Education:
B.S., Purdue University;M.A., Ball State University Experience: Ten years in Industry: engineering and management. Twenty years teaching Computer Science. Interests: Computer Organization, OOP, Distributed Software systems - CORBA, Java, Java/RMI. Phone Number: (850) 473-7346 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 114 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~jlewis |
| Michelle Lockhart, Academic Specialist |
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Education:
B.A., University of West Florida Experience: Over eight years as a professional advisor and two years as a Freshman Instructor. Co-founder: Scholars of Engineering, Applied Sciences & Technology Annual Research Symposium (SeaStars). Research/General Interests: Learning environments of undergraduates in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines, curriculum development, enrollment management, student retention, and preschooler cognition. Phone Number: (850) 474-2542 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 107 Email Address: Website: None. |
| Bernd Owsnicki-Klewe, Lecturer |
Education:
Masters, University of Hamburg Germany;Doctorate, University of Hamburg Germany Research Interests: Object orientation, Semantic Web, Ubiquitous Computing Phone Number: (850) 474-3065 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 125 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~bowsnick/ |
| Anthony Pinto, Lecturer |
Education:
A.S., Northern Virginia Community College;B.S., University of Maryland; M.S., University of West Florida Experience: 20 years Active duty service in the United States Marine Corps. Several years experience in business related software development. Research Interests: Software Engineering (Software Design, Software Patterns), Interactive teaching, Web and Database Integration, and the Semantic Web. Phone Number: (850) 474-2974 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 117 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~apinto |
| Lakshmi Prayaga, Assistant Professor |
Education:
B.A., Osmania University (India);M.B.A., Alabama A&M University; M.S., University of West Florida Ed.D., University of West Florida Research Interests: Game Programming, Visual Interactive Educational Tools, Web programming, Remote Software Management and Distance Learning. Phone Number: (850) 474-2542 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 111 Email Address: Website: http://www.uwf.edu/lprayaga |
| Clif Redding, Servers and Systems Coordinator |
Phone Number: (850) 474-2752Office location: Bldg 79, Room 122 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~credding |
| Edward Rodgers, Associate Professor |
Education:
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology;M.S., TSU-Europe/University of Saarlands, Germany; M.S., TSU-Europe/University of Kaiserslautern, Germany; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Georgia State University Research Interests: Computer simulation and modeling, Web-based applications, Security. Phone Number: (850) 474-2581 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 124 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~erodgers |
| Sharon Simmons, CS Program Director & Associate Professor |
Education:
B.S., University of Southern Mississippi;M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., College of William & Mary Research Interests: Distributed systems, network protocols and communications, distributed monitoring, debugging techniques, Security. Phone Number: (850) 473-7349 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 115 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~ssimmons |
| Leo ter Haar, SSE Director, CS Chair & Professor |
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Education: B.S., University of West Florida; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Research Interests: Computational Studies of Advanced Materials Phone Number: (850) 474-2542 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 104 Email Address: Website: None. |
| Diana Walker, Administrative Specialist |
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Education:
M.A., University of West Florida Phone Number: (850) 474-2977 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 103 Email Address: Website: None. |
| Laura J. White, SE Program Director & Assistant Professor |
Education:
B.S., University of New Mexico;M.S., Naval Postgraduate School; Ph.D., Capella University Research Interests: Programming Languages, Program Comprehension, Software Engineering, Virtual Teams, and Online Learning Phone Number: (850) 474-3017 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 126 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~lwhite |
| Norman Wilde, Eminent Scholar & Professor |
Education:
B.S., (1st class honors) University of Manitoba (Canada);Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology William Craig Nystul Professor of Computer Science, Eminent Scholar. Experience: About 15 years doing systems analysis for the World Health Organization and as an independent consultant working mainly in developing countries. Joined the University of West Florida in 1987. Research Interests: Software Engineering, Program Comprehension, Software Maintenance. Works with industrial affiliates of the Software Engineering Research Center (http://www.serc.net). Phone Number: (850) 474-2548 Office location: Bldg 79, Room 116 Email Address: Website: http://www.cs.uwf.edu/~wilde |
