Computer Science Program
William Paterson University
Department of Computer
Science
The Coach House
Department of Computer
Science
New Home in 2011-2012
Highlights of Our Program
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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
Curriculum
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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 Courses
MATH-160 Calculus I
 MATH-161 Calculus II
 MATH-324 Probability and Statistics
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Computer Science Core
Courses
 CS-230
 CS-240
 CS-260
 CS-280
 CS-341
 CS-341
 CS-345
Computer Science I
Computer Science II
Discrete Structures
Assembler Language
Digital Logic & Computer Organization
Data Structures
Operating systems
Other Required Computer
Science Courses
 CS-350
Software Engineering
 CS-372 Design & Analysis of Algorithms
 CS-382 Programming Languages
 CS-480 Computer Science Seminar
Computer Science Electives
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CS-399
CS-402
CS-404
CS-405
CS-410
CS-420
CS-430
CS-440
CS-441
CS-445
CS-461
Selected Topics
Numerical Methods
Computer Simulation
Systems Programming
Artificial Intelligence
Compiler Construction
Data Communications & Computer Networks
Database Management
Computer Architecture
Theory of Computation
Computer Graphics
Internship/Honors Computer
Science Project/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 facilities
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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 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 Research
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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 Students
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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 Opportunities
 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 Organizations
 Computer
Society (SGA)
 ACM (Association for Computing
Machinery) Student Chapter
 UPE National Honor Society (more
than 126 students have been inducted
since 1988)
Career Opportunity
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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 Graduates Go
(A Sample)?
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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).
Faculty
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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
Summary
 Affordable
education
 Quality program
 Stimulating learning environment
 Caring faculty members
 Many levels of support systems to
help you succeed
 Excellent career opportunities
More Information?
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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