This is an archive of the 2021-2022 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

This is an archive of the 2021-2022 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2021-2022

Current Faculty

Covington, Richard

(2000) Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.A. 1980, Harvard College; M.S. 1985, Ph.D. 1989, Rice University.

Dewey, Kyle

(2017) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 2011, M.S. 2011, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 2017, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Ebrahimi, Mahdi

(2019) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.Sc. 2002, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman; M.Sc. 2005, Amirkabir University of Technology; M.Sc. 2010, Ph.D. 2017, Wayne State University.

Fitzgerald, Steven M.

(1994) Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 1986, Lowell University; M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1995, University of Massachusetts.

Hsu, Wen Chin

(2014) Associate Professor of Computer Science. Ph.D. 2013, University of Florida.

Jalalitabar, Maryamsadat

(2020) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.Sc. 2009, K.N. Toosi University of Technology; M.Sc. 2014, Ph.D. 2018, Georgia State University.

Jiang, Xunfei

(2020) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 2004, M.S. 2007, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D. 2014, Auburn University.

Kaplan, Adam B.

(2012) Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 2000, M.S. 2003, Ph.D. 2008, University of California, Los Angeles.

Lee, Wonjun

(2021) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 2000, Korea University; M.S. 2002, Ph.D. 2011, Purdue University.

Liu, Li

(2015) Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.Eng. 2006, Shandong University; Ph.D. 2010, University of Alabama.

Lorentz, Richard J.

(1987) Professor of Computer Science. B.A. 1975, Claremont McKenna College; Ph.D. 1980, Washington State University.

McIlhenny, Robert

(2001) Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 1993, University of California, Irvine; M.S. 1996, Ph.D. 2002, University of California, Los Angeles.

Melara, Gloria E.

(1985) Professor of Computer Science. B.A. 1978, Universidad de El Salvador; M.A. 1980, M.S. 1983, Western Michigan University; Ph.D. 1994, University of Southern California.

Mkrtchyan, Katya

(2017) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 2006, M.S. 2008, Yerevan State University; Ph.D. 2016, University of California, Riverside.

Nahapetian, Ani

(2011) Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 2002, M.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Los Angeles.

Noga, John J.

(2001) Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 1991, Truman State University; M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1998, University of California, Riverside.

Pham, Son

(1985) Professor of Computer Science. University of Saigon; M.A. 1975, University of Louisville; Ph.D. 1978, University of Cincinnati.

Pournaghshband, Vahab

(2014) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.Sc. 2006, M.Sc. 2008, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. 2014, University of California, Los Angeles.

Stepanek, Steven G.

(1981) Professor of Computer Science. B.A. 1974, M.S. 1980, California State University, Northridge.

Verma, Abhishek

(2021) Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.Com. 2000, University of Delhi, India; M.S. 2003, Bangalore University, India; M.S. 2006, Ph.D. 2011, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Wang, Taehyung

(2003) Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 1985, Seoul National University; M.S. 1994, Western Illinois University; Ph.D. 1998, University of California, Irvine.

Wiegley, Jeffrey A.

(2002) Professor of Computer Science. B.S. 1991, State University of New York; Ph.D. 1998, University of Southern California.

Zartoshty, Bahram

(1998) Lecturer in Computer Science. B.A. 1982, Transylvania University; M.S. 1984, University of Kentucky.




Emeriti

Alanen, Jack

(2000) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. B.S. 1960, M.S. 1962, Case Institute of Technology; M.S. 1966, Ph.D. 1972, Yale University.

Barkataki, Prasanta

(1981) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. B.Sc. 1970, University of London; Ph.D. 1973, University of Bradford, England.

Barnes, G. Michael

(1981) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. A.B. 1972, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. 1975, California State University, Long Beach; M.S. 1980, Kansas State University; Ph.D. 1980, Kansas University.

Gabrovsky, Peter N.

(1989) Professor emeritus of Computer Science. M.S. 1968, Warsaw University; Ph.D. 1977, Syracuse University.

Gilbert, Philip

(1974) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. B.S. 1955, M.S. 1955, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 1969, University of London.

Lichten, Larry

(1985) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. A.B. 1968, M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1976, University of California, Los Angeles.

Lingard, Robert W.

(1994) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. B.A. 1963, M.A. 1965, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1975, University of Southern California.

Miller, Dorothy

(1978) Professor Emerita of Computer Science. B.A. 1965, California State University, Northridge; M.A. 1973, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D. 1988, University of California, Los Angeles.

Motil, John M.

(1963) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. B.Sc. 1960, University of Alberta; M.Sc. 1963, University of Illinois.

Salomon, David

(1981) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. B.Sc. 1964, M.Sc. 1966, Ph.D. 1973, Hebrew University.

Schwartz, Diane L.

(1979) Professor Emerita of Computer Science. B.A. 1966, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1975, University of California, Los Angeles.