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Mary Lucas

Excellence in Graduate Study Award Recipient and Nurse Mary Lucas Gains Valuable Health Informatics Expertise Through MSCIS That Propels Career Pivot Mary M. Lucas RN Care  Management Coordinator, Independence Blue Cross Master of Science in Computer Information Systems, concentration in Health Informatics and Data Analytics (MET’20) What do you find most fascinating about the discipline... More

Striim, A Next Generation Distributed Streaming Platform

By kimrichFebruary 1st, 2021in NewsBytes

Computer Science Research Seminar Series On Thursday, February 25, the Department of Computer Science will hold its third research seminar with Alok Pareek, Founder and head of engineering at Striim. Entitled “Striim, A Next Generation Distributed Streaming Platform,” this virtual seminar will be moderated by Dr. Kia Teymourian, assistant professor and coordinator... More

Application of Machine Learning to Construct Investment Portfolios

By kimrichFebruary 1st, 2021in NewsBytes

On Thursday, January 28, the Department of Computer Science held its second seminar with Associate Professor of the Practice Eugene Pinsky, coordinator of software development. Entitled “Application of Machine Learning to Construct Investment Portfolios,” this virtual seminar was moderated by Dr. Kia Teymourian, assistant professor and coordinator of programming languages. The... More

Emerging Leaders in Data Science Fellowship

By kimrichJanuary 12th, 2021in NewsBytes, TECH Jobs

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health... More

Software Verification Architecture TECH Byte

By kimrichJanuary 4th, 2021in Events

The TECH Byte series features a 20- to 30-minute virtual talk by a MET CS faculty member on a technical topic followed by 10 to 15 minutes of Q&A. For our December Byte, Professor Alex Elentukh discussed the software verification architecture. With an ever growing number of various test types, it... More

MET Computer Science and Learning Team Authors New Book on Best Practices in Online Education

By kimrichJanuary 4th, 2021in NewsBytes

Written by MET Office of Distance Education Associate Director of Instructional Design Dan Hillman, Computer Science Associate Professor Emeritus Robert Schudy, and Department of Computer Science Chair Anatoly Temkin, Best Practices for Administering Online Programs is a practical volume for university teams seeking to manage effective online programs. Defining, designing, More

Madani Naidjate

Dr. Madani Naidjate (ENG’84, GRS’91) Shares His Passion for Algorithmic Solutions to Practical Problems Madani Naidjate Lecturer, Computer Science Professor of Mathematics and Director, Berenson Center for Mathematics at Dean College PhD, MS, Boston University; BS, Algiers Polytechnic Institute (Algeria) What is your area of expertise? I specialize in applied mathematics, telecommunications, and computing. Please tell us... More

Mikhail Chertushkin

By kimrichJanuary 4th, 2021in Alumni Spotlights, NewsBytes

Stay Hungry for Knowledge, Study, and Follow Your Dreams, Says Award Winner, Mikhail Chertushkin (MET’20) Mikhail Chertushkin NLP Manager, Data Science at RepTrak MS in Computer Science (MET’20) What do you find most fascinating about the discipline of computer science? Do you have a particular focus within the broader field? Knowing computer science is like... More