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Department Faculty and Staff

The Computer and Information Science department's faculty is diverse and has expertise in various areas. These professors are committed to excellence in teaching and care for each individual student. In addition, they are active in research, having published several books, contributed to renowned journals, and presented at national and international conferences. They have also received many on- and off-campus honors and awards.

Emeriti Faculty

	Ziya Arnavut, Ph.D., Professor Research Interests: Data Compression, Multimedia Communications, Image Processing, Combinatorial Algorithms. Office: Fenton 227 Phone: 716 673-3864 E-mail: Ziya.Arnavut@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/arnavut

	Melanie Austin, Department Secretary Office: Fenton 2153 Phone: 716 673-4820 Fax: 716 673-4821 E-mail: Melanie.Cross@fredonia.edu

	Reneta Barneva, Ph.D., Professor; Department Chair Research Interests: Imaging, Algorithms, Multimedia Applications, Bioinformatics. Office: Fenton 2154 Phone: 716 673-4750 E-mail: Reneta.Barneva@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/barneva

	Boris Brimkov, B.S., Instructor Office: Thompson W303 Phone: 716 673-3638 E-mail: brimkov@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/brimkov Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 107, 241

	Gregory Cole, M.S., Lecturer Office: Fenton 214 Phone: 716 673-3646 E-mail: Gregory.Cole@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/cole Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 120

	David Conroe, M.S., Lecturer Office: Thompson W303 Phone: 716 673-3868 E-mail: David.Conroe@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/conroe Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 101, CSIT 104

	Derrik Decker, M.S., Lecturer Office: Fenton 109 Phone: 716 673-4757 E-mail: Derrik.Decker@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/decker Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 203, CSIT 105, CSIT 104

	John Hansen, Ph.D., Professor Research Interests: Embedded Application Development Office: Fenton 2148 Phone: 716 673 3869 E-mail: John.Hansen@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/hansen

	Michael Kelley, B.S., Instructor Office: Fenton 2148 Phone: E-mail: Michael.Kelley@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/kelley Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 208 Computer Game design and Implementation

	Michael Mendez, M.S., Lecturer Office: Thompson W303 Phone: 716 673-3868 E-mail: Michael.Mendez@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/mendez Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 107, CSIT 207

	Jonathan Nalewajek, Instructor Office: Fenton 2137 Phone: 716 673-3646 E-mail: nalewajek@fredonia.edu Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 333 Mobile Application Development

	Natalie Nazarenko, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor Research Interests: Information Systems Office: Fenton 225 Phone: 716 673-4684 E-mail: Natalie.Nazarenko@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/nazarenko Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 251, CSIT 473, CSIT 475

	Paul Nippard, M.S., Lecturer Office: Fenton 214 Phone: 716 673-4692 E-mail: Paul.Nippard@fredonia.edu Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 251

	Robert Olson, M.S., Full Time Visiting Instructor Office: Fenton 2148 Phone: 716 673-4961 E-mail: Robert.Olson@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/olson Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 461, CSIT 443, CSIT 433, CSIT 121

	Andrew Pingitore, M.S., Lecturer Office: Fenton 213 Phone: 716 673-3872 E-mail: Andrew.Pingitore@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/pingitor Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 104, CSIT 105

	Khalid Siddiqui, Ph.D., Professor Research Interests: Knowledge Engineering, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing Office: Fenton 2140 Phone: 716 673-3193 E-mail: Khalid.Siddiqui@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/siddiqui

	Elysebeth Simmang, Instructor Office: Fenton 214 Phone: 716 673-4692 E-mail: Elysebeth.Simmang@fredonia.edu Frequently Taught Courses: CSIT 251

	Gurmukh Singh, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor Research Interests: Computer Simulation, Application of Information Systems in Education Office: Fenton 110 Phone: 716 673-4734 E-mail: Gurmukh.Singh@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/singh

	Michael Szocki, B.S., System Administrator Office: Fenton 2158 Phone: 716 673-3670 E-mail: Michael.Szocki@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/szocki

	Junaid Zubairi, Ph.D., Professor Research Interests: Network Traffic Engineering, VLSI Fault Analysis Office: Fenton 210 Phone: 716 673-4694 E-mail: Junaid.Zubairi@fredonia.edu Home page: www.cs.fredonia.edu/zubairi


	Tat-Hung Chan, Ph.D., Associate Professor Research Interests: Knot Theory E-mail: Tat-Hung.Chan@fredonia.edu Home page: http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/chan

	William Leslie, M.S., Assistant Professor E-mail: William.Leslie@fredonia.edu Home page: http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/leslie

	Thomas Taylor, M.S., Lecturer E-mail: Thomas.Taylor@fredonia.edu Home page: http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/taylor