Department of Computer Science hofstra.edu/seas • cs.hofstra.edu Located in Hempstead, New York, the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science – ranked #33 among 220 non-PhD-granting engineering schools in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges rankings – is home to Hofstra’s Computer Science and Engineering departments. The DeMatteis School offers students hands-on research experience in state-of-the-art laboratory facilities; valuable preprofessional, on-the-job experience; and collaborative relationships with professors who are leaders in their fields. 4 The Master of Science in Computer Science is ranked among the 30 best online master’s degree programs in computer science (Online Schools Report, 2019). 4 Over 90% of recent DeMatteis students were employed or enrolled in graduate school within one year of graduation.= 4 The new, interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Innovation and Research Center is equipped with cutting-edge technology and simulation software that trains students to detect and defend against cybercrime and create partnerships among industry, government, and education to analyze threats and strengthen network security.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAMS
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Students acquire a strong foundation in programming and application development, algorithms, computer architecture, operating systems, networking, and software engineering. In addition, the department offers elective courses in topics such as cybersecurity, data analytics, computer graphics, computer games, mobile and web application development, artificial intelligence, and embedded systems.
DeMatteis Co-op Program: Undergraduate and graduate students can work for a period of six to eight months in paid positions at one of 200 technology firms nationwide and gain hands-on experience in a field related to their major.
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BA, Computer Science BS, Computer Engineering* BS, Computer Science* BS, Computer Science and Cybersecurity BS, Computer Science and Mathematics BA/MS, Computer Science BS/MS, Computer Science MS, Computer Science MS, Cybersecurity (Technology)
Advanced Summer Program in Research (ASPiRe): Competitive stipends are offered to undergraduate engineering and computer science students who pursue advanced scientific research, with faculty guidance, in areas related to their major. Hofstra in Silicon Valley: This weeklong trip allows computer science students to get an inside look at top-tier West Coast technology companies.
*ABET-accredited
Professor of Computer Science Xiang Fu, PhD, was named Hofstra’s 2020 Mentor of the Year, an annual award that honors outstanding faculty supervision of advanced undergraduate research. This is the second consecutive year that a faculty member from the DeMatteis School has received this honor.
~ NEWS ~ Edden Kashi, a May 2020 Hofstra computer science graduate, earned several prestigious honors for her research on online user tracking technology, including best undergraduate poster session at the 2020 Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference and honorable mention at the 2020 National Center for Women & Information Technology Collegiate Award competition. In addition, a research paper based on Kashi’s work was accepted for peer-reviewed publication at the International Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCII’20). Her research was done under the guidance of her faculty mentor, Dr. Angeliki Zavou. Kashi is now a graduate student at NYU.
The DeMatteis School continues to lend the extensive computing power of its Big Data Laboratory to a global project, the Folding@home initiative, which is studying the protein malformations that can lead to COVID-19 and diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, cystic fibrosis, and cancer.
FEATURED RESEARCHER — Simona Doboli, PhD, Professor of Computer Science Grants: • Facilitating the Survival and Development of Novel Ideas in Collaborative Innovation - ARO • Automated Scenario Generation from Public Datasets for Simulation-Based Training in Surgery – Stemmler Fund Recent Publications: • A. Doboli, X. Liu, H. Li, S. Doboli. (2019). Modeling Group Creativity as the Evolution of Community-Level, Creative Problem Solving. Chapter 10 in P.B. Paulus and B.A. Nijstad (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Group Creativity and Innovation, Oxford University Press. • L.E. Coursey, R.T. Gertner, B.C. Williams, J.B. Kenworthy, P.B. Paulus, S. Doboli. (2019). Linking the Divergent and Convergent Processes of Collaborative Creativity: The Impact of Expertise Levels and Elaboration Processes, Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10. • H. Li, X. Liu, F. Jiao, A. Doboli, S. Doboli. (2018). InnovA: A Cognitive Architecture for Computational Innovation Through Robust Divergence and Its Application for Analog Circuit Design. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 37(10): 1943-1956. = Outcomes are based on the 83% of 2017-2018 DeMatteis School undergraduate degree recipients who responded to a survey or other reliable sources within a year of graduating.