Faculty

Department Chair

  • Dr. Scient. (Doktor Scientiarum) in Computer Science (University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway)
    • Professor
    • Chair, Department of Computer Science
    • Chair, Department of Physics
    Phone:
    250-960-5548
    Office Number:
    10-2080
    After receiving a B.Tech. in Textiles from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, I availed an opportunity to study computational optimization in the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway under Professor Trond Steihaug. I was awarded a University of Bergen Fellowship (...

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Faculty

  • PhD, MMath, BSc
    • Associate Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-6672
    Office Number:
    10-2080
    Dr. Casperson received his Ph.D. and M.Math. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and his B.Sc. in Mathematical Physics from Simon Fraser University. His research areas include computational algebra, Galois theory, universal algebra, and programming language semantics. He has a...

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  • PhD
    • Professor, Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Studies
    Phone:
    250-960-5838
    Office Number:
    10-2046

    Supervises in: MSc Computer Science ; MSc Interdisciplinary Studies

    Dr. Chen's research areas are: pattern recognition, image processing, computational geometry, intelligent language tutoring system, data mining, bioinformatics; and the computational intelligence fields, including fuzzy systems, neural network, and fast approximate practical algorithms for solving...

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  • Waqar Haque
    PhD (Computer Science), MSc (Computer Science), MSc (Mech Engineering)
    • Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-6522
    Office Number:
    10-2052

    Supervises in: MSc Computer Science ; MSc Business Administration ; MSc Health Sciences ; PhD Health Sciences

    Dr. Haque received his Masters and PhD in Computer Science from Iowa State University, USA. He joined UNBC in 1995 and is presently Full Professor, cross-appointed in the Department of Computer Science and School of Business. His academic background includes a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from...

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  • Andreas Hirt
    PhD, MSc (University of Calgary), BSc (University of Northern British Columbia)
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-6756
    Office Number:
    10-2068
    Dr. Hirt received his PhD and MSc from the University of Calgary, specializing in networking, cryptography, and security. He received his BSc from the University of Northern British Columbia. His research interests include networking, cryptography, security, performance evaluation, anonymous...

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  • MSc, PhD
    • Associate Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-6626
    Office Number:
    10-2030

    Supervises in: MSc Computer Science

    Dr. Fan Jiang received both his MSc and PhD in Computer Science from University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. His research areas include big data mining, association rule mining, frequent pattern mining, social network mining, sentiment analysis, machine learning, and data visualization.

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  • Allan Kranz
    MSc UNBC, BSc UNBC
    • Senior Lab Instructor
    Phone:
    250-960-5800
    Office Number:
    10-2058
    Mr. Allan Kranz received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Northern British Columbia. Allan came to UNBC from the area of industrial process control and his experience includes embedded systems, interfacing industrial equipment, data gathering and logging, and process...

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  • PhD Western University, MSc Brock University
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-5866
    Office Number:
    10-2082

    Supervises in: MSc Computer Science

    Dr. Sajal Saha is a Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, specializing in Machine Learning for Intelligent Wireless Communications, IoT, and Cyber-Attack Detection. His collaborative work with different university and industry focuses on developing AI-...

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