Computer Science and Engineering Faculty and Staff

Left to right:
Keith Edwards,
Sevki Erdogan,
Syed Ahamed,
Shawon Rahman,
Barbara Meguro,
Michael Peterson,
William Wright,
Carl Dionne,
Helen Torigoe
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Sevki Erdogan |
Dr. Sevki S. Erdogan is the chair of the Computer Science and Engineering department. He has obtained his M. Sc. (1979) and Ph.D. (1983) from Manchester University, England. He has been with Nanyang Technological University as an Associate Professor during 1990-1999 and MentorTech Pte Ltd during 1999-2003....Read More |
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Keith Edwards |
Dr. H. Keith Edwards is an associate professor in the Computer Science department University of Hawaii at Hilo. He obtained his bachelor's degree in mathematics and creative writing with a minor in comparative literature from the University of Michigan in 1993 and his master's degree in mathematics and computer science...Read More |
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Shawon Rahman |
Syed (Shawon) Rahman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Hawaii-Hilo. He earned his Ph.D. in Software Engineering and MS in Computer Science degree from North Dakota State University. Before joining at UH-Hilo, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin....Read More |
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Michael Peterson |
Michael Peterson is a new assistant professor in the department of computer science at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. Dr. Peterson earned his Ph.D. in computer Science and Engineering from Wright State University...Read More |
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Jie Cheng |
Dr. Cheng obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees both in computer science from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2003 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Cheng earned her Ph.D in electrical and computer engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2009...Read More |
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Barbara Meguro |
Ms. Meguro received her B.S. degree in Mathematics from Grove City College, Pennsylvania and her M.A. degree in Educational Technology from Arizona State University....Read More |
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Ted Shaneyfelt |
Ted Shaneyfelt is currently teaching Computer Science and Engineering courses at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2012. He received his Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering) specializing in free space optical computing in 1995 from the University of California, San Diego....Read More |
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Judy Gersting |
Professor Emeritus Judith Gersting obtained a bachelor's degree from Stetson University, and and master's and Ph.D degrees from Arizona State University, all in mathematics. She began teaching in the Computer Science Department at UHH in 1990...Read More |
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John Gersting |
Professor Emeritus John Gersting obtained a bachelor's degree from Purdue University, and master's and Ph.D degrees from Arizona State University, all in Engineering Science....Read More |
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Bill Chen |
Professor Emeritus Bill H. Chen obtained his Ph.D from the University of Rochester in 1970, and he joined the faculty at UH Hilo in 1971. Dr. Chen has served eight years as Chair of the Computer Science Department, three years...Read More |








