Computer Science Faculty & Staff
James Carabetta, Ed.D., Professor, Department Chair
Office: Wilson 411H
Phone: (413) 572‐5352
Areas of Interest
End‐User Computing
Activities at WSU
DGCE Program Director for CS and CIS
Chair – College Long Range Planning Committee
Member – Campus Technology Committee
Member – NEASC Reaccreditation Steering Committee
Memberships and Professional Activities
ACM
Goopeel Chung, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Office: Wilson 411B
Phone: (413) 572‐5714
Areas Interests
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Collaborative Infrastructure
Distributed Systems
Memberships and Professional Activities
Department's liaison to the Special Committee for Strategic Academic Planning
ACM
IEEE Computer Society
Larry Griffith, Ph.D., Professor
Office: Wilson 411I
Phone: (413) 572‐5294
Areas Interests
The theory of computation (particularly the P=NP conjecture and infinite automata) are my research interests. My teaching interests are extremely broad as evidenced by the wide variety of courses I teach, but my recent focus has been on web development, security, and networking.
Activities at WSU
Member, Dept. Peer Review Commiteee
In charge of preparing Curriculum & Student Service sections of 2006 Accreditation Review
Co-developer of a web-based student portfolio system
NEASC Task Force D
Memberships and Professional Activities
I am a member of ACM, SIGPLAN, and SIGCSE. I referee papers for SIGCSE.
Ken Haar, M.S., Associate Professor
Sabbatical Spring 2011 Semester
Office: Wilson 411J
Phone: (413) 572‐5588
Areas Interests
Multimedia
IT Business Applications
Activities at WSU
Search Committees
MSCA Chapter President
All College Committee
Advisor to the Student National Education Association campus chapter
Assistant Softball Coach
Memberships and Professional Activities
IEEE
ISTE
NERA
Donald Ferris, M.S., Assistant Professor
Office: Wilson 411G
Phone: (413) 572‐5739
Areas Interests
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence (Natural Language Processing)
e‐portfolios
Activities at WSU
Department Unix System Administrator
Curriculum development
ABET accreditation work
Library Liaison
Chair - Campus Technology Committee
Faculty Center Advisory Group
Memberships and Professional Activities
ACM
IEEE Computer Society
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
New England Java Users Group
Deb Samwell, Administrative Assistant
Office: Wilson 409B
Phone: (413) 572‐5349
Office Schedule
Time - 8:00-4:15
Monday - Office (W-C409B)
Tuesday - Office (W-C409B)
Wednesday - Office (W-C409B)
Thursday - Office (W-C409B)
Friday - Office (W-C409B)
Areas Interests
Gardening
Reading
Photography
Volunteer Work
Activities at WSU
Mathematics and Computer & Information Science department secretary