John Youssefi, Ph.D.

Professor and Computer Science Program Director

Office location:	SM205
Office hours:
Phone number:	(650) 508-3450
Fax:	(650) 508-3433
Email:	jyoussefi@ndnu.edu
Website:

Education History

• 1989 Ph.D. Computer Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
  Dissertation Title: "An Intermediate Language and Machine-independent Optimization Issues in Automatic Code Generation for Vector Processors."
• 1982 M.S., Computer Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  

Courses Taught

• Foundations of Computer Science
• Programming Laboratory
• Data Structure and Abstraction
• Advanced HTML and Scripting for the Web
• Analysis of Algorithms
• Programming Languages
• Computer Operating Systems and UNIX Utilities
• Object-Oriented Design and Programming
• Web Programming I: Client Side
• Web Programming II: Server Side
• Database Management Systems
• Software Engineering
• Computer Network and Network Programming
• Senior Project

Research and Interests

• Web programming

• Software Engineering

• Parallel Processing

• Programming languages/Compilers

• Database and server site programming
  

Recognitions

Professional Affiliations

Workshops

• Developed and presented "Perl Programming Workshop"

• Involved in submitting a grant proposal to NSF Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship(CSEMS) program

• Member of creating AS/BS degree program with Foothill and College of San Mateo

• Web Programming Workshop for High School Students

• Developed and taught a course "EB-210 Fundamentals of Internet Architecture" for the new Master of E-Business program

• Computer Science Club Initiator and Advisor

• Computer Science Web Page Supervisor

• Involved in designing Basic Technological Skills Modules(BTSM) for NDNU students

• Involved in designing on-line testing program for BTSM

• Involved in designing on-line portfolio for students

• Involved in design and implementation of Master Program in Computer Science

• Member of leadership team in Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

• Member of the Computer Science Advisory Council

• Presented “Incorporating IT Modules in the Curriculum” in The Uses of Instructional Technology Workshop at NDNU
  

Major Seminars

Community Activities

Publication

• John Youssefi and Ken Shakoori, "On-line implementation of Inventory/Capital Management," Applied Business Research Conference, March 2002.
• John Youssefi and Ken Shakoori, "Computer Assisted Dividend Target Adjustment Model", to be submitted to a Computer/Business Conference.
• John Youssefi, "Programming of Combinatorial Search Problems on Parallel Computers," the International Journal of Computers and Their Applications, August 1997
• John A. Youssefi, Kay Zemoudeh, "A Course in Parallel Processing,” IEEE Transaction on Education, February 1997.
• John Youssefi, George Driver, "File Access Methods on Parallel Processing," Eighth SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, March 14-17, 1997, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Robert A. Allen, John A. Youssefi, "Teaching the Internet: A Protocol for Interactive Learning", in Proc. ACM Southeast Regional Conference. (Clemson, S.C, March 1995)
• Robert A. Allen, John A. Youssefi, "Human and Computer Resource Synchronization", in 5th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Orlando, FL, Aug. 1993)
• John A. Youssefi, "Parallel Computational Problems", in Proc. 29th Annual ACM Conf. (Auburn, Alabama, April 1991)
• John A. Youssefi, "Introducing Parallel Computation Into the Curriculum", in Computational Science Conf. (Pomona, CA Nov. 1990)
• John A. Youssefi, D.E. Stevenson, "An Intermediate Language for Vector Processor", in Proc. 28th Annual ACM Conference (Greenville, S.C., Dec. 1989)
• John A. Youssefi, D.E. Stevenson, "An Overview of Parallel Languages for Vector/Array processor", in Proc. ACM Southeast Regional Conf. (Birmingham, Alabama, April 1987)