John Youssefi, Ph.D.

Professor and Program Director Computer Science

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

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 Geeration 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

Publications

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)