Christopher Nevison
Professor of
Computer Science 

Address: Department of Computer Science, 
               Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346 
Phone: 315-228-7589 
Fax: 315-228-7831 
Email: chris@cs.colgate.edu 


Current Courses (Spring, 2007)

Core 139

COSC 460


Recent Courses

COSC 101        COSC 102           FSem 132, Methods and Issues in Cryptology
COSC 201        COSC 290           COSC 303


Advanced Placement Computer Science Web Page

       APCS Web Course on the GridWorld Case Study (2007) under construction


Curriculum Projects

Materials for Teaching Java at the Introductory Level

                   Maze Case Study


Concurrent Programming in Java with CSP

This page has links to materials about concurrent programming in Java using CSP.  It includes powerpoint slides from my 1999 SIGCSE presentation and links to other sites with information about Java with CSP.


Parallel Computing

I have been involved in several projects involving parallel computing during the past few years. These have included several faculty workshops, editing the book Laboratories for Parallel Computing, and helping to establish UParCC (the Undergraduate Parallel Computing Consortium).  This page includes links to materials from the most recent workshops, in 1997 and 1998.

Research Interests: Parallel computing, computer simulation, mathematical models in the social sciences, Computer Science education

Professional Activities: Advanced Placement Computer Science Examination Development Committee; APCS Exam Reader; Reviewer for Transputer Communication , IEEE Computer , SIGCSE Bulletin

Publications: Numerous articles and reviews in journals such as IEEE Computer, SIGCSE Bulletin, The Annals of Probability , American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Applied Game Theory, Journal of Higher Education, Operations Research and Management Science


http://cs.colgate.edu/faculty/nevison.html
Revised: December 6,2004.
Questions to: chris@cs.colgate.edu