I am pleased to announce that Prof. Mahbub Majumdar will be serving as Interim Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering effective August 1, 2019. Prof. Majumdar is a mathematician with varied research and teaching interests. He is a very well-known figure nationally, particularly among high school students in Bangladesh, for serving as National Coach of the Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad Team. In addition to teaching courses and supervising graduate students in computer science, Prof. Majumdar participates actively in the startup scene, and business and financial spaces in general, by supporting entrepreneurs and helping them to increase technical sophistication in operations. Prof. Majumdar received his Ph.D. from Cambridge, M.S. from Stanford, and S.B. from MIT. The interim chair will be assisted by Asst. Professor Sadia Hamid Kazi who will be serving as Deputy Chair in the department.
Vincent Chang
President & Vice-Chancellor