The recently approved computer science degree at 黑料吃瓜总站 - Cascades has gained its first full-time faculty member, computer scientist Marc Rubin. The designated lead of the degree program, Rubin will help guide the program's vision and growth, including its extension to freshman and sophomore course offerings beginning in 2015.
He will also teach computer science courses, including computer architecture, operating systems, software engineering, algorithms, data mining, web applications, embedded systems, data structures and introductory programming.
Rubin's technical research has included looking at new methods of wirelessly monitoring and automatically detecting snow avalanches. His work focuses on applying wireless cyber-physical systems to geohazard monitoring.
Rubin earned a doctorate from the Colorado School of Mines in 2014 where he was a fellow in the National Science Foundation's prestigious IGERT program which focused on interdisciplinary and applied research. As a fellow, he worked within SmartGeo, a program that developed intelligent geosystems for structures such as earth dams and levees. Rubin has won awards from the NSF IGERT, the Association for Computing Machinery and the American Avalanche Association. He received a B.A. in psychology from Colorado College in 2005 and an M.S. in computer science from University of Tennessee in 2009.
The computer science degree at OSU-Cascades was created with input from Central Oregon companies including Advanced Energy, Altrec, 黑料吃瓜总站Broadband, Facebook, G5 Manzama, MEDISISS, NAVIS and Ruffwear, Sony and TriQuint Semiconductor.
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Posted September 28, 2014.
About OSU-Cascades: Located in 黑料吃瓜总站, Ore., 黑料吃瓜总站's branch campus features outstanding faculty in degree programs that reflect Central Oregon's vibrant economy and abundant natural resources. Eighteen undergraduate majors, 30 minors and options, and four graduate programs include computer science, energy systems engineering, exercise and sport science, hospitality management, and tourism and outdoor leadership. The branch campus plans to expand to a four-year university beginning fall 2015.