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Chun Wai Liew, associate professor and head of computer science, was recently awarded a $590,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The goals of Liew’s project are to help faculty and students understand the importance and role of computational approaches in their disciplines and to incorporate computational approaches and tools into the curriculum. This would allow students to develop computational skills and apply them in their fields.
To do this, Liew will begin by highlighting the projects where students and faculty have used computational tools and methods to achieve results that would not be otherwise possible.
Liew stressed the need for research into computational approaches, saying, “These skills will become even more essential as we move further into the information age. They are also important in all fields.”
Implications of this project will be seen throughout campus. This fall, a minor in computational methods will be introduced. There will also be the development and introduction of computational methods courses designed for students not majoring in either computer science or electrical and computer engineering. Computational methods and tools will be used more frequently in many courses across the campus and there will be an increase of computational skills across the general student body.
The project is in collaboration with the department of computer science at Union College.
This new project relates to Liew’s current research on the computational modeling of swimming fish. Liew says, “The projects are related in that I, personally, have a long standing interest in research applying computer science to other disciplines. The research and the NSF-funded grant for curriculum development/revision both fit into my interests.”
Liew has had numerous works published in scholarly journals and magazines and has presented his research at a wide range of conferences. His research interests include artificial intelligence, tutoring systems, and VLSI design. He has received over $2 million in grants for research. Liew holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Rutgers University and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Cornell University.