Computer Systems

Nur Dean

Assistant Professor 10 Months deann2@farmingdale.edu 934-420-2190 Whitman Hall, Room 112
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Systems at Farmingdale State College. I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Graduate Center, City University of New York and my M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Hofstra University. My research primarily focuses on game theory, particularly in the context of social networks. Additionally, I have a keen interest in exploring machine learning projects.
 

Courses Taught

BCS 109 Introduction to Programming
BCS 120 Foundations of Computer Programming I
BCS 130 Website Development I
BCS 360 Programming in SQL
BCS 340 Introduction to Algorithms
CSC 101 Introduction to Computing
CSC 111 Computer Programming I
CSC 251 Discrete Structures
CSC 243 Computer Architecture and Organization

Education

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2020
  • M.Phil., Computer Science, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2018
  • M.A., Mathematics, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 2015

Publications

  • Lisa Cullington, Nur Dean, Mary Villani, Moaath Alrajab, Arthur Hoskey and Ilknur Aydin, Student Perspectives of Collaborative Learning Techniques (CoLT) in Introductory Computing Classes in 2024 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland,Oregon: ASEE (2024).
  • Nur Dean and George K. Nakashyan, Popularity-Based Approach to Promote Cooperation in The Prisoner’s Dilemma Game, ASONAM '23: Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 2023, 1-8.
  • Nur Dean and Shweta Jain, Polarized Population Under Imitation Dynamics in Complex Networks in Procedia Computer Science 185, Malvern, Pennsylvania: Elsevier (2021), 292-301.
Last Modified 8/27/24