Computer Science

In the mid 1990s, Knox's Computer Science department formally separated itself from the Mathematics department. Since that time, the department has periodically been plagued by faculty turnover. This trend has thankfully remitted in recent years.

Labs and Offices

Offices for the Computer Science department can be found on the 2nd floor of the South wing of SMC. There are also extensive labs throughout SMC.

• Caterpillar Lab - in the basement of the South wing, featuring 20 dual-processor Linux workstations.
• Steylles - next door to the Caterpillar Lab, and across the hall from the Computer Center.
• The "sandbox" lab - on the north side of SMC (hidden somewhere in hyperspace between the Math Library and the window that looks out on the apartments)
• The Little Lab - on the 2nd floor, next door to Dooley's office, which is particularly quite and nice to work in
• The Honors Lab - home to the Mathematica server, and lonesome Honors students

Since 2002, the faculty of the Computer Science department has primarily used Mac workstations.

Current Faculty

• John Dooley - Department chair. John Dooley is an excellent human. He used to work at Motorola.
• Don Blaheta - Assistant professor. Ask Don about his function tagger, or about knitting.
• David Bunde - Assistant professor.

Also, there are some other great people who contribute to a great department. Mary Armon, whos office is on the CS end of the hall, sometimes teaches Discrete Math, and Andy Leahy is a Linux Guru who maintains the main Mathematica server.

Notable Alums

• Thomas Kurtz - '50, co-author of BASIC.