NJIT - PublicInfo: Fadi P. Deek

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Fadi P. Deek, PhD

Fadi P. Deek, PhD	Fadi P. Deek, PhD is dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts and professor of information systems, information technology, and mathematical sciences at NJIT, where he began his academic career as a teaching assistant in 1985. He is also a member of the Graduate Faculty-Rutgers University PhD Program in Management. Deek maintains an active funded-research program. His research interests include learning/collaborative systems, software engineering, programming environments, and computer science education. Deek has published over 125 articles in journals and conference proceedings and he has given over 40 invited and professional presentations. He is also the author of eight book chapters and the co-author (with J. McHugh) of the book Open Source– Technology and Policy (in print with Cambridge University Press, 2007, 400 pages), the co-author (with J. McHugh and O. Eljabiri) of the book Strategic Software Engineering– An Interdisciplinary Approach (Taylor & Francis Group-Auerbach Publications, 2005, 360 pages), and the co-author (with J. McHugh) of the book Computer-Supported Collaboration with Applications to Software Development (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, 265 pages). Deek has also been a principal investigator on a number of large projects, most recently the Computation and Communication: Promoting Research Integration in Science and Mathematics (C2PRISM), $3 million from the National Science Foundation (2007-2011; R. Friedman, CP; B. Bukiet, CP). Deek has received numerous teaching, research and service awards: The NJIT Student Senate Faculty of the Year Award, given to him in 1992 and 1993; the NJIT Honors Program Outstanding Teacher Award in 1992; the NJIT Excellence in Teaching Award in 1990 and 1999; the NJIT Master Teacher Designation in 2001 and the NJIT Robert W. Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002. He has also been awarded the NJIT Overseers Public and Institute Service Award in 1997 and the IBM Faculty Award in 2002. He received a BS in computer science in 1985; an MS in computer science in 1986; and a PhD in computer and information science in 1997, all from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Last update: 4/16/07

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