Computer Science

Two Computer Science faculty were recognized by the College of Engineering during Engineers Week. Professor Spiros Mancoridis received the faculty research award and Professor Dario Salvucci received the faculty teaching award.

Dr. Mancoridis has developed and led an internationally recognized software engineering research group, one of the best funded software engineering groups in the world, and is responsible for putting Drexel on the map in this field. His specialty within software engineering is reverse engineering -- determining the structure, properties, and design of software systems from source code analysis and runtime behavior. Most recently he has been applying his analysis techniques to software security analysis and cyber forensics. These are areas of national significance due to the ever-increasing reliance on software in our everyday lives and to the increasing number attacks on this software infrastructure.

Dr. Salvucci's expertise is in cognitive modeling and human-computer interaction -- designing innovative ways for people to interact with computers and building software that enables computers to incorporate human behavior. In addition to being a world expert in these fields, Dr. Salvucci has developed into a skilled and popular teacher, bringing cutting-edge research into both the graduate and undergraduate classrooms. He routinely receives the highest or nearly the highest course evaluations in the Computer Science department. Professor Salvucci has developed a series of undergraduate and graduate courses, including courses such as "Computing Off the Desktop", and he is currently working on a book to make many of these ideas more widely accessible. These courses, this visibility, and instructors like Dario make Drexel an ideal place to come to study this exciting field.