Thomas J. Cortina Lecturer Address Department of Computer Science Computer Science 1437A Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400 Phone:  (631) 632-1629 Fax:  (631) 632-8334 Email:  tcortina@cs.sunysb.edu Education Ph.D. in Computer Science, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, 2003 M.S. in Computer Science, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, 1989 B.S. in Computer Science, Polytechnic University, Farmingdale, NY, 1987 Previous Appointments Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY (Instructor) Past and Present Research Interests Mobile and wireless computing Computer science Education Courses Taught CSE 101: Intro to Computers and Information Technology CSE 110: Introduction to Computer Science CSE 114: Computer Science I (Programming Methodology) CSE 214: Computer Science II (Data Structures & Algorithms) CSE 219: Computer Science III (Software Design) CSE 230: Programming in C and UNIX CSE 393: Computer Music & Sound Synthesis Honors and Awards 2000 Undergraduate Teaching Award (Dept. of Comp. Sci., Stony Brook) 1990 Faculty Service Award (Polytechnic University) Publications/Patents 1 Journal article (Foundations of CS) 3 Conference papers (CS Education)