NSU Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Faculty Viewbook

27 www.scis.nova.edu | BITS AND BYTES - former GSCIS director of computing - architect and designer of GSCIS’s second generation online teaching tools - award-winning close-up and stage magician and former officer of the Society of American Magicians “It is said that one man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s technology. As software professionals, we should strive to make the end-user’s experience as rich and magical as current technology allows. When we can no longer do that, then we must advance the technology.” Prior to joining the faculty of GSCIS in 1994, Frank Mitropoulos served 12 years in industry in positions including senior developer for IBM Logica and biochemist and scientific programmer at the University of Miami, School of Medicine. He has taught more than 50 technical training courses for corporations such as Motorola, IBM, GTE, American Express, and American Bankers Group. Mitropoulos was recently instrumental in the launch of GSCIS’s first mobile computing laboratory and has instructed the first iOS Programming course, where students learn hands-on how to design, develop, and build robust iOS applications. Mitropoulos and his doctoral students have published more than a dozen research papers in the areas of aspect- oriented development and aspect-mining. Research Areas: programming languages, software engineering, object-oriented development, aspect-oriented development, aspect-mining, mobile-application development