Dr. Laurence Boxer

Dr. Laurence Boxer's Home Page

. I'm Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Chair of the Engineering Program, and organizer of the bioinformatics seminar, at

.

About Me
Research
Teaching
Help and Wisdom
How to reach me

Research

"To my teachers ... for encouraging play that adults call research." -- Quentin F. Stout

Areas

Publications

Textbook

Supportive documents

Professional Presentations

My CoAuthors

- My Erdös number -

Recognition

5-star (out of 5) rating for my textbook
Research Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at SUNY - Buffalo
Who's Who in Sciences Higher Education
Who's Who in Engineering Education
Who's Who in Pattern Recognition
Faculty Award for Excellence in Research at 1993
Arts and Sciences Honors Day of Recognition

Back to Index

Teaching

My courses cover:

Programming languages
Algorithms and data structures
"Computer literacy" - intro to computer use for nonmajors
Geographic information systems (GIS) - click here for applications of interest to students in various majors

Office Hours, Fall '08:

MW: 2:00 - 4:00
TT: 3:40 - 5:00

Office location: the Marian House (see 15 at this link)

"All our students give us great pleasure -- some when they arrive, others when they leave." -- Dr. Richard A. Hubbard, II

Syllabus (The S Files)

CIS 132 - Computer Applications
CIS 138 - Introduction to Programming and Computing
CIS 232 - Microcomputer Applications for Business I
CIS 265 - Computer Science I
CIS 365 - Computer Science II
CIS 390 - Visual Systems Integration
CIS 465 - Scientific Computing

"For this commandment ... is not too hard for thee.... the word is very nigh unto thee, ... that thou mayest do it." -- Deuteronomy XXX, 11, 14

CIS 132/232

Charles Babbage, 19th Century English mathematician/engineer who designed the Analytical Engine, a forerunner of the modern electronic computer. Babbage was unsuccessful convincing his contemporaries of the importance of his work, which was largely forgotten for many years after his death (1871); this may have delayed the era of modern computing by several decades.

Back to Index

Help and Wisdom

"Good students take notes. Great students draw conclusions." -- Professor Jacob Neusner

For Courses I Teach:

For Programming Students

Compiling a Program What compiling means
Compiling a Borland C++ program
Compiling a Visual C++ program
Compiling a Unix C++ program
On Programming Style C++ version
Visual Basic version
Remarks on grading of programs
Porting code between platforms - an example using the C++ eof() function
Evils of Side Effects
Intro Analysis of Algorithms
Get Clarification
Math and Computing

Software Help

For General Reading: Essays written over the years, mostly directed at students:

Attitudes & Conduct Plagiarism Academic Dishonesty Excuse policy Civil e-Discourse vs. Flames Grade Inflation Factors in Student Success	Judaism, Christianity, Interfaith Centrality of Learning Judaism, Jesus, Messiah Interfaith Relations Respectful Boundaries Torah Study as Hypertext - notes from a lecture series given at the Wisdom of Jewish Buffalo program, Temple Beth El, Tonawanda, NY, October '99 An Eye For An Eye PowerPoint presentations on Jewish topics
Writing Help Grammar Help NU's Writing Center	Miscellaneous Joy of Math Web Design Guidelines Considering Grad/Professional School?

Back to Index

Trying to Reach Me?

e-mail: boxer@niagara.edu

Snail-mail:
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Niagara University, NY 14109
USA

Phone: (716) 286-8447
Fax: (716) 286-8445

Back to Index