Hamzeh roumani biography

York Professor Hamzeh Roumani, a computer scientist in the Lassonde School of Engineering, has developed a new course on net-centric computing that bridges traditional computer science theory with the development of mobile applications.

Hamzeh Roumani

Roumani, who is an award-winning professor and the recipient of the 3M Fellowship (the most prestigious recognition of teaching excellence in Canada), developed the course because he was concerned that students could become less engaged with learning important computer science fundamentals if they could not envision how these concepts were useful.

“As instructors, we may do a great job covering topics or ideas, but it is also important to connect the dots, to see how things are linked,” said Roumani. Many computing courses are structured so that applications are only introduced after the fundamental concepts have been fully established, but sometimes stude Hamzeh roumani biography husband.