Computer Science Staff

UH Hilo Computer Science Department Staff
Left to right: Keith Edwards, Sevki Erdogan, Syed Ahamed, Shawon Rahman, Barbara Meguro, Michael Peterson, William Wright, Carl Dionne, Helen Torigoe

Meet the staff

Carl Dionne

Carl Dionne

Computer Specialist

Mr. Dionne received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Hawaii-Hilo. In addition to being a system and network administrator for the CS department and CAS Dean's office, he also evaluates technology, handles purchasing, and generally supports the technology used by the department.


Keith Edwards

Assistant Professor

Dr. H. Keith Edwards is an assistant professor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He obtained his bachelors degree in mathematics and creative writing with a minor in comparative literature from the University of Michigan in 1993 and his master's degree in mathematics and computer science from Eastern Michigan University in 1999.

After a wrong turn at the Canadian border in 1999, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 2004 under the guidance of Dr. Michael A. Bauer. During that time, he also served as a research fellowship student at the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies in Toronto, Ontario.

Dr. Edwards enjoys researching performance measurement methodologies for distributed systems, applied areas of software engineering, and implementation issues for management information systems. In his spare time outside of academia, he enjoys hiking, playing Frisbee, and studying the martial arts.

Keith Edwards
Sevki Erdogan

Sevki Erdogan

Full Professor

Dr. Sevki S. Erdogan has obtained his M. Sc. (1979) and Ph.D. (1983) from Manchester University, England. He has been with Nanyang Technological University as an Associate Professor during 1990-1999 and MentorTech Pte Ltd during 1999-2003. Erdogan has taught in the Computer Science Departments of San Diego State University, Southwest State University and University of Anger, France.

Dr. Erdogan has been a consultant to the United Nations and his courses have been televised to the professional communities of Southern California, USA and Mexico through PROFNET. He has also been a technical consultant to Singapore Telecom, Digital Equipment, Lockheed Martin, Singapore Institute of Management, and numerous other organizations. During the twenty five years of his teaching career, Erdogan has covered a wide range of computer science courses but his major strength has been in the areas of Operating Systems, Networking, Software Engineering and Web related technologies. His work also includes development of industry related practical Master's curriculum development in the USA and Turkey. Erdogan is also very active in university service. Currently, he is the chair of the UHH faculty congress and chair of the congress Curriculum Review Committee.

He has published extensively in international conferences and journals. He has hands-on experience in designing and implementing multi-user/multi-tasking operating systems. During his Ph.D., he has implemented the distributed file system component of the highly acclaimed MUSS Operating System.Currently he is a Co-PI of a five year twenty million dollar National Science Foundation Research grant.


Barbara Meguro

Instructor

Ms. Meguro received her B.S. degree in Mathematics from Grove City College, Pennsylvania and her M.A. degree in Educational Technology from Arizona State University.

Barbara Meguro

Helen Torigoe

Lecturer

Ms. Torigoe received her B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Hawaii-Manoa.

Helen Torigoe


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