Ken Christensen Professor and Director of Undergraduate Program Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ENB 118 Tampa, Florida 33620 Office: ENB 319 (map) Phone: (813) 974-4761 Email: christen@csee.usf.edu Office hours: Monday to Thursday 4:30pm to 5:30pm and by appointment

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Teaching

In spring 2012 I am teaching:

• CIS 4910 - Senior Project

In previous semesters I have taught:

• EGN 2210 - Computer Tools for Engineers
• EGN 3000 - Foundations of Engineering
• CDA 3201 - Logic Design
• CNT 4004 - Computer Networks
• CIS 4900 - CSE Volunteers (one hour independent study)
• CIS 4930 - Simulation
• CNT 6215 - Computer Networks
• CIS 6930/4930 - Capacity Planning
• CIS 6930 - Performance Evaluation of Computer Networks

I have also taught:

• Green Networks: Improving the Energy Efficiency of ICT as a short course for the Pisa International School on the Next Generation Internet (University of Pisa), May 24-28, 2010.

I coordinate the department's ABET and SACS accreditation efforts for the undergraduate Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Systems programs. The Department's ABET accreditation website is here (password protected).

Research

The global ICT infrastructure consumes a large, and growing, amount of energy. My research focuses on how to reduce the energy consumption of ICT with an emphasis on wired networks and network-connected hosts at the edge of the Internet. My research website is here:

• Energy Efficient Internet project

See my publications, patents, and grants.

Current graduate students and undergraduate research students are:

• Ingo McLean (Ph.D. student - expected graduation 2013)
• Mehrgan Mostowfi (Ph.D. student - expected graduation 2013)

Previous graduate students are listed here.

Service (for 2012)

Service to the University:

• Representative for the College of Engineering on the university-wide Assessment Committee
• Representative for the College of Engineering on the university-wide National Awards Resource Faculty Group

Service to the College:

• Member of the College ABET Committee
• Member of the College Curriculum Committee
• Member of the College Computing Committee

Service to the Department:

• Director of Undergraduate Program
• Chair of the Undergraduate Committee
• Chair of the ABET Quality Improvement Committee
• Chair of the Faculty Search Committee
• Member of Infrastructure Committee
• Member of Tenure and Promotion Committee

Service to the Profession:

• Editorial board member for International Journal of Network Management
• Program co-chair for e-Energy 2012 to be held in Madrid, Spain (May 9-11, 2012)
• Program co-chair for Second IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability to be held in Pisa, Italy (October 4-5, 2012)
• Local Arrangements Chair for IEEE Local Computer Networks (LCN) conference to be held in Clearwater Beach, Florida (October 22-25, 2012)
• Program committee member for several conferences and workshops
• Reviewer for many journals and conferences
• Founding member and President of The Pledge of the Computing Professional

Service to the Community:

• Judge for State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida (April 4, 2012)

Last updated on March 4, 2012