The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook

by Allen B. Tucker Jr.

The second edition of this elemental handbook reviews the current state of theory and practice in the field while emphasizing a more practical/applied approach to IT topics such as information management, net-centric computing, and human computer interaction.

Genres: Computer Science

2612 pages, Hardcover

First published June 28, 2004

About the author

Allen B. Tucker Jr. is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor Emeritus at Bowdoin College. He has held similar faculty positions at Georgetown and Colgate Universities. He earned a BA in mathematics from Wesleyan University and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from Northwestern University. He is an ACM Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer.

Professor Tucker has publications in the areas of programming languages, software development, natural language processing, and curriculum development. He has been a Fulbright lecturer at the Ternopil Academy in Ukraine, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, Esigelec in France and Boston University in Germany. He is currently an active open source software developer and an advisory board member for the Humanitarian FOSS Project.