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Sara Sprenkle

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Department Head

On Leave Winter 2025

Sprenkle teaches courses in programming, software development, and upper-level electives in software engineering. Her research focuses on automatically testing web applications to make sure they are behaving properly.

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Taha Khan

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Khan teaches Fundamentals of Programming II. His research focuses on computer security, privacy and human-computer interaction, including cybercrime, commercial VPN services privacy, and privacy-centric management of longitudinal data in the personal cloud.

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Simon Levy

Professor of Computer Science

Levy teaches courses on artificial intelligence, neural networks, and robotics. His current research involves high-fidelity simulation of autonomous aerial vehicles (drones).

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Kefu Lu

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Lu teaches introductory computer science, courses in computer science theory, and upper-level electives in parallel computing and big data analysis from both a data science and computer science perspective. He researches how to best harness the power of complex systems.

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Elizabeth Matthews

Associate Professor of Computer Science

On Leave Fall 2024

Matthews’ research interests include video game design, measuring enjoyment of digital media, and procedural content generation. She teaches courses in programming, software development and video game design.

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William Tolley

Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Cody Watson

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

On Leave AY 2024-2025

Watson teaches applications of deep learning in software engineering and the progression of software 2.0. Has recently been exploring the applications of software methodologies to deep learning-based solutions.

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Emeritus Faculty

Kenneth Lambert

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

Email: lambertk@wlu.edu

Lambert taught courses in programming, software development and mobile application development. He was also a member of the Philosophy Department and taught courses on the philosophy of history and Hegel.

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