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Christino Tamon

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Christino Tamon

Professor
Computer Science

Email: ctamon@clarkson.edu
Phone: 315/268-6521
Office: 373 Science Center
Mailbox: CU Box 5815
Website: people.clarkson.edu/~ctamon/

Department(s): Department of Computer Science
School(s): School of Arts and Sciences
  • Biography
  • Teaching Interests
  • Research Interests
  • Awards
  • Grants
Education
Computer Science Ph.D. -
University of Calgary
Computer Science M.S. -
University of Toronto
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics B.S.c -
University of Calgary
Biography

I arrived in Potsdam in 1996, after surviving (and enjoying) ten years worth of Canadian winters, and noticed no immediate difference in climate. My hobbies (outside doodling math symbols on napkins) include chess and puzzles. It used to include a bit of basketball and tennis but I took an early forced semi-retirement.

Teaching Interests

Introduction to Computer Science, Symbolic Computation, Computer Organization, Programming Languages, Automata Theory and Formal Languages, Data Structures and Algorithms, Computer Algorithms, Cryptography, Compiler Construction, Computational Learning Theory, Computability and Logic.

Research Interests

Current research interests are in theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics which include machine learning, quantum information, and graph theory. In machine learning, a main interest is in studying how to learn Boolean functions using Fourier methods. In quantum computation, a current interest is in a quantum analogue of random walks on graphs.

Awards

Clarkson Teaching and New Teacher awards.

Visiting appointments (Institut Henri Poincare, University of Waterloo, Harvey Mudd College).

Grants

NSF/NSA REU Mathematics grants (2000-2016) which is joint with SUNY Potsdam.

NSF interdisciplinary grant (2000-2005) for quantum computing.

Schools at Clarkson

  • Graduate School
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • David D. Reh School of Business
  • Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering
  • Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health Sciences
  • Institute for a Sustainable Environment
  • Early College Program: The Clarkson School
  • Institute for STEM Education
  • Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries

Highlights of Excellence

  • Career Center
  • Honors Program
  • ROTC
  • Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design (SPEED)
  • Student Success Center
  • Writing Center

Research & Innovation

  • Clarkson Center for Complex Systems Science (C3S2)
  • The Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP)
  • Center for Air and Aquatic Resources Engineering & Science (CAARES)
  • Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR)
  • The Center for Rehabilitation Engineering, Science & Technology (CREST)
  • NYS Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions
  • The Shipley Center for Innovation
  • Clarkson Ignite
  • University Libraries

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