Department of Computer Science

Sheldon (Xianzhong) Liang, assistant professor of Computer Science, is a system analyst, research fellow, and a professor. With more than 20 years of experience as a software engineering professional, he has successfully engineered distributed systems over-the-network, Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools, and other application projects. His most recent research includes rapid prototyping for requirement acquisition and validation, quantitative architecting for dependable systems of systems, and dynamic monitoring for real-time constraints at runtime. He has also taught courses relative to software engineering, information technology, and industrial training programs of ISO/IEC 12207 (IT of Software Life Cycle Process) and SEI CMMI.