College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Samuel E. Sambasivam is the chair and professor of computer science at Azusa Pacific, as well as the director of MSIT online program. Dr. Sambasivam has done extensive research, written for publications, and given presentations in computer science, data structures, and mathematics. He has taught computer science courses for 27 years at three universities in the U.S., and has taught mathematics courses for 32 years at five universities in both the U.S. and India.

Dr. Sambasivam teaches database management systems, data structures and design, object-oriented programming with C++ language, discrete structures, client/server applications, advanced database applications, applied artificial intelligence, Java programming, and other courses and has developed and introduced several new courses for computer science majors. He directed the regional Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Programming Contest for six years. He is also the coordinator of the client/server emphasis of the M.S. program. He is a voting member of the ACM and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Kappa Mu Epsilon, and Ypsilon Pi Epsilon.

He has been recognized in Marquis’s Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the Midwest, and named in Who’s Who among America’s Teachers, Who’s Who in American Education, and Who’s Who in Science & Engineering. Dr. Sambasivam is a referee for ACM-SIGCSE conferences, INSITE, ISECON conferences, and IEEE Computer Transactions Journal.