Associate Professor of Computer Science

434.544.8840
[email protected]
Hobbs-Sigler Hall 105

Dr. Kurdi joined the University of Lynchburg in 2016.

Education

• PhD in Computer Science – Joseph Fourier University, France
• MS in Software Engineering – Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France
• MS in Cognitive Science – Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France
• BA in Linguistics – Université Lumière, France

Courses Taught

• CS 141 Introduction to Structured Programming I (C++)
• CS 142 Introduction to Structured Programming II (C++)
• CS 370 Database Management Systems
• CS 373 Machine Learning
• CS 390 Data Mining

Research Interests

• Text & Data Mining
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Social Network Analysis
• Cognitive modeling of spoken language
• Spoken language disfluencies