Fadi P. Deek received his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He is Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts and Professor of Information Systems, Information Technology, and Mathematical Sciences at NJIT, where he began his academic career as a Teaching Assistant in 1985. He is also a member of the Graduate Faculty — Rutgers University Ph.D. Program in Management.
Fadi P. Deek received his B.S. Computer Science, 1985; M.S. Computer Science, 1986; and Ph.D. Computer and Information Science, 1997 all from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He is Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts, Director of the Information Technology Program, and Professor of Information Systems and Mathematical Sciences at NJIT where he began his teaching career as a Teaching Assistant in 1985. He is also a member of the Graduate Faculty — Rutgers University PhD Program in Management. Dr. Deek maintains an active funded-research program. His research interests include Learning/Collaborative Systems, Software Engineering, Programming Environments, and Computer Science Education. Dr. Deek has published over 100 papers in journals and conference proceedings and he has given over 40 invited and professional presentations. He is also the author of eight book chapters and the co-author (with J. McHugh) of the book Computer-Supported Collaboration with Applications to Software Development and the co-author (with J. McHugh and O. Eljabiri) of Strategic Software Engineering — An Interdisciplinary Approach. Dr. Deek has received numerous teaching, research and service awards: The NJIT Student Senate Faculty of the Year Award, given to him in 1992 and 1993; the NJIT Honors Program Outstanding Teacher Award in 1992; the NJIT Excellence in Teaching Award in 1990 and 1999; the NJIT Master Teacher Designation in 2001 and the NJIT Robert W. Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002. He has also been awarded the NJIT Overseers Public and Institute Service Award in 1997 and the IBM Faculty Award in 2002.