Dr. Mathias M. Fonkam

Dr. Mathias Fonkam

Associate Professor of Computer Science/S/W Eng.
School of IT and Communications

Email: mfonkam@aaun.edu.ng, mfonkam@gmail.com

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. Computer Science(1993), University of Wales, UK

Dr. Fonkam is an international scholar and consultant trained in computer science & software engineering. He has extensive industry experience with prominent Silicon Valley companies such as Blue Martini Corp, Milenia Vision Corp., Focus Consulting, and AT & T and holds the prestigious industry certification in Java from Sun-Microsystem (JCP). He teaches a broad spectrum of courses in computer science and software engineering including: principles of programming, object-oriented systems, database systems, systems engineering, computer architecture, web development and e-commerce with such web-suites as J2EE, .Net, Ruby on Rails, and Plone.

Previous Posts:

• Associate Professor, Albany State University, Albany, GA
• Assistant Professor (Visiting), St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
• Principal Web Consultant, Focus Consultant, San Francisco, USA
• Senior Web Consultant, Blue Martini Software, San Mateo, CA
• Senior Web Developer, Millenia Vision Corporation, San Jose, CA
• Technical Director, BestWits Group NM, Sao Luis, Brazil
• Senior Software/Knowledge Engineer, Mosakin Int. Corporation, Matawan, NJ
• Visiting Professor, Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil

Selected Presentations:

• “Using Open-source 3-D Object-Oriented Programming Systems in Teaching Java” - Mathias Fonkam & Muhammadou Kah, presented at the International Conference on Engineering Computer Education – ICECE- Santos Sao Paulo, March, 2007.
• On the Choice of Technologies for Teaching Software Engineering – the role of Standards and Open-Source Technologies, World Congress on Engineering Technology Education, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 14-17, 2004.
• A Java-based Intelligent Pluggable Security Module for Web Applications, with Chamraj Bathirappin, International Joint Conference in Computer Science, Las Vegas, USA, July 2004.
• Knowledge Discovery for Dealing with the Empty Query Problem in Relational Database Systems, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (ISAI) in Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 1996
• Expert System for the Maintenance and Fault Diagnosis of Power systems using a Graphical User Interface, 3rd Latin American Congress on Electricity Generation and Transmission, Campos do Jordão - SP, November 9-13, 1997

Research Interests:

• Complementary Technologies for Teaching Object-Oriented Systems, General Problem Modeling Strategies, Object-Oriented Systems, Database & Knowledge-based Systems, Web Development, Meta-Programming & Automated Code Generation.

 

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