Michael Eckmann Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Skidmore College Contact information office: Harder Hall room 219 office phone: 518 580 5294 email: meckmann@skidmore.edu office hours: Spring 2012  Mondays  09:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. AND 02:30 p.m. - 03:30 p.m. Wednesdays  11:00 a.m. - noon (or by appointment or just stop by Harder 219 and if I'm in, I'll meet with you) Very little about me I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Skidmore College.  I moved to Saratoga Springs in 2004 after having been in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at Lehigh University in the Computer Science and Engineering department.  Prior to joining Skidmore, I had taught computing courses at Lehigh University and Wilkes University. Research Interests I have research interests in computer vision and graphics. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Lehigh University. My dissertation title was "Sifting for Better Features To Track: Exploiting Time and Space". For recent student research projects see Student Research Projects. Spring 2012 courses CS 106  - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 325  - Computer Graphics Fall 2011 courses SSP 100  - Robot Design CS 230  - Programming Languages Spring 2010 courses CS 106 - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 325 - Computer Graphics Fall 2009 courses CS 206 - Introduction to Computer Science II Spring 2009 courses CS 206 - Introduction to Computer Science II CS 102 - Computers In Context (Multimedia) Fall 2008 courses CS 206 - Introduction to Computer Science II CS 330 - Programming Languages Spring 2008 courses CS 106  - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 376b - Intro to Computer Vision Fall 2007 courses CS 106 - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 330 - Programming Languages Spring 2007 courses CS 106 - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 376 - Computer Graphics Fall 2006 courses CS 106 section 001 - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 330 section 001 - Programming Languages Spring 2006 courses CS 206 - Introduction to Computer Science II CS 376 - Computer Graphics Projects Fall 2005 courses CS 106 section 001 - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 330 section 001 - Programming Languages Guest Talk Spring 2005 courses CS 106 section 001 - Introduction to Computer Science I MC 115 section 001 - Discrete Mathematics Fall 2004 courses CS 106 section 001 - Introduction to Computer Science I CS 330 section 001 - Programming Languages