Prior to retiring in 2026, Mike Fagan worked as a Research Scientist and Lecturer for Rice's Department of Computer Science. His Research included design and implementation of programming languages, especially high level languages, and automatic differentiation.
Dr. Fagan received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. all from Rice University. His B.A. covered Mathematics, Math Science (now Computation and Applied Mathematics) and Electrical Engineering. His M.S. is in Electrical Engineering and and his Ph.D. is in Computer Science.
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Education
PhD, Computer Science, Rice University (1991)
MEE, Electrical Engineering, Rice University
BS, Mathematics, Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering, Rice University
Teaching Areas
Introduction to Computer Systems
Introduction to Cyber-Physical Systems
Advanced Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Introduction to Parallel Programming
Introduction to Scientific Programming and Libraries
Advanced Scientific Programming
Introduction to Scientific Programming and Libraries