Zachary Oster
Associate Professor, Add'l Pay Non-Instructional
- Department(s): COMPUTER SCIENCE
- Office Location: Mcgraw Hall 108
- Phone: (262) 472-5006
- Email: osterz@uww.edu
- Website: http://cs.uww.edu/~osterz/
Student Hours: Spring 2024
In McGraw 108 during these times. If you email me in advance, we can meet online in my Webex Personal Room instead during these times.
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 11:00am to 12:00 noon
- Wednesday, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- If these times don't fit your schedule, email me (osterz@uww.edu) to set up an appointment
Online: You may need to wait in the Webex "lobby" for a few minutes if I'm already meeting with someone else. I will admit you to my Personal Room when I am available.
Education
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Iowa State University, 2013
- M.S., Computer Science, Iowa State University, 2009
- B.S., Computer Science, South Dakota State University, 2007
- B.A., Music, South Dakota State University, 2007
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
Assembly Programming, Concepts of Programming Languages, Compilers, Discrete Structures, Intro to Computational Thinking, Intro to Cybersecurity, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Theory of Computation, Web Server and Unix Administration
Graduate
Advanced Software Engineering, Software Specification and Verification, Software Testing, Systems Fundamentals for Cybersecurity
Research Interests
Improving the practice of requirements engineering---elicitation, specification, analysis, and verification of software system requirements and design preferences---using both human (listening) and computational (automated preference reasoning) methods.