Dr. George Markowsky, Professor of Computer Science at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, has a background in entrepreneurship, international education and cybersecurity research. He has published 113 journal papers, book chapter, book reviews and conference papers on various aspects of Computer Science and Mathematics. He has written or edited 15 books and reports on various aspects of computing. He also holds a patent in the area of Universal Hashing. Dr. Markowsky was and Department Chair July 2017 to August 2018.

His interests range from pure mathematics to the application of mathematics and computer science to biological problems. He has also built voice controlled and enhanced keyboard terminals for use by paralyzed individuals. He is very active in homeland security and was the director of the University of Maine Homeland Security Lab.

Dr. Markowsky was founding chair of the computer science department at Maine, where he was a faculty member from 1984 to 2017. He initially led that academic unit for six years. He subsequently served two more stints as computer science chair, along with a two-year appointment as chair of the mathematic and statistics department and a two-year term as associate director of the School of Computing and Information Science.

In Maine, Markowsky worked with counterparts in Eastern Europe to launch the American-Ukrainian School of Computer Science, where he served as founding dean. He spent a year as a visiting professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management and created two business ventures: a computer software company and consulting firm that collaborated with the U.S. Department of Labor and a company formed to promote the redevelopment of a former textile mill site on a 62-acre island as a research park.

Dr. Markowsky was founding president of the Maine Software Developers Association. He served on the board of a local nonprofit working to bring high-speed internet to the communities surrounding the university and consults internationally on emergency preparedness initiatives.

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