The Early History of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Appendix B: List of Faculty to 2003 (as far as I can determine) by Murray Woodside
I have left out some people who were here briefly. Dates are surprisingly difficult, some are from incomplete records and some from my imperfect memory. Question marks indicate uncertainty. For now I have stopped at my retirement in 2003; the majority of the current department (2026) arrived since then.
| Name | Approximate dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Gullen | pre-1970; 1988 | Computing |
| Don George | 1962; 1976 | Communications. Dean 1970-1976, then to Simon Fraser, as the first Dean there. |
| Dave Coll | 1965; 1997? | Signal Processing. Was Chair 1976-1978. |
| Spruce Riordon | 1967?; 1999? | Control, then Databases. Chair 1970-75 and 1978-81, Dean 1981-86, and VP Admin |
| Bernie Pagurek | 1965; 2003 | Control, Databases, AI. Chair 1981-85 |
| Archie Bowen | 1970; 1994? | Computer Architecture. Chair 1985-88 |
| Jim Cavers | 1970; 1979 | Communications. |
| Bob Morris | 1970; 1996? | Signal Processing |
| Murray Woodside | 1970; 2003 | Control, then Performance |
| Ray Buhr | 1971; 1999 | Software Engineering |
| Bill Bezanson | 1972; 1981 | Computing |
| Esin Ulug | 1974; 1980 | Network Protocols |
| Samy Mahmoud | 1975; 2012 | Databases, then Communications. Was Chair, Dean, and Acting President. |
| John Neilson | 1975; 1981 | Computing; went to Computer Science as the first Director |
| Wilf Lalonde | 1977; 1981 | Computing; went to Computer Science |
| Irwin Reichstein | 1977; 1981 | Computing; went to Computer Science |
| John Pugh | 1979; 1981 | Computing; went to Computer Science |
| Dave Falconer | 1979; 2004 | Communications |
| Eric Sigurdson | 1979; 1983 | Computing |
| Hany El-Zorkany | 1981; 1986 | Control |
| Kal Toth | 1981; 1984 | Computing |
| Roshdy Hafez | 1982; 2024 | Digital Communications |
| Roger Kaye | 1982; 1992 | Mitel Chair in Office Automation |
| F. Hadjemerovic | 1985; 1991 | Computing |
| Howard Schwarz | 1984; … | Control |
| Asrar Sheikh | 1985; 1997 | Communications |
| Shikharesh Majumdar | 1986; … | Operating Systems |
| Nick Dawes | mid-1980s | |
| John Chinneck | 1986; 2018 | Optimization. Was acting Chair for a year. |
| Don Bailey | 1986; 2020 | Computing |
| Morteza Niktash | 1986; 1988 | Databases |
| Mark Vigder | 1987; 1988 | Computing |
| J. W. Miernikk | 1987; 1989 | Computing |
| Rafik Goubran | 1988; … | Architecture. Became Chair, Dean, and VP Research, Innovation and Int’l |
| Gerald Karam | 1988; 1998 | Computing |
| Mohammed El-Tanany | 1989; 2018? | Communications |
| John Bryant | late 80s; 2000s | Computing |
| Dorina Petriu | 1991; 2018? | Computing |
| Tony Bailetti | 1992; 2026 | Innovation/Business (joint appointment) |
| Don Gerwin | 1992; 1995 | Innovation/Business (joint appointment) |
| Callahan | 1992; 1995 | Innovation/Business (joint appointment) |
| Aaron Gulliver | 1992; 1994 | Wireless Communications |
| Trevor Pearce | 1992; 2010? | Computing |
| Ioannis Lambadaris | 1994; …. | Communications |
| Jerry Rolia | 1994; 2002? | Computing |
| Thomas Kunz | 1998; … |
After 1998 a long list of people have joined, most of them still here as of 2026. In no particular order:
| Amir Banihashemi | Vic Aitken | Andy Adler | Chung-Horng Lung |
| Halim Yanikomeroglu | Gregory Franks | Cheryl Schramm | James Green |
| Ian Marsland | Lionel Briand | Yvan Labiche | Peter X. Liu |
| Jerome Talim | Richard Dansereau | Adrian Chan | Babak Esfandiari |
| Gabriel Wainer | Samuel Ajila | Hala Assal | Jason Jaskolka |
| Carlos Rossa | Leila Mostaço-Guidolin | Lynn Marshall | Marzieh Amini |
| Mostafa Taha | Nafiseh Kahani | Abdullah Kadri | Michael Weiss |
| Changcheng Huang | Chao Shen | Cristina Ruiz Martin | Rose Gomar |
| Mohamed Ibnkahla | Ramy H. Gohary | Mohamed Atia | Safaa Bedawi |
| Delphine Rosille | Aysegul Cuhadar | Monique Frize | Yuu Ono |
| Sreeraman Rajan | Andrew Moser | Florence Danilo-Lemoine |
The Early History of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering