Dr. Bruce R. Maxim is Professor of
Computer and Information Science and the Narasimhamurthi “Nattu” Natarajan
Collegiate Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan - Dearborn.
His research interests include: software engineering, user experience design,
serious game development, augmented reality, social media, artificial
intelligence, and computer science education. He has published several papers
on the animation of computer algorithms, game development, and educational
computing applications. He is co-author of a best-selling introductory computer
science text and the world's most popular software engineering text. He has
served as co-editor of two collections of software engineering research papers.
His recent research activities have been in the areas of serious game
development, software analytics, and engineering education.
Dr. Maxim is the architect of the ABET accredited Computer Science curriculum
and the ABET accredited Software Engineering curriculum at the University of
Michigan-Dearborn. He is creator of 28 Computer and Information Science courses
dealing with software engineering, game design, artificial intelligence, user
interface design, web engineering, software quality, and computer programming.
He also serves as the faculty advisor to the local computing honor society
(Upsilon Pi Epsilon) and the student chapter of ACM (Association of Computing
Machinery).
Prior to coming to the University of Michigan - Dearborn, Dr, Maxim’s
professional experience includes managing research information systems at a
medical school, directing instructional computing activities for a medical
campus, and working as a statistical programmer in a department of epidemiology.
He served as the chief technology officer for a game development company. He
was the recipient of several distinguished teaching awards, a distinguished
faculty governance award, and a distinguished community service award. He is
currently serving as Chair of the UM-Dearborn Faculty Senate.