Christopher J. Nitta Associate Professor of Teaching, Computer Science

Experience:
2018-Present, Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of California at Davis, Department of Computer Science
2013-2018, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of California at Davis, Department of Computer Science
2004-2017, Chief Software Engineer, Extensible Control Solutions, LLC.
2011-2013, Lecturer/Research Associate, University of California at Davis, Department of Computer Science
2011-2012, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California at Davis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2004-2005, Lecturer, University of California at Davis, Department of Computer Science

Research Interests:
Computer architecture, interconnects, energy efficiency and performance evaluation.

Teaching:
ECS 15 Introduction to Computers (SQ13, WQ14)
ECS 32A Introduction to Programming (As 10 in WQ15)
ECS 32C Implementation of Data Structures in C (As 89L in SQ20)
ECS 34 Software Development in Unix & C/C++ (SQ19, FQ19)
ECS 36B Software Development and Object-Oriented Programming in C++ (As 40 in FQ04)
ECS 36C Data Structures, Algorithms and Programming (As 110 in SS05, As 60 in SS18)
ECS 50 Computer Organization and Machine-Dependent Programming (FQ06)
ECS 122A Algorithm Design and Analysis (WQ05, SQ05)
ECS 140A Programming Languages (FQ04, SS16, SQ16, SS17)
ECS 150 Operating Systems (SQ04, SQ05, SQ15, SQ16, FQ18, SQ20)
ECS 152B Computer Networks (WQ12, SQ14, SQ16)
ECS 154A Computer Architecture (FQ05, FQ11, FQ13, WQ18)
ECS 154B Computer Architecture (SQ19)
ECS 160 Software Engineering (WQ15, FQ15, FQ16, WQ17, FQ17, FQ18, WQ19, WQ20)
ECS 165A Database Systems (FQ14, WQ16, FQ16, SQ18)
ECS 251 Operating Systems (SQ17)
ECS 293A Research in Computer Science (FQ15, FQ16, FQ17, FQ18, FQ19)
TTP 210 Fundamentals of Transportation Technology (WQ14, FQ14, WQ16, WQ17, WQ18, WQ19, FQ19)

Education:
Doctorate of Philosophy, Computer Science
University of California at Davis, 2011
Dissertation Title: Design and Analysis of Large Scale Nanophotonic On-Chip Networks

Master of Science, Computer Science
University of California at Davis, 2004
Thesis Title: Design and Implementation of a Cross Platform OSEK RTOS and Embedded Hardware Driver Model

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering
University of California at Davis, 2000

Academic Genealogy:
Ancestry by Generations and Chronology