Nicholas Q. Tran

Professor

Room 28, O'Connor Hall
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0290

Email: ntran@scu.edu
Phone: (408) 554-4465
Fax: (408) 554-2124

Fall 2025 Schedule

CSCI 161: Theory of Automata and Formal Languages, MWF 1:00 - 2:05 pm, 2:15 - 3:20 pm, O'Connor 206

AMTH377/CSEN 279: Design & Analysis of Algorithms, TR 5:40 - 7:30 pm, O'Connor 102

Office hours: MWF 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Zoom)

Book Review Column

I am the book review editor of SIGACT News (2023-present columns).

My predecessors are Fred Green (2015-2022 columns) and Bill Gasarch (1997-2015 columns).

If you want to review a book (either in this list or one of interest to the SIGACT community), please email me.

Please use these guidelines and template when preparing your review.

Biography

I received the B.S. degrees in Mathematics and in Computer Science (with high distinction) from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 1987 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1992.

Before joining Santa Clara University in 2000, I was an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Wichita State University (1997-2000), a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania (1994-1997), and a Technical Staff Member of the Networking Hardware Division at IBM Research Triangle Park (1993-1994).