David Briggs

Part-time Associate Professor of Computer Science

(207) 780-4499

briggs@maine.edu

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst 1986-1988
M.S. Computer Science, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst 1980-1984
B.A. History, Swarthmore College 1971-1975

Research Interests

Formal methods in Software Development

Programming Language Semantics

Computer Security

Database Systems

Computer Science Department

College of Science, Technology, and Health

Prof. Briggs is a Maine native and grew up on a dairy farm that has been in his family for eight generations. He was educated at Tilton School, Leavitt High School, Swarthmore College, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and has degrees in history and computer science. He has a wide range of academic interests in the humanities and computer science and enjoys hiking and kayaking.