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Biography

Dr. Adam Drozdek is an Associate Professor of computer science at Duquesne University. He is a well respected author and dedicated instructor. He teaches courses in operating systems and computer architecture, advanced data structures and other advanced computer science courses. Dr. Drozdek has authored numerous successful books, including those listed below. He earned his BS and MA from Wroclaw University, his MS from Wright State University and PhD from Jagiellonian University. 

Education

  • PhD Jagiellonian University
  • MS Wright State University

  • MA University of Wroclaw

School

  • COSC 170 Computer Programming in Python
  • COSC 215 Data Structures in Java
  • COSC 300 Algorithms
  • COSC 513 Database Management Systems
  • MATH100 Calculus with Algebra I
  • MATH101 College Algebra
  • MATH111 Calculus for Non-science Students
  • COSC100 Elements of Computer Science
  • COSC135 Introduction to Computer Science
  • COSC145 Algorithmic Thinking
  • COSC150 Computer Programming: C++
  • COSC160 Computer Programming: Java
  • COSC215 Java with Data Structures
  • COSC300 Advanced Data Structures
  • COSC305 Computer Logic
  • COSC311 Systems Programming and Design
  • COSC325 Operating Systems and Computer Architecture
  • COSC350 Computers and Humanity
  • COSC401 Data Base Management Systems
  • COSC410 Artificial Intelligence
  • COSC418 Formal Languages and Automata
  • COSC435 Theory of Programming Languages
  • COSC445 System Analysis and Software Design
  • COSC491 Combinatorial Algorithms
  • COSC491 Data Communications
  • COSC491 Data Compression
  • COSC491 Pattern Matching
  • COSC491 String Processing
  • CPMA531 Programming Language: Java
  • CPMA532 Data Structures
  • CPMA Graph Theory and Data Compression

Books

  • W poszukiwaniu punktu wyjścia [In search of the point of departure], Wrocław: Ossolineum 1983 (in Polish with English summary).
  • with Donald L. Simon, Data structures in C, Boston: PWS 1995; Warszawa: WNT 1996 (in Polish); Seoul: Sigma Press 1998 (in Korean).(Code included in Data Structures and Algorithms in C, 1995.zip)
  • Moral dimension of man in the age of computers, Lanham: University Press of America 1995; Seoul: Baeg-ui 1998 (in Korean).
  • Data structures and algorithms in C++, Boston: PWS 1996; Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole 2001 (2/E); São Paulo: Pioneira Thomson Learning 2002, Cengage 2016 (in Portuguese); Seoul: MRC 2002 (in Korean); Beijing: Tsinghua University Press 2003, 2006, 2014 (in Chinese); Gliwice: Helion 2004 (in Polish); Boston: Course Technology 2005 (3/E); Boston: Cengage Learning 2013 (4/E).(Code included in Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, 2013 (ed. 4).zip)
  • Elements of data compression, Warszawa: WNT 1999, 2007 (in Polish); Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole 2002.
  • Data structures and algorithms in Java, Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole 2001; Milano: Apogeo 2001 (in Italian); Beijing: China Machine Press 2003, 2006 (in Chinese); Boston: Course Technology 2005 (2/E); Cuajimalpa: International Thomson Editores 2007 (in Spanish); Singapore: Cengage Learning 2008 (3/E); 2013 (4/E). (Code included in Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, 2013, fourth edition.zip)
  • Greek philosophers as theologians: the divine arche, Aldershot: Ashgate 2007; Trikala: Degiorgio 2011 (in Greek); Warszawa: Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN 2011 (in Polish).
  • In the beginning was the apeiron: infinity in Greek philosophy, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2008 (the Palingenesia series no. 94).
  • Athanasia: afterlife in Greek philosophy, Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag 2011 (the Spudasmata series no. 137).
  • with Katarzyna Peoples, Using the Socratic method in counseling: a guide to channeling inborn knowledge, New York: Routledge 2018"; Moskva: Dialektika 2023 (in Russian).
  • Data structures and algorithms in Python, Singapore: Cengage Learning 2021. (Code included in Data Structures and Algorithms in Python, 2021.zip)
  • Theological reflection in eighteenth-century Russia, Lanham: Lexington Books 2021.


Recent Articles (Out of 230 in total)

  • Godfrey Goodman and George Hakewill on the decay of the world, Studia Oecumenica 24 (2024), 103-119.
  • Jean-André Deluc on science and theology, Studia Elbląskie 25 (2024), 509-522.
  • Clément de Boissy and the authorship of nature, Studia Sandomierskie 31 (2024), 289-299.
  • Montane theology of Élie Bertrand, Theologische Zeitschrift 80 (2024), no. 1, 29-43.
  • The deism of Thomas Morgan, Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne 46 (2024), 207-222.