Sam Kamin

Professional activities:

• To learn more about my research interests, go to my research page. The web page for the Programming Languages Group, with which I am affiliated, has lots of programming language-related links.

• I am now Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Computer Science Department. For inquiries related to the undergraduate program, send e-mail to undergrad@cs.uiuc.edu, or call my secretary, Kay Tomlin, at 217-333-4427.

• The books I've authored or co-authored:

  • Programming Languages: An Interpreter-Based Approach, Addison-Wesley, 1990.

  • Introduction to Programming with Mathematica, with Richard Gaylord and Paul Wellin, Springer/TELOS, 1993.

  • Programming with class: A C++ Introduction to Computer Science, with Ed Reingold, McGraw-Hill, 1996.

  • An Introduction to Computer Science using Java, 2nd Ed. with Denny Mickunas and Ed Reingold, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Hobbies:

• Music. I listen to a lot of stuff, including opera and blues, and I have a serious weakness for the Grateful Dead. I also pick a little on my old Gibson and my new Strat, and my even newer Gibson. Let me know if you want to jam.

• Wine, mainly American cabs and zins, and Bordeaux.

• Driving. They say 80% of American men consider themselves better-than-average drivers, but I really am. I drive a Subaru Impreza WRX Sport Wagon.

• American Civil War. Winston Churchill called our Civil War the "most inevitable" among all the wars fought by the English-speaking people. The period leading up to this war reads like a Greek tragedy. By establishing the power of the Federal government, it changed the country's psychology; it's been said that the name United States of America was used, in colloquial speech, as a plural noun before the Civil War and as a singular noun afterwards. I guess these are some of the reasons that the war continues to hold peoples' interest after all this time.

To contact me:

• E-mail: kamin@cs.uiuc.edu
• Phone: 217-333-7505.
• Regular mail:
  Samuel Kamin
  Department of Computer Science
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  1304 West Springfield Avenue
  Urbana, Illinois 61801-2987 USA

I have two offices, my regular office I've always had and my new office as Director of Undergraduate Programs. Most weeks, I'm in my Director's office Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and in my old office Tuesday and Thursday.

Administrative office:

• 2270 Digital Computer Laboratory
• Telephone: (217) 333-7505
• Fax: (217) 333-3501
• Secretary: Kay Tomlin (tomlin@cs.uiuc.edu)

Research office:

• 3216 Digital Computer Laboratory
• Telephone: (217) 333-8069
• Fax: (217) 244-6869
• Secretary: Andrew Whitsel (whitesel@uiuc.edu)