Scott Valcourt

(he/him/his)

Associate Teaching Professor

Research interests

  • Systems and networking
  • Software engineering
  • Programming languages
  • Network science
  • Science of learning
  • Team science

Education

  • PhD in Engineering: Systems Design, University of New Hampshire
  • MS in Computer Science, University of New Hampshire
  • BA in Computer Science with Mathematics Emphasis, Saint Anselm College

Biography

Scott Valcourt is an associate teaching professor at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University's Portland campus. He teaches courses and learning modules in computer science to advance educational and research opportunities in Maine. His areas of focus include cyberinfrastructure, broadband expansion, telehealth, computer science education (K-20), cybersecurity, AR/VR/XR, and high-performance computing (HPC).

Valcourt received his doctorate in engineering, with a focus on systems design from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire. He completed his dissertation on "The Identification of Major Factors in the Deployment of a Science DMZ at Small Institutions." He completed his master's in computer science from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of New Hampshire, where he submitted his thesis on "A Method for the Incorporation of Demand Priority Framing of 100VG-AnyLAN in the TCP/IP Protocol." He has a bachelor's degree in computer science with a mathematics emphasis from Saint Anselm College, where he graduated cum laude.

Recent publications

  • Northeast Cyberteam Program – A Workforce Development Strategy for Research Computing

    Citation: Goodhue, J., Ma, J., Del Maestro, A., Najafi, S., Segee, B., Valcourt, S., Zottola, R. “Northeast Cyberteam Program – A Workforce Development Strategy for Research Computing.” The Journal of Computational Science Education, Volume 11, Issue 1, Association of Computing Machinery, January, 2020, pp. 8–11. doi:10.22369/issn.2153-4136/11/1/2.
  • Datacasting In The Mobile Environment

    Citation: Kent Chamberlin, Benjamin McMahon, Scott Valcourt, "Datacasting in the Mobile Environment," Journal of Networks, Volume 3, Issue 7, Academy Publisher, July, 2008. doi: 10.4304/jnw.3.7.49-55.

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