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Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:30-3:00pm or by appointment
Phone: (801) 422-5098
snell@cs.byu.edu
| Course | Title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| C S 201R | Topics in Computer Science | Winter 2024 |
| C S 483 | Data Science Capstone 2 | Winter 2024 |
| C S 482 | Data Science Capstone 1 | Fall 2024 |
| C S 501R | Adv Topics in Computer Sci | Fall 2024 |
| UNIV 101 | BYU Foundations | Fall 2024 |
| C S 270 | Intro to Machine Learning | Winter 2025 |
| C S 483 | Data Science Capstone 2 | Winter 2025 |
| C S 482 | Data Science Capstone 1 | Fall 2025 |
| C S 574 | Transformers for NLP | Fall 2025 |
Dr. Snell graduated with a PhD from Iowa State University in 1997. He joined BYU that Fall semester teaching systems courses and doing research in parallel and distributed algorithms and systems. He directed the Fulton Supercomputing Lab from 2001-20010. In 2011, Dr. Snell went on sabbatical with GE Global Research in Niskayuna, NY doing research in Big Data Systems and Computational Science. His current research is focussed on Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models, Big Data Systems and Data Analytics. He is a Co-director of the interdisciplinary Computational Health Sciences Research Group with professors and students from Computer Science, Statistics, and Public Health. Their research looks at large datasets from government and social media and effects on public health patterns and predictions.
