Welcome!

• CISC 1050: Introduction to Computer Applications [Folder]
• CISC 2210: Introduction to Discrete Structures [Folder]
• CISC 3310: Principles of Computer Architecture [Folder]
• CISC 3320: Operating Systems [Folder]
• CISC 3325: Information Security [Folder]
• CISC 3350: Workstation Programming [Folder]

Open Educational Resources (OER) Guides

• OER Guide for CISC 1050: Introduction to Computer Applications [LibGuides Website]
• OER Guide for CISC 2210: Introduction to Discrete Structures [LibGuides Website]
• OER Guide for CISC 3310: Principles of Computer Architecture [LibGuides Website]
• OER Guide for CISC 3320: Operating Systems [LibGuides Website]
• OER Guide for CISC 3325: Information Security [LibGuides Website]
• OER Guide for CISC 3350: Workstation Programming [LibGuides Website]

Service on Committees

• Faculty Council Committees:
  • Member of the Committee on Computer Utilization & Educational Technology (CUET):
    • September 2024 – August 2025,
    • September 2025 – Present.
• Computer and Information Science Department:
  • Member of the Computer Center & AIT Liaison Committee:
    • September 2023 – Present.

• Accessing Your Brooklyn College Email (bcmail): ~3 min Guide - with Pictures! [Google Forms]
• Accessing Your Brooklyn College Student Linux Account Remotely: ~5 min Guide - with Pictures! [Google Forms]
• Getting Free Computer and Internet Services [PDF]
• Getting Microsoft Office to Your Computer - with Pictures! [Google Forms]
• Poll System [Webpage]
• Poll System: Tutorial [Webpage]

Position

Full-Time Lecturer for Computer and Information Science at CUNY Brooklyn College.

Faculty Profile Page

• https://www.brooklyn.edu/faculty-staff/miriam-briskman/

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, CUNY Graduate Center, Fall 2022 – Present.
  • Student Profile: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/miriam-briskman
• M.A., Computer Science, CUNY Brooklyn College, completed Jun 2022.
• B.S., Computer Science; Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Concentration; Computational Mathematics, Computational Concentration (triple major), Summa Cum Laude, CUNY Brooklyn College, completed Jun 2020.

Professional Training

• Assessment 101: CUNY's Online Assessment Course Brightspace Course, November 2025.
• Brooklyn College Cybersecurity Awareness Training FY25-26 Brightspace Course, September 2025.
• Brooklyn College Cybersecurity Awareness Training FY24-25 Blackboard Course, November 2024.
• Brooklyn College Cybersecurity Awareness Training FY23-24 Blackboard Course, November 2023.
• Pedagogy in Practice Conference and Practicum, The Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching & Learning Center, Brooklyn College, June 2023.
• Comprehensive Ethics Training Course, delivered by Ethics Officer Sarah Luke, Esq., Office of Legal Affairs and Labor Relations, Brooklyn College, January 2023.
• REMOTE - The Connected Faculty Summit and Professional Development, Arizona State University, July 2022.
• Online Teaching Essentials Workshop, School of Professional Studies, City University of New York, January 2021.

Professional Memberships

• Upsilon Pi Epsilon (ΥΠΕ) Honor Society for the Computing Sciences, since 2020.

Email	miriam.briskman@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Response Time	Within 24 – 48 hours, between 12 PM to 9:30 PM
Office Location	Ingersoll Hall, room 2112b (Brooklyn College Campus)
Office Phone	(718) 951-5000, extension 2046
Office Hours	Wednesdays, 07:30 PM – 09:30 PM, online (Zoom)

Notes

• Email is the best and fastest way to reach me.
• My previous email address, briskman@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu, no longer receives emails due to a recent change by the Brooklyn College ITS. Please send all emails to miriam.briskman@brooklyn.cuny.edu.
• If I am not at my office while you are calling, please contact the Computer and Information Science Department's main office at (718) 951-5657 during regular office hours and ask to leave a message.
• For students taking my classes:
  • All office hours are optional.
  • You are welcome to visit any of the sessions held this semester as wanted.
  • You can find the link to the office hours sessions on Brightspace (CUNY's Learning Management System, created by D2L.)
• All the office hours this semester are held online.
  • They will be delivered from home, so don't arrive at my office room at the hours specified above.
• If you aren't taking classes with me this semester, or if you are a student but can't make it to the office hours above, please email me to schedule an alternative office hours session.
  • I will email you a link to a Zoom session that is set at a time convenient to you.
  • Alternatively, if you prefer to speak with me in person, indicate so in your email. I'll be glad to schedule a meeting with you on any day I am on campus. The meeting's location will be at the CISC's department office at Ingersoll Hall, room 2109, at the time of your choice.

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• Question: I am looking for a CISC 4900 project supervisor. Could you supervise my project?
  
  Answer: Due to an intense teaching and PhD schedule, I am not available for supervising any 4900 projects, unfortunately, until further notice.
• Question: I am taking one of your classes this semester. Can I do an honors project for this class?
  
  Answer: Yes! Whether you have an idea of a project you'd like to do or are searching for ideas, I will be glad to assist you in completing an honors project for this course. Make sure to speak to me early on into the semester as soon as you know you'll be doing an honors project so that we decide what the project will be about and other relevant details.
• Question: Will exams in the course be open book?
  
  Answer: It depends on the course you are asking about. In some courses, the exam is computerized (is taken on a computer,) and students are allowed to use any paper and digital materials during the exam. In other classes, the exams are oral, and people are allowed to use any paper materials only (not digital materials.) A prep guide that explain what materials you are allowed and disallowed to use will be shared with the class shortly before each exam. In either case, students are disallowed to communicate with anyone during the exam, neither in-person nor digitally (calls, messaging, etc,) and will receive a 0 for their exam if they do.
• Question: What courses/sections are you teaching next semester? Will you be teaching a class that I am looking forward to taking?
  
  Answer: Check out CUNY's Global Class Search Tool to view which classes I am teaching next semester (if next semester's schedule was already posted.) To have the tool show only the sections that a specific instructor is teaching, enter the instructor's last name into the search form.
• Question: I am trying to register for a class that you are teaching next semester, but the class is full. Could you, please, enroll me in your class?
  
  Answer: It could be great to have you in class! The issue is that if the section has no available seats, the department does not allow overtallies for any courses, with no exceptions. As an instructor, I have no say in this case and don't have the ability to add or ask the college to add students to my class, even if you are on the class's waitlist. I truly apologize for the inconvenience that this situation causes.
• Question: I emailed you at your sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu email address, but didn't get a response from you. What should I do?
  
  Answer: I apologize for not receiving your previous message. Due to a technical issue at Brooklyn College's info-tech services (ITS), my sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu mailbox no longer receives emails since February 2025. Please resend your email message at miriam.briskman@brooklyn.cuny.edu: I will respond to it as soon as possible.

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