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Benjamin Cosman
Benjamin Cosman
Teaching Assistant Professor
(217) 244-8874
bcosman@illinois.edu
2334 Siebel Center for Comp Sci
Research Areas
Computers and Education
Recent Courses Taught
CS 173 - Discrete Structures
CS 196 73 - Freshman Honors
CS 199 173 - Supplementary proj for CS-173
CS 296 73 - Honors Course
CS 475 (MATH 475) - Formal Models of Computation
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