Dr. Liang is a professor of Computer Science at Georgia Southern University. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma in 1991. Prior to joining Armstrong State University (now consolidated with Georgia Southern University), Dr. Liang was an Associate Professor in computer science at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he twice received the Excellence in Research award.Dr. Liang was trained in theoretical computer science. He has published in the SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. He has written books on programming, data structures, and computer graphics. His popular computer science texts are widely used in the world.Dr. Liang was elected a Java Champion by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) in 2005. He has given lectures on programming internationally.

• Introduction to Computers, Programs, and JavaElementary ProgrammingSelectionsMathematical Functions, Characters, and StringsLoopsMethodsSingle-Dimensional ArraysMultidimensional ArraysObjects and ClassesObject-Oriented ThinkingInheritance and PolymorphismException Handling and Text I/OAbstract Classes and InterfacesJavaFX BasicsEvent-Driven Programming and AnimationsJavaFX UI Controls and MultimediaBinary I/ORecursionGenericsLists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesSets and MapsDeveloping Efficient AlgorithmsSortingImplementing Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesBinary Search TreesAVL TreesHashingGraphs and ApplicationsWeighted Graphs and ApplicationsAggregate Operations for Collection StreamsAPPENDICES Java KeywordsThe ASCII Character SetOperator Precedence ChartJava ModifiersSpecial Floating-Point ValuesNumber SystemsBitwise OperationsRegular ExpressionsEnumerated typesThe Big-O, Big-Omega, and Big-Theta Notations

Dr. Liang is a professor of Computer Science at Georgia Southern University. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma in 1991. Prior to joining Armstrong State University (now consolidated with Georgia Southern University), Dr. Liang was an Associate Professor in computer science at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he twice received the Excellence in Research award.Dr. Liang was trained in theoretical computer science. He has published in the SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. He has written books on programming, data structures, and computer graphics. His popular computer science texts are widely used in the world.Dr. Liang was elected a Java Champion by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) in 2005. He has given lectures on programming internationally.

• Introduction to Computers, Programs, and JavaElementary ProgrammingSelectionsMathematical Functions, Characters, and StringsLoopsMethodsSingle-Dimensional ArraysMultidimensional ArraysObjects and ClassesObject-Oriented ThinkingInheritance and PolymorphismException Handling and Text I/OAbstract Classes and InterfacesJavaFX BasicsEvent-Driven Programming and AnimationsJavaFX UI Controls and MultimediaBinary I/ORecursionGenericsLists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesSets and MapsDeveloping Efficient AlgorithmsSortingImplementing Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesBinary Search TreesAVL TreesHashingGraphs and ApplicationsWeighted Graphs and ApplicationsAggregate Operations for Collection StreamsAPPENDICES Java KeywordsThe ASCII Character SetOperator Precedence ChartJava ModifiersSpecial Floating-Point ValuesNumber SystemsBitwise OperationsRegular ExpressionsEnumerated typesThe Big-O, Big-Omega, and Big-Theta Notations

Dr. Liang is a professor of Computer Science at Georgia Southern University. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma in 1991. Prior to joining Armstrong State University (now consolidated with Georgia Southern University), Dr. Liang was an Associate Professor in computer science at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he twice received the Excellence in Research award.Dr. Liang was trained in theoretical computer science. He has published in the SIAM Journal on Computing, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Acta Informatics, and Information Processing Letters. He has written books on programming, data structures, and computer graphics. His popular computer science texts are widely used in the world.Dr. Liang was elected a Java Champion by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) in 2005. He has given lectures on programming internationally.

• Introduction to Computers, Programs, and JavaElementary ProgrammingSelectionsMathematical Functions, Characters, and StringsLoopsMethodsSingle-Dimensional ArraysMultidimensional ArraysObjects and ClassesObject-Oriented ThinkingInheritance and PolymorphismException Handling and Text I/OAbstract Classes and InterfacesJavaFX BasicsEvent-Driven Programming and AnimationsJavaFX UI Controls and MultimediaBinary I/ORecursionGenericsLists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesSets and MapsDeveloping Efficient AlgorithmsSortingImplementing Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority QueuesBinary Search TreesAVL TreesHashingGraphs and ApplicationsWeighted Graphs and ApplicationsAggregate Operations for Collection StreamsAPPENDICES Java KeywordsThe ASCII Character SetOperator Precedence ChartJava ModifiersSpecial Floating-Point ValuesNumber SystemsBitwise OperationsRegular ExpressionsEnumerated typesThe Big-O, Big-Omega, and Big-Theta Notations