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
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The Connect.Cyberinfrastructure Portal
Citation: Julie Ma, Sarah Akbar, Torey Battelle, Kevin L. Brandt, Eric Brown, Dana Brunson, Dhruva Chakravorty, Thomas E. Cheatham, Bhushan Chitre, Adrian Del Maestro, Andrea Elledge, Vikram Gazula, John Goodhue, James Griffioen, Abigail Hyde, Douglas M. Jennewein, Shelley Knuth, B. J. Lougee, Timothy Middelkoop, Sasmita Mohapatra, Sia Najafi, Kaylea Nelson, Lisa Perez, Bruce Segee, Julia Sheats, Andrew H. Sherman, Christopher Simmons, Ermal Toto, Scott Valcourt, Lucas Varella, Ralph Zottola. (2021). The Connect.Cyberinfrastructure Portal PEARC, 51:1-51:4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3437359.3465606 -
Northeast Cyberteam – Building an Environment for Sharing Best Practices and Solutions for Research Computing
Citation: John Goodhue, Julie Ma, Adrian Del Maestro, Sia Najafi, Bruce Segee, Scott Valcourt, Ralph Zottola. (2020). Northeast Cyberteam - Building an Environment for Sharing Best Practices and Solutions for Research Computing HPEC, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPEC43674.2020.9286254 -
Northeast Cyberteam: Workforce Development for Research Computing at Small and Mid-sized Institutions
Citation: Goodhue, J., Ma, J., Del Maestro, A., Najafi, S., Segee, B., Valcourt, S., Zottola, R. “Northeast Cyberteam: Workforce Development for Research Computing at Small and Mid-sized Institutions.” Proceedings of the Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC20), Portland, OR, July 26-30, 2020, doi:10.1145/3311790.3396662.