Professional Affiliations/Activities

Current:

• Emeritus Professor of Computer Science
  Department of Computer Science, Drexel University
• Member, Executive Council, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, 1991-2009, 2010-17, 2018-
  International President: 1995-6, 2000-2, 2006-8, 2014-6
  columnist, ACM Inroads. columns
• Principal Investigator, Jumpstarting Philadelphia CS for All Researcher-Practitioner Partnership (w/Jamie Payton, Tammy Pirmmann) (2020-)
• Co-chair, CS4Philly Advisory Committee (w/Jamie Payton) (2019-)
• Co-chair, Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem Computer Science Workgroup (w/Jamie Payton) (2019-)
• Member, Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem Steering Committee (2019-)

Old Favorites:

• Faculty Advisor, Upsilon Pi Epsilon Student Chapter (1989-2022)
• REThink CS @ Drexel (2013-6), (2017-2020)
  (Research Experiences for Teachers Site for Machine Learning to Enhance Human-Centered Computing)
• Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, Duke University (Spring 2017)
• Phase II Pilot Site/Instructor for AP Computer Science Principles (2013-6)
• Robot Springboard @ Drexel (2013-19), an exciting outreach program for which I was pleased and proud to be a mentor
• Faculty Advisor, DUCSTeach (2012-7), Women in Computing Society (2006-8), MCS Society (1999-2012)
• Academic Director, Drexel University Computing Academy, 2009-12
  (formerly Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information, Society and Technology, 2001-8)
• Project DUPLEX (2000-2005)
• Associate Head for Undergraduate Affairs, Department of Computer Science, 2002-2012
• Coach, Scholastic Computer Programming Team, 1984-2011

Course Information

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Highlights

• ARCHIVES: Designing the Personal Computer of the Year 2000 (from UPE Spring 2000 newsletter)
• ARCHIVES: My Eyewitness Account of DEEP BLUE's Historic Defeat of Garry Kasparov, Feb. 10, 1996

Post-It Pandemonium

• Read about our Post-It Pandemonium educational activities.

Inside Scoop on Commencement Activities

Armed with a digital camera, your intrepid photographer has recorded these images from Drexel's Commencement Exercises...
(Note: from 2009-14, pictures taken by Julie Fisher and/or me appear on the CS Dept. Facebook page.)

How to Contact Me

At Drexel University: Electronic Mail:  My Last Name   Symbol   drexel   Symbol   edu  Mailing Address Dept. of Computer Science Phone (215) 895-1846 Drexel University Dept. Office (215) 895-2669 Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 FAX (215) 895-0545 Office Location 3675 Market Street, Room 1060 (see Campus Map)

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