Teaching

Through a series of scaffolded steps, this CS2 project asks students to develop a flexible framework for evaluating classification algorithms. In each phase of the project, students are provided documentation, unit tests, and supporting compiled code. The focus is on object-oriented concepts, such that the application can "mix and match" any classification algorithm with any training/testing-pair evaluation dataset. The purpose of the project is for the students to apply principles of object-oriented programming to a relatively large-scale, real-world problem. Along the way students learn about basic machine learning concepts; issues and tradeoffs related to knowledge representation (e.g. the efficiency of sparse vs. dense feature vectors); and implement two basic supervised learning algorithms (1-NN, ZeroR), as well as a simple form of reservoir sampling.

Course slides and evaluations

Served as TA during Winter 2008 @ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

At Wentworth I worked with numerous students on research that led to published articles.

At Wentworth I worked with numerous students on projects that balance traditional classroom experience with the rich lessons that come through external collaboration and community service.

COMP128/1000 is an introductory programming class in C++/Java. Several students have produced independent projects in such areas as [mobile] games, computer vision, embedded systems, and artificial intelligence.

is a three-week residential summer program that brings under-represented K-12 students from around the US to take advanced engineering courses, develop leadership skills, and engage challenging projects from a variety of industry partners in 13 different departments.

I served as the head instructor in 2010, and lead an undergraduate student team to develop a curriculum for the computer science group: the students investigated the relationship between computer hardware, software, and energy consumption. In 2011 I was an assistant instructor and helped middle-school students develop Android apps.

SITE was a residential summer program that brought high-school students to engage challenging engineering projects.

I served as a program instructor for the computer science camp in 2002: we developed and executed a curriculum whereby student groups learned film production software and produced their own movie, from capturing film, to audio mastering, to special effects.