Dr. Tammy VanDeGrift is a Vassallo Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in the Shiley School of Engineering at the University of Portland. She is the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers student chapter and serves as the Chair of Computer Science. Recent Academic Vita (December 2023). Here are some questions_answers about the CS program at UP.
Education:
- Ph.D. from University of Washington, Seattle in 2005; Computer Science & Engineering
- Masters from University of Washington, Seattle in 2001; Computer Science & Engineering
- B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1999; Computer Science and Mathematics
Teaching (Fall 2024):
- CS 357, Theory of Computation, MWF 9:15 – 10:10am
- CS 438/538, Big Data Analytics, MWF 12:30 – 1:25pm
Research Interests:
- Multimedia, Media-on-Demand Distribution, Theory, Networks (Windows Scheduling Data)
- Computational Biology
- Computer Science Education, Pedagogy, Retention, Ethics
- Software Engineering, Design Processes for Novices
- CS1 assignments from SIGCSE 2015 paper
- POGIL activities for Data Structures
- Weapons of Math Destruction Reading Questions from SIGCSE 2024 paper unit1_reading_questions, unit2_reading_questions, unit3_reading_questions
Past Courses:
- CS 201, Intro to Scientific Programming
- CS 203, Intro to Computer Science
- CS 273, Intro to Computer Science Lab
- CS 305, Data Structures
- CS 324, Analysis of Algorithms
- CS 373, Data Structures Lab
- CS 357, Theory of Computation
- CS/BIO 423/523, Computational Biology
- CS 438/538, Intro to Big Data Analytics
- CS 445/545, Computer Networks
- CS 483, CS Capstone I
- CS 484, CS Capstone II
- EGR 110, Introduction to Engineering
- EGR 361, Analysis of Engineering Data
- EGR 484, Engineering Capstone II
- EE 111, Introduction to Multimedia Processing
- [Email me if you want course materials. Students — information about your course is on Moodle at learning.up.edu]
Recent Coursepacks (written by Tammy):
- CS305_coursepack_SP20, Data Structures
- CS324_coursepack_annotated_SP20, Analysis of Algorithms
- CS357_coursepack_FA23, Theory of Computation
- CS423_BIO423_coursepack_SP24, Computational Biology
- CS438_coursepack_SP23, Big Data Analytics
- CS445_coursepack_SP22, Computer Networks
- EGR361_coursepack_FA18, Analysis of Engineering Data