University Service

University of Massachusetts, Amherst:
Committees

  • Teaching Development Committee (2021-
  • Diversity Committee (2019-)
  • CS Major Advising (Freshman & Sophomore) 2016-2019.
  • TEval (Transforming Higher Education Multidimensional Evaluation of Teaching) 2017-.
  • Taskforce on Learning Outcome (CICS) 2017-2018.
  • Undergraduate Program Committee (CICS) 2016-2019.
  • Faculty Recruiting Committee for Lecturers (CICS) 2016-2017; 2019-2020.

Commonwealth Honors Thesis Supervision

  • COMPSCI 499 HONORS THESIS: Timothy Nguyen. Resumeble: Building Scalable Web Systems for a Resume Tailoring Application. 2021-2022.
  • COMPSCI 499 HONORS THESIS: Herlin Rijo. Resumeble: Re-envisioning The Way We Apply Through A Resume Tailoring Application. 2021-2022.
  • COMPSCI 499 HONORS THESIS: Britney Nicola Bourassa. Creating an Interactive Dashboard Application on Industry Based Economic Data. 2021-2022.
  • COMPSCI 499 HONORS THESIS: Aylin Elmali. Ethical Software Design: Creating Non-Predatory Application Model. 2020-2021.
  • COMPSCI 499 HONORS THESIS: Andrew Rapoza. Building a Social Network for Spontaneous Meetups. 2019-2020

Independent Studies Supervision

  • COMPSCI 396: INDEPENDENT STUDIES. Manan Talwar. Student Learning & Motivation in Active Learning Environments in Undergraduate Computer Science Education: A Systematic Literature Review and a Practical Implementation. Spring 2022
  • COMPSCI 396: INDEPENDENT STUDIES. Nila Sadeeshkumar.  Chatbot to assist with new student arrival process. Fall 2018.
  • COMPSCI 596: INDEPENDENT STUDIES. Andrew David Gramigna. Video lesson for Java beginners. Spring 2018.

University of Saint Joseph, Macau:

  • Program Coordinator – Master in Information Technology: Curriculum development, Faculty coordination, and Thesis supervision. 2012-2014.
  • Program Coordinator – Licentiate in Information Systems: Curriculum development, Faculty coordination, Student internship and Portfolio management. 2008-2014.
  • Program Coordinator – Licentiate in Business Technology Management: Curriculum development, Faculty coordination, Student internship and Portfolio management. 2008-2014.

Graduate Student Supervision: University of Saint Joseph, Macau

  1. Gomes, Nuno (Phd. in Education, 2022)
    Thesis title:  Integrating Variation Theory with Multicultural Instruction in Multilingual Classrooms: Bridging Theory and Practice in Foreign Language Acquisition
  2. Farinha, Daniel Filipe G. (Master in Information Technology, 2016)
    Thesis title: Grokya: A Privacy-Friendly Framework for Ubiquitous Computing
  3. Leong, Marco Chou Kin (Master in Information Technology, 2016)
    Thesis title: Bowler Plus: Bowling Ball Feedback Device
  4. Cheang, Alison Son I (Master in Information Technology, 2016)
    Thesis title: Set Up and Testing a Secure Cloud