Roberta Evans Sabin

Education
o PhD, Computer Science,University of Maryland Baltimore County
o MS, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
o MA, Mathematics, Villanova University
o MEd, Education, Loyola College
o BA, Mathematics,College of Notre Dame of Maryland



Current Position
Professor
Computer Science Department
Loyola College in Maryland
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210-2699 USA
Email:
res@loyola.edu
Telephone: 410-617-2562
Secretary: 410-617-2464
Fax: 410-617-2157


Research Interests

o Information Retrieval and Database Design
o Computer Science Education
o Algebraic Error Correcting Codes


Selected Publications

"Using Speech Acts to Categorize Email and Identify Email Genres," with Jade Stewart, Proceedings of the Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, 2006.

"Using a Genetic Algorithm to Find Good Linear Error-Correcting Codes," with Kelly M. McGuire, Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 1998, pp. 332-337.

"Integrating Information Retrieval Techniques with Traditional DB Methods in a Web-Based Database Browser," with Tieng K. Yap, Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 1998, pp. 760-766.

"On Generating Large Binary Linear Error-Correcting Codes," The Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, Vol. 19, October, 1995, pp. 245-258.

"Metacyclic Error-Correcting Codes," with Samuel J. Lomonaco, Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing, Vol. 6, No. 3, April, 1995, pp. 191-210.

"On Row-Cyclic Codes with Algebraic Structure," Designs, Codes, and Cryptography, Vol. 4, No. 2, April, 1994, pp. 145-156.

"Collaborative Learning in an Introductory Computer Science Course," SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 26, No. 1, March, 1994, pp. 304-308.

"On Determining All Codes in Semi-Simple Group Rings," Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms and Error-Correcting Codes, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 279-290.

"An Ideal Structure for Some Quasi-Cyclic Error-Correcting Codes," Finite Fields, Coding Theory, and Advances in Communications and Computing, Marcel Decker, New York, 1992, 183-194.

"On Minimum Distance Bounds for Abelian Codes," Algebraic Applications in Engineering, Communications and Computing, 3 (3), 183-197 (1992).


Teaching

Course syllabi for Spring, 2006:

CS111 Intro to CS with Software Apps

CS301 Data Structures & Algorithms I

Some previous classes:

CS201 Computer Science I

CS202 Computer Science II

CS302 Data Structures & Algorithms II

Some fun in previous classes:

In CS485 there is a free lunch

Live Linked Lists in 202!


Some special photos:

A once in a lifetime thrill

In beautiful Ireland

Ed at the helm of Aldebaran

Winter from our front window


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