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:
Some special photos:
Send mail to res@loyola.edu