Doug Baldwin

Professor of Computer Science

[Doug Baldwin]

Phone: (585) 245-5659
E-Mail: baldwin@geneseo.edu
Office: South 307
Office Hours: Any Time I Am Free

Spring 2012 Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday

	8:30 - 9:00 IViPP
	9:00 - 9:30 Liz Skiba		9:00 - 9:30 Hieu Tran
Intd 105 MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Welles 123		Intd 105 MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Welles 123		Intd 105 MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Welles 123
Intd 105 MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Welles 123		Intd 105 MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Welles 123	Office Hour R 10:00 - 11:00	Intd 105 MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Welles 123
			Office Hour R 10:00 - 11:00

		CSci 335 WF 11:30 - 12:45 Welles 123		CSci 335 WF 11:30 - 12:45 Welles 123


Office Hour M 1:00 - 2:00	CSci 259 TR 1:00 - 2:15 Welles 123		CSci 259 TR 1:00 - 2:15 Welles 123
Office Hour M 1:00 - 2:00

	Dept Meeting 2:30 - 3:45 (alternate weeks)	College Hour 2:30 - 3:45
		College Hour 2:30 - 3:45

Research Interests

Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization
- Director of the IViPP visualization project
Programming Languages and Methods
Computer Science Education & Curriculum
- Co-chair of the SIGCSE Committee on the Implementation of a Discrete Mathematics Course
- Co-organizer of a Working Group on Integrating Mathematical Reasoning into Computer Science Curricula

Teaching Interests and Experience

Computer Graphics, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Theory of Programming Languages, Theory of Computation, CS0, CS1, Software Engineering, Networking, Compiler Design, Critical Writing
Collected Course Materials for teaching computer science

Selected Publications

Baldwin, D. “Is Computer Science a Relevant Academic Discipline for the 21st Century?” Computer, Dec. 2011, pp. 81–83.
Baldwin, D., A. Brady, A. Danyluk, J. Adams, and A. Lawrence. “Case Studies of Liberal Arts Computer Science Programs” ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Mar. 2010.
Baldwin, D. “Surface Reconstruction from Constructive Solid Geometry for Interactive Visualization,” Third International Symposium on Visual Computing (Springer: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4841), Nov. 2007, pp. 321–330.
Marion, B. and D. Baldwin. “SIGCSE Committee Report on the Implementation of a Discrete Mathematics Course,” SIGCSE inroads, June 2007, pp. 109 - 126.
Baldwin, D. "Effectiveness of a Language Implementation Project in Building Appreciation for Formal Specification," Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, April 2007, pp. 173 - 183.
Baldwin, D., and G. Scragg. Algorithms and Data Structures: The Science of Computing. Charles River Media, 2004.
Baldwin, D. "Architecture of the IViPP Particle Visualization Program," Technical report available at http://cs.geneseo.edu/~baldwin/ivipp/ivipparch.html, June 2004.
Baldwin, D. and P. Henderson. "The Importance of Mathematics to the Software Practitioner." IEEE Software, Mar-Apr 2002, pp. 112, 110, 111.

Selected Student Publications, Presentations, and Projects

Tran, H. Q., E. Skiba, and D. Baldwin. “Interactive Visualizations in Particle Physics (IViPP).” Poster at 53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November 2011.
Tran, H. Q. "Rendering Geometric Shapes Using Volumetric Constructive Solid Geometry." Poster at Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, April 2011.
Squires, E. "Tesselation of Arbitrary Polygons by Locally Maximizing Area of Component Polygons." Poster at Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Eastern Conference, October 2009.
M. Kotok, Differential Equation Animation and Spring Motion Applet, directed study project, spring 2009, spring 2010.
Squires, E. "Data-Driven Optimization of the IViPP Particle Visualizer." Poster at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern conference, April 2009.
Warren, H. "Optimizing Constructive Solid Geometry." Poster at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, April 2007.
Hagstrom, J. "Exploring Architectures for Distributed Visualization." Poster at the ACM Student Research Competition, March 2007.
Herres, G. "Real Time Constructive Solid Geometry Rendering Using 3D Texture Mapping." Poster at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, April 2004.
Kornienko, E. and G. Herres. "A Discrete Computational Model for Nuclear Physics." Poster at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Midwestern conference, Oct. 2003.
Goldfain, A. "An Investigation into the Arithmetic Power of Context-Free Languages". Poster at the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges Northeastern conference, April 2001.
Johansen, M., Kapusta, K., and Baldwin, D. "Interactive Learning with Gateway Labs". Demonstration at the SIGCSE/SIGCUE Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, June 1996.

Professional Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
- Treasurer, 2010 - 2013
- Governing board member-at-large, 2007 - 2010
- Program co-chair for the 2005 SIGCSE Symposium
- Conference co-chair for the 2006 SIGCSE Symposium
ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN)
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH)
ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT)
IEEE Computer Society
SIGCSE Committee on the Implementation of a Discrete Mathematics Course
Working Group on Integrating Mathematical Reasoning into CS Curricula
Liberal Arts Computer Science Consortium

Education

Ph.D., 1985, Yale University
M.Sc., 1981, Yale University
B.Sc., 1980, Yale University

Personal Interests

Carpentry, Electronics

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Last updated on January 13, 2012