Integrating CS Principles in Any Classroom

Workshop Description: Teachers develop interesting and engaging examples that fit within their subject areas. The intent is to find examples of computing that exemplify the importance of computing in a particular subject area of the teacher’s choosing.

About Professor Kim Tracy

Kim W. Tracy has extensive and varied experience with many different aspects of software development and in computing education. He’s worked on a wide variety of software ranging from system software (UNIXâ and network systems at Bell Labs) to database systems and expert systems during his over 30-year career. While at Bell Labs, he worked on a number of different products including the 5ESSâ Telephone Switch as well as consulting for clients around the world. He also served as Northeastern Illinois University’s Chief Information Officer for a decade and oversaw all aspects of the technology used by the university. He’s taught many courses in computer science that include traditional computer science, software engineering, and information technology for many different universities, beginning part-time over 30 years ago. He currently teaches full-time in the Computer Science and Software Engineering department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, including a course on software history. He’s also been heavily involved in ABET computing program accreditation and in volunteer leadership roles in other professional societies. He’s recently authored a textbook on software history for ACM Books and co-authored another book on object-oriented AI. He’s a senior member of ACM and IEEE, a member of SHOT and currently serves on the ACM History Committee.

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