{"id":287,"date":"2014-09-15T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/?p=287"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:15:02","slug":"welcome-to-dr-mark-allison-assistant-professor-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/2014\/09\/15\/welcome-to-dr-mark-allison-assistant-professor-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Dr. Mark Allison, Assistant Professor of Computer Science!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/09\/Allison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-288\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/09\/Allison.jpg\" alt=\"Allison\" width=\"199\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Classes I\u2019m teaching: <\/strong>CIS592 \u2013 Cloud Computing and CSC383 Software Project Management<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Professional Interests\/Activities: <\/strong>Community outreach<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Research Interests: <\/strong>Model Driven Software Development, SmartGrid Energy management, Data Mining, Technology in the Educational Process, Affective Computing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Awards: <\/strong>Third Best Paper in conference SEKE2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Degree(s)\/Education: <\/strong>PhD in Computer Science, Florida International University; MS Information Systems and BS Computer Science from the City College of New York CUNY<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memberships: <\/strong>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and MENSA<\/p>\n<p><strong>How I fell in love with my field: <\/strong>My godfather bought me a Texas Instruments TI-57, one of the first programmable calculators. I found I had a knack for making it do much more than the manufacturers intended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I hope for my time at UM-Flint: <\/strong>I want to develop the students into notable developers, computer scientists and software engineers. There is so much raw talent.\u00a0Continue research within cutting edge aspects of software engineering and artificial intelligence to further the mission of the university.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three things you should know about me:<br \/>\n<\/strong>I am an avid cyclist, angler and dad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classes I\u2019m teaching: CIS592 \u2013 Cloud Computing and CSC383 Software Project Management \u00a0Professional Interests\/Activities: Community outreach \u00a0Research Interests: Model Driven Software Development, SmartGrid Energy management, Data Mining, Technology in the Educational Process, Affective Computing. \u00a0Awards: Third Best Paper in conference SEKE2011 Degree(s)\/Education: PhD in Computer Science, Florida International University; MS Information Systems and BS Computer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11,16,17,1],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-science-dept","category-department-news","category-faculty-news","category-faculty-spotlight","category-uncategorized","tag-case"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Welcome to Dr. Mark Allison, Assistant Professor of Computer Science! 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