Cynthia Taylor

  • Associate Professor of Computer Science
  • Chair of Computer Science

Areas of Study

Fall 2024

Systems Programming — CSCI 241

Spring 2025

Operating Systems — CSCI 341

Notes

Cynthia Taylor Paper Published in "ACM"

April 6, 2023

Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published a paper titled "How Do I Get People to Use My Ideas?: Lessons from Successful Innovators in CS Education" in the Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).

Cynthia Taylor Interview Published in "Inroads Magazine"

March 14, 2023

Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published an interview with Barbara Ericson in Inroads Magazine. The interview discusses Professor Ericson's work on online CS textbooks and Parson's Problems, and is part of a series on how education researchers can encourage faculty adoption of educational innovations.

Cynthia Taylor Interview Published in "ACM Inroads"

December 9, 2022

Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published an interview with Beth Simon in ACM Inroads magazine. The interview discusses how to get people to adopt pedagogical innovations, peer instruction, and the differences between working with K-12 instructors and higher ed instructors on changing pedagogy.

Cynthia Taylor Took Part in Yale University Symposium

October 28, 2022

Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor gave a talk and was on a panel for the "STEM in the Art Museum: Teaching Skills and Content through Art" Symposium at Yale University on October 14. The symposium was organized by Liliana Milkova, formerly the Curator of Academic Programs at the Allen Memorial Art Museum.

Cynthia Taylor and Steve Balady Paper Published in "Computer Science Education"

October 12, 2022

Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published a paper with Visiting Assistant Professor of Math Steve Balady (now at CSU San Bernardino) in the journal Computer Science Education. The paper looks at how student attitudes in introductory Computer Science and Math courses align with those of experts.

Cynthia Taylor Published Interview with Helen Hu

September 2, 2022

Associate Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published an interview with Helen Hu on the propagation of Process Oriented Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in Computer Science, in ACM Inroads magazine.

Cynthia Taylor Publishes Paper, Receives Award

November 29, 2019

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published the paper "Unakite: Scaffolding Developers' Decision-Making Using the Web" with Jane Hsieh ’20, and it received an honorable mention for the best paper award at The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2019). 

Cynthia Taylor Wins Best Paper Award

March 4, 2019

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor won a best paper award at the 50th Annual ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) for her paper ");DROP TABLE textbooks;-- An Argument for SQL Injection Coverage in Database Textbooks."

Cynthia Taylor Publishes

January 15, 2019

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Cynthia Taylor published a paper titled "Propagating the Adoption of CS Educational Innovations" in The Companion of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '18 Companion).

Cynthia Taylor Publishes in Conference Proceedings

August 29, 2018

Cynthia Taylor published a paper titled "Identifying Student Difficulties with Basic Data Structures" in the proceedings of the 2018 International Computer Education Research Conference (ICER) in Espoo, Finland, August 2018.

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August 25, 2014

Jack Ratner ’14 goes from computer science student to junior engineer at a start-up technology company, Bandwagon, that has introduced a ride-sharing smartphone app to reduce pollution and traffic in New York City.