Adam Parkin

aparkin AT uvic DOT ca Graduate Student Computer Science Department University of Victoria Victoria, BC, Canada

Research Interests

I am particularly interested in the instruction and teaching of computer programming languages, especially languages based in the functional paradigm. In particular, my thesis work will involve examining and exploring:

• Visual Programming Environments
• Functional Programming Languages
• Pedagogical Tools for Computer Science Classes

Academics

• MSc (Computer Science), University of Victoria (current)
• BSc (Computer Science, with Distinction, Systems Emphasis), University of Victoria (2005)
• Diploma (Computer Information Systems), Douglas College (2003)

Publications

• George Tzanetakis, Neil Burroughs, and Adam Parkin, Flexible Scheduling for DataFlow Audio Processing, Proc. IEEE Int. Computer Music Conf. (ICMC) New Orleans, USA, 2006

Teaching

I have been an instructor in the past for:

• UVic CSC 100 - Elementary Computing (May-June 2007, January-April 2008)
• UVic CSC 212 - The Practice of Computer Science (Sep-Dec 2006)

I have been a Teaching Assistant (TA) in the past for:

• UVic CSC 212 - The Practice of Computer Science (Sep-Dec 2007)
• UVic CSC 360 - Introduction to Operating Systems (Jan-Apr 2007)
• UVic SENG 265 - Software Development Methods (Jan-Apr, and May-Aug 2006)
• UVic CSC 100 - Elementary Computing (Sep-Dec, 2005)

Background

I am originally from Burnaby, British Columbia. I have spent my entire life on the west coast of Canada, moving to New Westminster when I was a child, where I lived for about 20 years completing a Computer Information Systems diploma at Douglas College. After completing the diploma, I had a desire to learn more about computing in a more general sense and decided to continue my studies by pursuing a degree in Computer Science at the University of Victoria. I moved to Victoria full-time in 2003, completed my bachelors degree in 2005, and after that began my masters degree (again at the University of Victoria) under the co-supervision of Dr. Yvonne Coady and Dr. George Tzanetakis.

Much of my interests revolve around computers and computing, and I am a fairly active member in various "tech" groups around Victoria (I have in the past been a member of The Victoria Linux Users Group, and I often attend meetings of the Recreational Computer Science Society).

Contact Info

My Office

Room 615, Engineering & Computer Science (ECS) Building
Phone: (1-250) 472-5700

Mailing Address

Adam Parkin
Department of Computer Science
University of Victoria
ECS Building, Room 504
PO Box 3055, STN CSC
Victoria, BC
Canada V8W 3P6

E-mail

I can be reached by e-mail at aparkin AT uvic DOT ca

Miscellaneous Links

Below are a few links of interest.

• The SML Of New Jersey Tutorial - A short tutorial on how to use the SML/NJ interpreter that was created for students in UVic CSC 212
• Setting up passwordless logins via SSH - a short tutorial/reference on how to set up passwordless logins to the Unix machines at UVic using Cygwin.
• Accessing the Power of Unix From Home - a short tutorial/reference on how to use UNIX from home that was created for students in UVic SENG 265