Dr. Mary Ellen Weisskopf

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Contact

5000 Technology Drive NW
Olin B. King Technology Hall
Room N300A
Huntsville, AL 35899
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Catherine Cooper Cater Outstanding Graduate, 1989 (Awarded by the Alabama Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors)
Outstanding Computer Science Graduate (M.S.), 1980
Outstanding Computer Science Graduate (Ph.D.), 1989

Associate Chair, 1997 - present, Serve as acting chair in absence of chair, process undergraduate POS, graduation applications, etc., other duties as needed
Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator, 1990-present, Responsible for course content, programmatic changes, evaluating transfer credits for equivalence, etc. Act as advisor to students who do not yet have an advisor; liaison to advisement centers.
Math Lecturers' reappointment committees, 2005-present, Member

University Judicial Board, 2005-2011, Member
Program Committee, 42nd annual ACM Southeast conference, 2004, Member
ABET accreditation review, 2008-2009 2003-2004 2008-2009 2014-2015, Participated in preparation of self-study document by writing responses to questions related to curriculum, student advising, similar topics. Coordinated preparation of files and displays
Committee to select new chair of Computer Science Department, Spring 2000. Summer 2002, Chair
Faculty Search Committee, 1995 - 2000, Member
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1991-present, chair
Graduate Teaching Assistant training and supervision, 1993-present, Conduct organizational meetings for GTAs at beginning of each term; assign duties to GTAs; organize training sessions, etc.

Cox, G., Hughes, William E., Etzkorn, Letha H., and Weisskopf, Mary E., "Predicting Computer Science PhD Completion: A Case Study," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 52, No. 1, Feb. 2009, pp.137-143. Refereed
Carter, Donna M, Aygun, Ramazan, Cox, Glenn, Weisskopf, Mary Ellen, Etzkorn, Letha, "The Effect of Uncontrolled Concurrency on Model Checking," Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Vol20, Issue12, pp. 1419-1438, August 2008.
Etzkorn, L.H., Gholston, S., Weisskopf, M.E., "A Study of Student Performance in Combined Courses," Journal of Information Systems Education, Vol 15 (2), July, 2004. Education Special Interest Group (EDSIG) of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)

Lab Manual For CS 107, Lab Manual for CS 207. Published in-house, used from fall of 1994 through summer of 2001.
Timothy S. Newman, Mary Ellen Weisskopf, and Malcolm Morrison, "CS 090: The Case for a Developmental Course in Computer Science", The Journal of Teaching and Learning, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1999, pp. 15-33