Tim "Dr. T" Chamillard
Associate Professor of Computer
Science
Engr 182,
(719) 255-3150
Office Hours: See below
Game Design
and Development Options
My office hours for Spring 2017 are Mondays, 9:30-10:30 and Wednesdays 1:30-2:30. I also have office hours on Tuesdays, but they're not always at the same time because of a number of recurring meetings I have. If you plan to come to my office on a Tuesday, check the dates and times below carefully to make sure I'll actually be there!
24 Jan, 31 Jan, 14 Feb, 28 Feb, 14 Mar, 11 Apr: 2-3
17 Jan, 7 Feb, 21 Feb, 7 Mar, 21 Mar, 4 Apr, 18 Apr: 11-12
25 Apr, 2 May: No office hours
If you drop by my office outside my official office hours without an appointment, I may have time to see you, but I'll also feel free to have you schedule an appointment for a different time instead.
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Computer Science Department
University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
P.O. Box 7150
Colorado Springs, CO
80933-7150
Office: Engr. Room 182
Phone: (719) 255-3150
e-mail: chamillard@cs.uccs.edu
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None during my sabbatical
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Game Design and Development Options
At UCCS, we have a freshman class to create games using
drag-and-drop tools, a Game Design and Development Minor, and even a new
Bachelor of InnovationTM in Game Design
and Development degree that started in Fall 2007!
Click here for more information.
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Click here to see a statement of my teaching
philosophy.
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My primary research area is
computer science education.
My computer science education
research is primarily concerned with research that provides useful teaching,
advising, and curriculum development techniques to computer science educators.
I'm currently focusing my research on how we can use technology to improve the
learning of beginning programming students. Specifically, I'm evaluating how
Second Life tutorials for introductory programming topics affect student
learning for those topics.
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Bachelor of
Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology, 1987.
M.S. in
Computer Engineering, University of Southern
California, 1990.
Ph.D. in
Computer Science, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, 1996.
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Click here
to see a current copy of my CV.
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Click here to access pdf
copies of my publications.
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I've enjoyed cycling for some
time now, and I completed numerous centuries (100 mile bike rides) in the late
80s and early 90s. One of those centuries was even rated by Bicycling Magazine
as one of the 10 toughest centuries in the country. Why? Because it had over
10,000 feet of climbing!
Something strange happens to
your head when you do that much riding (and climbing), so I decided I should
try running next. I've completed the L.A. Marathon, the Pueblo Marathon, the
Pikes Peak Ascent, and numerous shorter races as well.
Of course at that point, I
only needed to add one more sport (swimming) to really go crazy. I did my first
triathlon in 1993, and I completed a number of sprint-distance,
Olympic-distance, and Half-Ironman races in the mid-90s. The ultimate, so far,
was when I completed an Ironman-distance race in 1999. Swimming 2.4 miles,
cycling 112 miles, then running 26.2 miles makes for a long day!
Palmares
In cycling, your palmares are like your resume of significant results. I'll
abuse the term a bit here by listing most of the races I've done without worrying
about whether or not my results were significant! Click here
for my palmares.
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