B.S., Computer Science, Central
Connecticut State University
M.S., Computer Science, University of Connecticut
Ph.D., Computer Science & Engineering, University of Connecticut
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Karl R. Wurst, PhDProfessor of Computer ScienceSchool of Science, Technology, and HealthWorcester State University |
About
Computer Science Department, School of Science, Technology, and Health
Worcester State University
486 Chandler St, Worcester, MA, USA 01602
Office: ST 110E
Phone: +1-508-929-8728, Fax: +1-508-929-8156
Email: kwurst@worcester.edu
I prefer to be addressed, or referred to, as "Professor Wurst" or "Doctor Wurst". My preferred pronouns are "he/him/his", although I am also fine with "they/them/their".
Worcester State University
486 Chandler St, Worcester, MA, USA 01602
Office: ST 110E
Phone: +1-508-929-8728, Fax: +1-508-929-8156
Email: kwurst@worcester.edu
I prefer to be addressed, or referred to, as "Professor Wurst" or "Doctor Wurst". My preferred pronouns are "he/him/his", although I am also fine with "they/them/their".
Software Engineering
Open Source Software
Computer Science Education
Robotics
Open Source Software
Computer Science Education
Robotics
Scholarship, Awards, and Service
Coming Soon...
National Science Foundation DUE-2012999, 2020-2024
Collaborative Research: Broadening Participation in Computing through Authentic, Collaborative Engagement with Computing for the Greater Good
2020 Dr. Imoigele Aisiku Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowship
An Investigation of Tools and Platforms to Support Deployment of an Open Source Project to Support Campus Food Pantries
(supporting joint faculty/student summer research work)
2019 Dr. Imoigele Aisiku Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowship
An Investigation of Tools and Workflows to Support Participation of Undergraduate Classes in Open Source Projects
(supporting joint faculty/student summer research work)
2017 Red Hat Honors Instructors Who Champion Open Source Education in the U.S.
Raleigh, NC — March 28, 2017 —
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today
recognized
21 higher education instructors for their continuing efforts to incorporate open source
philosophies, methods, and tools into their academic work.
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-honors-instructors-who-champion-open-source-education-us
2014 George I. Alden Excellence in Teaching Award
Awarded by
Worcester State University to professors who have made a difference in
student's lives through their teaching excellence. Recipients have
demonstrated excellence through use of effective instructional
strategies, accomodation of multiple learning styles, fostering
higher-order thinking among students, commitment to student success,
commitment to continuously improving his/her classroom teaching,
willingness to innovate or take pedagogical risks, particpation in
service activities related to the improvement of education at WSU.
1995 NSF Engineering Education Scholar
Named one of the initial group
of thirty-one National Science Foundation Engineering Education Scholars nationally.
Participated in
a week-long workshop on engineering education and its future
supervised by NSF administrators and led by nationally recognized
educators.
1994 Taylor L. Booth Teaching Fellow
Awarded by a UConn CSE
faculty committee to the applicant with the greatest future teaching potential based
on letters of support from teaching supervisors and the student's
research advisor.
LibreFoodPantry open source food pantry software community
Coordinating Committee Member
Founding Trustee
Founding Trustee
Teaching Open Source (a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy)
Project Leadership Committee Member
Northeast Region of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
Past Regional
Board Member 2001-2021
Past Webmaster and Past Deputy Webmaster
Past Conference Chair and Co-Chair
Past Webmaster and Past Deputy Webmaster
Past Conference Chair and Co-Chair
Contributor to the AMPATH Medical Records System open source software project
OpenMRS
FOSS2Serve
Worcester State University Center for STEM Research and Education
Founding Representative for Computer Science
Worcester State University Center for Teaching and Learning
Past Advisory Board Member
Co-Facilitator of the 2007 Alden Teaching Fellows
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines
Member
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR)
Schedule
Summer INot Available |
Department Chair — Summer II OnlyBy Appointment OnlyContact me at kwurst@worcester.edu for an appointment. |
Office hours are subject to change—classes will be
notified of any changes.
Office hours are also available by appointment—please contact me to make arrangements.
Office hours are also available by appointment—please contact me to make arrangements.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 08:30 AM |
Research and Writing (Not available for appointments) |
Generally available |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Research and Writing (Not available for appointments) |
| 09:00 AM |
Student Office Hours ST 110E |
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| 09:30 AM | Not available for appointments | ||||
| 10:00 AM | Chairs Meetings |
Student Office Hours ST 110E |
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| 10:30 AM | CS Department Meeting | ||||
| 11:00 AM | Not available | ||||
| 11:30 AM |
CS-343 01 Software Construction, Design and Architecture ST 107 |
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CS-343 01 Software Construction, Design and Architecture ST 107 |
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| 12:30 PM |
CS-343 02 Software Construction, Design and Architecture ST 107 |
CS-343 02 Software Construction, Design and Architecture ST 107 |
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| 01:00 PM |
CS-348 01 Software Process Management ST 107 |
CS-348 01 Software Process Management ST 107 |
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| 02:00 PM |
CS-348 02 Software Process Management ST 107 |
CS-348 02 Software Process Management ST 107 |
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| 02:30 PM |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
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| 03:30 PM |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Student Office Hours ST 110E |
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| 04:30 PM | Not available for appointments | ||||
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05:30 PM to 08:00 PM |
CS-348 E1 Software Process Management ST 107 |
Office hours are subject to change—classes will be
notified of any changes.
Office hours are also available by appointment—please contact me to make arrangements.
Office hours are also available by appointment—please contact me to make arrangements.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 08:30 AM |
Research and Writing (Not available for appointments) |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Research and Writing (Not available for appointments) |
| 09:00 AM | |||||
| 09:30 AM |
Student Office Hours ST 110E |
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| 10:00 AM |
CS-448 OL Software Development Capstone Online |
CS-448 OL Software Development Capstone Online |
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| 10:30 AM | CS Department Meeting | ||||
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| 11:30 AM |
Student Office Hours ST 110E |
Not available for appointments |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
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| 12:00 PM | |||||
| 12:30 PM |
CS-443 01 Software Quality Assurance and Testing ST 107 |
Not available |
CS-443 01 Software Quality Assurance and Testing ST 107 |
Not available | |
| 01:00 PM |
CS-448 01 Software Development Capstone Sullivan 105 |
CS-448 01 Software Development Capstone Sullivan 105 |
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| 02:00 PM |
CS-443 02 Software Quality Assurance and Testing ST 107 |
CS-443 02 Software Quality Assurance and Testing ST 107 |
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| 02:30 PM |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
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| 03:30 PM |
Student Office Hours ST 110E |
Generally available (Email me to make an appointment) |
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Course Information
CS-343 01, 02 Software Construction, Design and Architecture
Syllabus
Textbook List:
We will be using freely available learning resources for topics in this course.
CS-348 01, 02, E1 Software Process Management
Syllabus
Textbook List:
Version Control by Example
Eric Sink
Source Gear, 2011
ISBN-13: 9780983507901
Free downloads available here
Eric Sink
Source Gear, 2011
ISBN-13: 9780983507901
Free downloads available here
Scrum: A Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction
Chris Sims and Hillary Louise Johnson
Dymaxicon, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781937965044
Available as a $0.99 Kindle book
Read the whole text online here
Chris Sims and Hillary Louise Johnson
Dymaxicon, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781937965044
Available as a $0.99 Kindle book
Read the whole text online here
We will be using freely available learning resources for topics in this course.
CS-443 01 02 Software Quality Assurance and Testing
Syllabus (On GitLab, in progress, subject to change until class begins)
Textbook List: Complete
A Friendly Introduction to Software Testing
Bill Laboon
Print on demand from Amazon
Build from source on GitHub
Prebuilt PDF on GitHub
Bill Laboon
Print on demand from Amazon
Build from source on GitHub
Prebuilt PDF on GitHub
We will also be using additional freely available learning resources for topics in this course.
CS-448 01 OL Software Development Capstone
Syllabus (On GitLab, in progress, subject to change until class begins)
Textbook List: Complete
Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye
O'Reilly Media, 2009
ISBN-13: 9780134052502
Website
Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye
O'Reilly Media, 2009
ISBN-13: 9780134052502
Website
Scrum: A Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction
Chris Sims and Hillary Louise Johnson
Dymaxicon, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781937965044
Available as a $0.99 Kindle book
Read the whole text online here
Chris Sims and Hillary Louise Johnson
Dymaxicon, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781937965044
Available as a $0.99 Kindle book
Read the whole text online here
We will also be using additional freely available learning resources for topics in this course.
Random
Based on the concept that one's Ph.D. advisor is one's academic
parent. An interesting exercise,
but don't read too much into it.
From the Mathematics Genealogy
Project.
Mouse over a box for more details, click on a box to go to the full page.
The line from Ambrosius Rhodius goes back further (to include, among others, Copernicus) and I'll finish that later. I also need to do some more work to adjust the tooltip positioning.
Mouse over a box for more details, click on a box to go to the full page.
The line from Ambrosius Rhodius goes back further (to include, among others, Copernicus) and I'll finish that later. I also need to do some more work to adjust the tooltip positioning.
Karl R. Wurst
University of Connecticut
2004
University of Connecticut
2004
Robert McCartney
Brown University
1988
Brown University
1988
Eugene Charniak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1972
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1972
Marvin Minsky
Princeton University
1954
Princeton University
1954
Albert Tucker
Princeton University
1932
Princeton University
1932
Solomon Lefschetz
Clark University
1911
Clark University
1911
William Story
Universität Leipzig
1875
Universität Leipzig
1875
Carl Gottfried Neumann
Universität Königsberg
1856
Universität Königsberg
1856
Wilhelm Scheibner
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1848
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1848
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
1825
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
1825
Enno Heeren Dirksen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1820
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1820
Johann Tobias Mayer
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1773
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1773
Bernhard Friedrich Thibaut
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1796
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1796
Friedrich Julius Richelot
Universität Königsberg
1831
Universität Königsberg
1831
Otto Hesse
1840
1840
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
Universität Leipzig
1739
Universität Leipzig
1739
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1765
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1765
Christian August Hausen
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1713
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1713
Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen
Universität Leipzig
1685
Universität Leipzig
1685
Johann Andreas
Planer
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1686
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, 1709
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1686
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, 1709
Otto Mencke
Universität Leipzig
1665
Universität Leipzig
1665
Jakob Thomasius
Universität Leipzig
1643
Universität Leipzig
1643
Friedrich Leibniz
Universität Leipzig
1622
Universität Leipzig
1622
Johann
Pasch
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1683
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1683
Rudolf Jakob
Camerarius
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
1684, 1686
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
1684, 1686
Michael Walther,
Jr.
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1661, 1687
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1661, 1687
Aegidius
Strauch
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1651, 1657
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1651, 1657
Johann Andreas Quenstedt
Universität Helmstedt, 1643
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1644
Universität Helmstedt, 1643
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1644
Abraham Klein (Calovius)
Universität Rostock
1632
Universität Rostock
1632
Aegidius
Strauch
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1651, 1657
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1651, 1657
Georg Calixt
Universität Helmstedt
1607
Universität Helmstedt
1607
Christoph
Notnagel
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1630
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1630
Ambrosius
Rhodius
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1600, 1610
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
1600, 1610
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My Erdös Number is at most 5. (Which is the median
value.)
Karl R. Wurst (5) → Holly Yanco (4) → Tucker Balch (3) → Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi (2) → Noga Alon(1) → Paul Erdös (0)
Karl R. Wurst (5) → Holly Yanco (4) → Tucker Balch (3) → Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi (2) → Noga Alon(1) → Paul Erdös (0)
Coming soon...
— My Schedule
— My Course Information
— Schedule a Preregistration Advising Appointment
— My Blog
— My GitLab
— My GitHub
— My LinkedIn
— My Course Information
— Schedule a Preregistration Advising Appointment
— My Blog
— My GitLab
— My GitHub
— My LinkedIn
My Ph.D. Dissertation as Haiku
Robot puppets act,
but the human director
will not let them be.
Robot puppets act,
but the human director
will not let them be.
My M.S. Thesis as Haiku
Learning to cook means
expectation failures, but
that is how you grow.
Learning to cook means
expectation failures, but
that is how you grow.