Postdoctoral Fellow, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of British Columbia, 2008
Ph.D. in Computer Science, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Delaware, 2007
M.S. in Computer Science, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Delaware, 2004
B.S. in Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Richmond Virginia, 2002
CSC 4332: Software Quality and Testing
CSC 4263: Video Game Design
Software Engineering
Robotics
Human Computer Interaction
CS Education
Henley, A. Z., Shepherd, D., & Fleming, S. D. (2024). Wandercode: An Interaction Design
for Code Recommenders to Reduce Information Overload, Ease Exploration, and Save Screen
Space. arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.14589.
Avgeriou, P., & Shepherd, D. C. (2024). Dear researchers-a new column sharing the
perspective of software practitioners.
Cuber, I., Goncalves De Souza, J. G., Jacobs, I., Lowman, C., Shepherd, D., Fritz,
T., & Langberg, J. M. (2024, May). Examining the Use of VR as a Study Aid for ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Students with ADHD. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems (pp. 1-16).
Ritschel, N., Fronchetti, F., Holmes, R., Garcia, R., & Shepherd, D. C. (2024, April).
Blocks? Graphs? Why Not Both? Designing and Evaluating a Hybrid Programming Environment
for End-users. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE/ACM 46th International Conference on
Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (pp. 326-327).
Schorr, L., Hadimani, R., Johnson, B., McFall, J., & Shepherd, D. (2024, March). High
Temperature Insulator using Casted Ceramic for Collaborative Robotic Gripper in Additive
Manufacturing. In APS March Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, pp. BB06-004).
Fronchetti, F., Ritschel, N., Schorr, L., Barfield, C., Chang, G., Spinola, R., ...
& Shepherd, D. C. (2024, February). Block-based Programming for Two-Armed Robots:
A Comparative Study. In Proceedings of the 46th IEEE/ACM International Conference
on Software Engineering (pp. 1-12).
Zhang, Y., Tabares, S. O., Patt, R., Krug, D. L., Mead, H., Mouza, C., ... & Pollock,
L. (2024). Examining Participation and Outcomes Among Middle School Students in a
Virtual Camp on Coding with Music. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference
of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 594-601. International Society of the Learning
Sciences.
Fronchetti, F., Shepherd, D. C., Wiese, I., Treude, C., Gerosa, M. A., & Steinmacher,
I. (2023, November). Do contributing files provide information about oss newcomers’
onboarding barriers?. In Proceedings of the 31st ACM Joint European Software Engineering
Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (pp. 16-28).
Krug, D. L., Kulibaba, R. J., Linzmeyer, D. A., Mouza, C., & Shepherd, D. C. (2023,
November). Inspiring interest in computing using music: A case study on students lacking
prior music education. In Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação (SBIE) (pp.
1612-1624). SBC.
Suleiman, A. D., Hou, D., Liu, Y., DeWaters, J., Small, M. M., de Souza, J. G., &
Shepherd, D. (2023, October). Mapping learning objectives of project-based undergraduate
software engineering courses to CC2020 competency model. In 2023 IEEE Frontiers in
Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
2024: Top 5% of All Submissions CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Submission: Cuber, Isabelle, et al. 'Examining the Use of VR as a Study Aid for ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Students with ADHD.' Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems, 2024, pp. 1-16.
2018: Top 5% of All Submissions CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Submission: Weintrop, David, et al. 'Evaluation CoBlox: A Comparative Study of Robotics
Programming Environments for Adult Novices.' Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference
on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018, pp. 1-12.
2017: Top 5% of All Submissions CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Submission: Züger, Manuela, et al. 'Reducing Interruptions at Work: A Large-Scale
Field Study of Flowlight.' Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors
in Computing Systems, 2017, pp. 61-72.
2017: Fred Fletcher Outstanding Program Volunteer Award, City of Raleigh, Raleigh,
NC.
2017: Most Influential Paper Award (10 Year Retrospective) International Concerence
on Aspect-Oriented Software Development. Submission: Shepherd, David, et al. 'Using
Natural Language Program Analysis to Locate and Understand Action-Oriented Concers.'
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development,
2017, pp. 212-224.1.
2016: Top Publisher, ABB Corporate Research USA Raleigh, NC.
2012: Top 5% Contributor, Microsoft's Visual Studio Gallery Online.
2007: Frank A. Peterson Graduate Student Achievement Award (Top Graduating CS Ph.D.
Student), ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
2002 Co-Valedictorian, Virginia Commonwealth ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Richmond, Virginia.
2023: Developing of a Novel Virtual Reality Treatment for Emerging Adults with ADHD,
$402,277.
2021, 2023 (Transfer to LSU): Collaborative Research: Minoritized Youth Computer Science
Learning, Belonging and Career Interest: Coding and Creating with Beats, $180,605.
2021, 2023 (Transfer to LSU): Collaborative Research: Supporting Project-Based Learning
in Undergraduate Software Engineering Courses, $138,601.
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