Donald Chinn's Home Page
Donald Chinn
Assistant Professor
Institute of Technology/Computing and Software Systems
University of Washington, Tacoma
Tacoma, WA 98402
phone: (253) 692-4660
email: dchinn@u.washington.edu
office: Cherry Parkes 233
Course I am teaching in Spring 2008:
TCSS 343 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Office hours for Spring 2008 quarter:
Whenever my office door is open, or by appointment (use e-mail to set up an appointment).
Quotes to ponder:
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you, too, can become great." -- Mark Twain
"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -- Frank Outlaw
"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can." -- Sydney Smith
For students:
If you want to look at your final exam from a course I have taught in a previous quarter, come by during my office hours (or set up an appointment) and pick it up.
David Salesin's Freshman Convocation Address, Fall 2003: "College and the Art of Life"
Eleven Tips for Success in the CSS Program at UWT
How NOT to Go About Doing a Programming Assignment
The Career Development Center offers all sorts of assistance for career-related things, such as resume writing, preparing for interviews, etc. Check out their web site and drop in for a visit in MAT 106.
Bored? Need something to read? Here are some suggestions:
Computer science and mathematics readings
Writing and data presentation
Research stuff:
Research interests: algorithms and algorithmic analysis, computer science education
The Concept of Abstraction:
Here is an example of how the concept of abstraction is applied in the art world. Below is a painting by the Spanish artist Velazquez called "Las Meninas."
What follows here are four paintings by Picasso, using the technique of abstraction to represent the main features of Velazquez's work. Note how one or more features are emphasized in some of the abstractions, whereas other features are emphasized in others.
An artist's rendition of a steam-powered Turing machine.
There is a mural of this between the second and third floors in Sieg Hall at UW
Seattle (left). It also appears in the new Computer Science building (on
the
In the Don't Try This at Home Department:
This is what happens when you insert genes from the Crystal Jellyfish
(Aequorea
