Courses Taught
CSS 161CSS 198
CSS 301
CSS 332
CSS 341
CSS 342
CSS 343
CSS 442
CSSAP 443
CSS 448
CSS 502
CSE 142
BCUSP 123
CSS 497
Internship Info
Links
Me as referenceBuffer Overflow talk
GFO Curr Info
Carol Zander, Ph.D.
Computing & Software Systems (CSS)
University of Washington Bothell
Box 358534, 18115 Campus Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011-8246
Email -
zander at u dot washington dot edu
Phone - (425) 352-5276 FAX - (425) 352-5216
Office - UW1-353 (prime number and palindrome!)
(Image by Craig Nishina)
Dr. Zander received a B.A. degree in mathematics from
San Diego State University,
an M.S. degree in mathematics from the
University of Colorado,
and an M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from
Colorado State University.
She has worked in the software industry at
Hewlett-Packard and
IBM,
and her many interests
include object-oriented programming and design, programming
languages and compiler theory, and computer
science education. She has an active computer science education
research program, is a member of two international research groups.
You can find many of
her publications
through the
ACM Digital Library
and one of her research groups:
Sweden Group Papers
Here is a brief overview of some of her
CSed research.
She has been a long time member of the ACM . She is active in SIGCSE (Special Interest Group of the ACM in Computer Science Education) and CCSC (Consortium for the Computing Sciences in Colleges), in particular the Northwest Region of the CCSC. She was the speaker chair for the CCSC-NW'02 conference and was conference chair for CCSC-NW'05 conference.
She is founding faculty member of CSS, started in autumn of 1996, faculty advisor to the Bothell student chapter of the ACM, and has served as faculty advisor to a bzillion CSS internship students. She has spent many years shaping the minds of students, teaching mathematics and computer science at the University of Maine, Colorado State University, and Seattle University. At Seattle University her students rewarded her efforts by voting her the Outstanding Faculty Member Award for 1995 and the Excellence in Teaching Award in the College of Science of Engineering in 1996. She has been nominated three times for the Distinguished Teaching Award at UWB and received the honor in 2002.
She is actively involved in service to the department, university, and computing community. She has served as chair of the CSS Curriculum Committee, the campus Curriculum Committee, and is currently representing Bothell on UW Curriculum Committee. She has served on the campus Executive Council and Strategic Planning Committee, Faculty Affairs Committee, Instructional/Research Support Committee, Honors and Ceremony Committee, as well as involvement with many other related activities. She serves the computer science community by reviewing papers for the annual SIGCSE, ITiCSE, and CCSC-NW conferences. She is frequently invited to review papers for various journals.
Courses Taught
CSS 161 -- Fundamentals of ComputingCSS 198 -- Supervised Study
CSS 301 -- Technical Writing for Computing Professionals
CSS 332 -- Comparison of Programming Languages
CSS 341 -- Fundamentals of Programming Theory & Applications
CSS 342 -- Mathematical Principles of Computing
CSS 343 -- Data Structures & Algorithms
CSS 442 (was CSSAP 442) -- Object-oriented Programming and Design
CSS 443 (was CSSAP 443) -- Advanced Programming Methodologies
CSS 448 -- Translation of Programming Languages
CSS 497 -- Cooperative Education
CSS 498 -- Independent Study
CSS 499 -- Undergraduate Research
CSS 502 -- Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms
CSE 142 -- Computer Programming I
BCUSP 123 -- Functions, Models, and Quantitative Reasoning
