Overview

Teaching Interests

Algorithms, Data Structures, Web Development, Computer Organization, Computer Architecture, Software Development, Web Development, Theory of Computation, Databases, and Discrete Mathematics.

Research Areas

CS Education; Measuring and analyzing evolving networks, including application-specific graphs; Collaborations in Digital Humanities; Algorithms; Network Analysis; Theory of Computation; Data Science; and Computer Architecture.

Spring 2024

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Selected Publications and Talks

Jeremiah Blanchard, John R. Hott, Vincent Berry, Rebecca Carroll, Bob Edmison, Richard Glassey, Oscar Karnalim, Brian Plancher, and Seán Russell. 2022. Stop Reinventing the Wheel! Promoting Community Software in Computing Education. In Proceedings of the 2022 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE-WGR ‘22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 261–292. https://doi.org/10.1145/3571785.3574129

Truslow, E., Goulmamine, N., Hott, J. R., and Basit, N. March 2022. Analyzing Student Experience of Time Trackers on Assessments. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2022). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1113.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3478432.3499121

Siegel, A., Zarb, M., Alshaigy, B., Blanchard, J., Crick, T., Glassey, R., Hott, J. R., Latulipe, C., Riedesel, C., Senapathi, M., Simon, and Williams, D. December 2021. Teaching through a Global Pandemic: Educational Landscapes Before, During and After COVID-19. In Proceedings of the 2021 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE-WGR ‘21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1-25.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3502870.3506565

Choi, E., Meng, L., and Hott, J. 2021. Open Source Software Practices in CS2. In 21st Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling ‘21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3488042.3488047

MacKenzie, C., and Hott, J. 2021. Extracting and Visualizing User Engagement on Wikipedia Talk Pages. In 17th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2021). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 9, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1145/3479986.3479995

Lin, X., Connors, J., Lim, C., Hott, J. R. March 2021. How Do Students Collaborate? Analyzing Group Choice in a Collaborative Learning Environment. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), Online.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3408877.3432389

Thinnyun, A., Lenfant, R., Pettit, P., and Hott, J. R. March 2021. Gender and Engagement in CS Courses on Piazza. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), Online.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3408877.3432395

Brunelle, N., and Hott, J. R. March 2020. Ask Me Anything: Assessing Academic Dishonesty (Poster). In Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), Portland, OR.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3372658

Hott, J. R., Basit, N., Pettit, R., and Stone, D.. 2020. CS2 Graphical Photo Library Project. NCWIT EngageCSEdu.
https://www.engage-csedu.org/find-resources/cs2-graphical-photo-library-project

Brunelle, N., and Hott, J. R. March 2020. Fix the Course, Not the Student: Positive Approaches to Cultivating Academic Integrity (Birds of a Feather Session). In Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), Portland, OR.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3372535