David Evans - Courses

Official name: Introduction to Information Technology
Spring 2024

Spring 2016
Fall 2011 [Course Evaluation]
Fall 2009
Spring 2007 (as cs150)
Fall 2005 (as cs150)
Spring 2004 (as cs200)
Spring 2003 (as cs200) [Reviews]
Spring 2002 (as cs200) [SEAS Survey, Course Improvement Survey]

UTF Proposal (2001): University of Virginia Teaching Fellowship: Teaching Introductory Computer Science as a Liberal Art

Textbook (under development, 2007-2011): Introduction to Computing: Explorations in Language, Logic, and Machines

Fall 2017 (co-taught with Mohammad Mahmoody)
Fall 2016

Fall 2010 [Classes]
Fall 2006 (as cs205)
Fall 2003 (as cs201J) [SEAS Evaluations, Course Improvement Survey]
Fall 2002 (as cs201J) [Evaluations]

Course Proposal: NSF CCLI: Teaching Software Engineering Using Lightweight Analysis

cs3102: Theory of Computation

Fall 2021 (co-taught with Nathan Brunell)
Fall 2020 (co-taught with Nathan Brunell)
Fall 2019 (co-taught with Nathan Brunell)
Spring 2010
Spring 2008 (as cs302)

cs3501: Everyday Ethics and Quotidian Quandries for Computer Scientists

Spring 2021 (this was a fully virtual pandemic-lockdown class, with most sessions meeting using Rally). [Schedule] and [Final Projects].

cs4414: Operating Systems

Introduction to Operating Systems, using the Rust programming language and focusing on building secure, robust, and scalable computing systems.

Spring 2014 (includes edited video lectures)
Fall 2013

Spring 2022

Cryptocurrency Cafe, Spring 2015
Cryptocurrency Cabal, Fall 2015

Spring 2020 (co-taught with Denis Nekipelov from Economics)
Spring 2019 (co-taught with Denis Nekipelov from Economics)

Spring 2005
Fall 2001 [SEAS Evaluation]
Fall 2000 (as cs551: Security and Privacy on the Internet: Keeping Secrets, Thwarting Imposters and Disarming Malicious Code) [SEAS Evaluation, Course-Specific Evaluation]

Pavillion Seminar offered through the College of Arts and Sciences.

Fall 2018 [Proposal (PDF)]

UVa Graduate Courses

Spring 2001
Spring 2000 [SEAS Evaluation]

cs6501: Risks and Benefits of Generative AI and LLMs (Fall 2023)
cs6501: Security and Privacy of Machine Learning (Spring 2018)
cs6501: Understanding an Securing TLS (TLSeminar) (Spring 2017)
cs6501: Data Hacking "Show-and-Tell"inar (Fall 2014)
cs6501: Great Works in Computer Science (Spring 2013)
cs6501: Principles Of Knowledge Engineering and Reconstruction (Spring 2011)
cs6501: Security Seminar (Fall 2009)
cs851: Web Applications Security Seminar (Fall 2007)
cs851: Malware Seminar (Fall 2004)
cs851/651: Cryptography Applications Bistro (CrAB Seminar) (Spring 2004)
cs851: Biologically-Inspired Computing (with Jim Cohoon) (Spring 2003)

Udacity Courses

cs101: Introduction to Computer Science (Building a Search Engine) (Course Notes)

This course uses building a search engine as a vehicle for learning about computer science and Python programming. It has enrolled over 500,000 students (since launching in February 2012. Selected news articles: Prospect Magazine, Chronicle. Blog post describing my experiences developing cs101: CS101: One Year Later.

cs387: Applied Cryptography [Course Materials]

According to InformationWeek, this the #1 Online Class To Pump Up IT Careers, although it is more meant as a fun introduction to cryptography. It has enrolled over 70,000 students. Daniel Winter, with help from other students in the class, produced a textbook for the class.

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David Evans University of Virginia Department of Computer Science

evans@virginia.edu