JANUARY1, 1996throughDECEMBER
31, 1996
FACULW SERVICETO HOPECOLLEGE
ryPEWRITE
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ORUSECOMPUTERI
Herbert
L. Dershem
A. TEACHING
ANDADVISING:
1. Courses
TaughtandEnrollment
(Attachreportfrom Registrar'sOfiice)
2. Supplementary
Notes
29 Adwisees
B.
lo Frestunen)
ANDPROFESSIONAL
SCHOLARLY
ACTIVITY
1.
Workand/orGeneralProfessional
(including
Scholarly
Development
paperspresented,
publications,
performances,
recitals,
exhibitions,
and
progress)
woft in
.gurnmerresearch !'.i tI sEudents Marci ,Janjeclc aid Matv Malkowski supported by NSF REv
gr:ant and alirecCor of che suruner REV progirar,
SlJnlnrerresearch oD Object-Oriented
Ada under srant fron v.S. Air Fotce
rnl/jLed partjcipant,
Indiana Area Cal).ege CompuEer Scjence Cur.ricu]unr Day
panef feader at lhird
Invited
AnnuaT Consorlivm for Conputing in Snall CoTleges Midwestetn Confetence
DeLivered paper at First Austra.lasian
Confetence on Conputet Science Education
nData St.ructures with Ada Packaqes, LabotatozieE,
and Aninationg',
Proceedinqs ot the
.lst Au6t:afa,sian Conference on Con{)ltte! Science Educatjon, co-auEhored with
th.ree student.e
Referee of, 9 papets to! 3 confevences
ParEicipanE in N,sF REU pane] Eo eva.luace proposals
2.
(itfunded,specifyamountanddate/period
Submittod
GrantProposals
of
thegrant)
NsF-T]'r project
funded for
the construction
546,356 with ,fipping and stegink for
of a combined classEoom/ labaratory
C. INTERNAL
SERVICE
1.
Coach of
Involvement
with StudentsOutsidethe Classroom.e.9..Directinga Plav.
a Club (Listactivityand numberot
Recitals.Coaching.or Sponsoring
studentsengagedwithyou in this activity)
Team whlch patticipated
in
the Hope Coffege Progranlning
of Notre
the Mid-East RegionaT Co.otest at the University
parDame. One team of three competed. Eieven students
for the team.
in the tryouts
ticipated
FacultyServiceto HopeCollege- page2
Name:
Eerbert
L.
Dershem
2.
(List)
Assignments
na
^rfmanr
aha;
r
Depar tment Admi s s i ons Li a i s on
Status Cortnittee
Department
Internship
Coordinator
D.
(Spring
Semester)
OTHER(e.9.,publicservice,consulting,curricular/course
development,
lectures,seminars,and presentations
to highschoolstudentsor churchgroups)
for the CounciT on fJndergraduate Research (CIJR),
chalr of consuTtants comnittee for the Math/CS
Division
PaE)ers Co-chair for the Fourth AnnuaT Consortium for Computing in Sna77 CoLJ.eges Midwestern Confetence
Councilor
Which ot your accomplishmentsor activitiesof the past year do you consider
most noteworthy?
Presentation of the paper in Austtafia was noteworthy fox 2 reasons:
L, I established internationaf
contacts and was abfe to share our
wotk in an internationaT
forum
jointly
2. It was
written with three ot ny students
CHAIRPERSON'S
SUMMARYEVALUATION
UNSATISFACTORY
FAIR
GOOD
SUPERIOR
OUTSTANDING
(Onthiscontinuum,
shouldplacetheletters
TAtorTeaching
andAdvising,
thechairperson
SPfor
pointshe/heconsiders
andProfossional
Activity,
andSEfor Service,
atwhatever
appropriate.)
Scholarly
Herbert L. Dershem
Self-Evaluation
1996
I. Teaching
My teachingincludedonenewcourse,theinauguralofferingof CSCI 160,ScientificComputer
Prograrming with C++ added.The CSCI 480 wasalsoa new approachandteamtaughtwiih
Mike Jipping.The summaxy
belowincludesthecategories
of evaluation
thatI feelaremost
rmportant.
Preparation Enthusiasm
Personal
Interest
Overall
N
cscr160
cscl 225
3.94
3.988
3.97
1.86
18
3.98
3.94
3.84
3.91
18
cscl488
3.8',7
3.83
3.',l6
3.63
12
cscl286
3.86
4.00
3.66
3.82
9
cscl383 3.80
cscI480 3.62
3.98
3.83
3.63
3.68
3.82
3.85
r.90
3.85
Total
3.75
83
II. Scholarship
Scholarship
in 1996consisted
of summerresearch
with students,
publication,and
theacceptance,
deliveryof a paperin Australia,andmakingpresentations
andseryingon panelsrelatedto undergraduate
research
in computerscience.
IIL Service
My servicewasdevotedto the dutiesof departmentchair andStatusCommittee.TheseI feel were
doneadeouatelv
Review of Goals for 1996
1 Publishtwo papersbasedon DARPA activitiesandonepaperbasedoII Air Forcegrant
activl_
tles.
I corubinedthe two paperson DARPAinto one,the onepublishedin theproceedingsof the Aus_
trasian Conference.TheAir Forcework hasbeenincorporated.inn the iett edition of the Der_
shety'Jippingtextbookrather thahappearos a separatepaper.
2. Continueplanningfor Schaum'sInteractiveprcject.
I havedecidedto discontinuemy activitJ on thisproject and concentrateon the Third E(rition of
the Dershen/Jirying textbookinstead.
3. Recruit new faculty memberfor deparhnentandfacilitaie her/hissuccessfulbeginningat the
college.
Kevin Denelsbeckhasbeenrecruiteda d will arive in August, 1997.
Goalsfor 1997
L Successfully
completetheThirdEditionof theDorsher/Jipping
textbook.
2. Write a proposalfor anotherthreeyearNSF-REUproject.
3. Write a proposalfor a curriculumdovelopment
projectfrom NSFto developmaterialsfor our
new"clabroom"facility.
4. Adaptmy coursesto takeadvantage
of the"clabroom.,'
Surnrnary
Evaluato!tbr HerbDershen
96-97
I amonceagalnamazed
at Herb'sabilrtyto ba-taDc€
a largenumb€rof'balls,,m thealr while
$)starnitgexcellence
in all thathedoes.He rr a signdicanf
le{dernot or y wthrolusdepartDent,
butwithinthedivision
and,
with
past
his
work
year
tbr$
on
the
StatusCoudttee, wrthinthe
-tieib
instrtrtionaswtill.
hasrem.dinec
productive
a
scholaribis pastyearatrdheha$brought
signficantattentionto hisresearch
partnoshrpwth sfirdimts
tluoughhispresentations
ofthat
oollaboralive
work at intemational
meetings.l1e hasconducted
a sucressii s€archfor a new
oolleague
andhasoontiaued
to serveasa rolemodelfor Mke JippingandGordStegrnk.Herb's
lead€mhip
atrdcommitmeqt
to Ec€ltenc€inspireall ofus in thedivisiotandI amthsnkfulibr bis
effortsin sll rege'ds.
JimGentile
Dealr