User:Cjenkins

Contents 1 Dr. Jam Jenkins 2 Education 3 Publications 4 Work Experience 5 Projects 6 Teaching Experience 7 Talks 8 Professional Memberships 9 Extracurricular Activities 10 Contact Information

Dr. Jam Jenkins

Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Science, Duke University May 2007
• Master of Science in Engineering in Operations Research, University of Texas at Austin May 2000
• Bachelors in Computer Science with Honor and Distinction, Duke University May 1998

Publications

• Jam Jenkins and Carla Ellis. Using Ground Reaction Forces from Gait Analysis: Body Mass as a Weak Biometric. Fifth International Conference on Pervasive Computing. Toronto, Canada. May 2007. (pdf)
• Jam Jenkins and Robert Duvall. Integrating Video Games into CS1. 2nd Annual Microsoft Academic Days Conference on Game Development Poster Session, Orlando, Florida, February 2007. (pdf)
• Jam Jenkins. Weakly Identifying System for Doorway Monitoring. Duke Fontiers Poster Session. May 2006. (pdf)
  
• Jam Jenkins. Teaching Computer Programming and Applied Elementary Mathematics & Physics Using Video Games as Simulations. 3rd annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2004. (pdf)

Work Experience

• 2007-2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology , Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia

• 2006-2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina

• Spring 2007 Video Game Developer, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Duke University Eating Disorder Programs
  
• 2005-2006 Instructor of Java for Video Games online course through Duke University Talent Identification Program e-Studies

• 2003-2006 Independent Software Developer in Data Mining and Visualization

• 2000-01 High School Teacher at Lyndon B. Johnson High School in Austin, Texas

• 1997-present Computer Programming Instructor for the Duke Talent Identification Program Summer Residential Programs

• 1996-2006 Private Tutor in Computer Science

• 1996-2005 Teaching Assistant, Duke University Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austion Operations Research Department

Projects

• FANG Engine - the Freely Available Networked Gaming Engine, a networked multiplayer 2D Java video game engine designed to teach introductory computer programming, networking, simulations, and software engineering.
• Keystroke Grabber - a basic problem in keystroke recognition is the lack of a common database and framework for comparing different keystroke recognition performance. This project is aimed at developing a common framework and corresponding database of keystrokes by which different systems may be compared.
  
• Shape Launcher - a video game developed to investigate motivations of children of women who have had anorexia nervosa
  
• SAFTI - the System Architecture For Tracking Individuals, dissertation research
• WISDOM - the Weakly Identifying System for Doorway Monitoring, dissertation research
  Featured on the Discovery Channel Technology News'.
  
• Feature Added Branch Predictor in Multilevel Pipeline - a computer architecture course project using neural networks to predict branching
• Implementing Efficient Peer-to-Peer Keyword Searching - a networking and distributed systems course project for distributing searches
• Swap Neighborhood Structure for the 5-TSP - visualization of the limits of the swap move in the odd-TSP
• Java 3D Simplex Tutorial - visualization and interactive tutorial of the simplex method
• Java Whiteboard System (JAWS) - a visual chat program

Teaching Experience

• Fall 2007 ITEC1001: Introduction to Computing, Georgia Gwinnett College
• Fall 2007 GGC1000: First Year College Seminar, Georgia Gwinnett College
• Spring 2007 CS130: Introduction to Computing, Western Carolina University
• Spring 2007 CS363: Software Development, Western Carolina University
• Spring 2007 CS493: Biometrics, Western Carolina University
  
• Fall 2006 CS130: Introduction to Computing, Western Carolina University
  
• Fall 2006 CS150: Problem Solving and Programming, Western Carolina University
• Fall 2006 CS495: Senior Capstone, Western Carolina University
  
• Developed course materials for CPS4: Java for Video Games - an introductory programming course for non-majors and potential majors with no prior programming experience. This course is part of the Fall 2006 Game2Know Focus Program.
• 2005-2006 Duke TiP eStudies Java for Video Games
• Spring 2004 CPS4: Java for Video Games - an introductory programming course for non-majors
• Summer 2001-present Duke Talent Identification Program (TiP) Java for Video Games

Talks

• Using the FANG Engine to Teach Java Programming - a tutorial at the Digital Game Xpo , June 22, 2007
  
• Electronic Gaming - an invited workshop at Western Carolina University's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Faire, April 2, 2007
  
• Java for Interactive Realtime Simulations - given at the Visualization Friday Forum April 2, 2004
• Syzygy: a Framework for Distributing VR Applications - given at the Visualization Friday Forum April 11, 2003

Professional Memberships

• International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
• Georgia Game Developers Association (GGDA)
• ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

Extracurricular Activities

• Former President & Founder of the Graduate Student Dance Club
• Former Graduate and Professional Student Council Representative for Computer Science Department
• Cycling for Transportation
• Former Social Chair of University of Texas Cooking Club
• Former Member of Heart of Texas Whip Dance Club

Contact Information

• Phone: 678-407-5770 (office), 678-520-8643 (cell)
• Email: cjenkins@ggc.usg.edu