Dr. Joseph E. Lang
Associate Professor
Computer Science Department
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH 45469-2160 USA
(937) 229-2195
Picture Copyright © 2001 Darrell Bellert, used with permission.
My Office: Anderson 146
Office Hours:
See below.
My Mentor:
This is a picture of my mentor, Sr. Mary Eleanor, and me at her jubilee celebration:
Picture Copyright © 2000 Sisters of Notre Dame.
Sister Mary Eleanor taught me physics (and a lot of other things) at Thomas More College
(formerly Villa Madonna College) where I was an undergraduate student from 1960 to
1964. She was a superb teacher who inspired me to reach for excellence in all that I did.
She died on January 22, 2008.
Graduation 1985:
Here are some pictures of the Physics Department graduates from 1985.
Stander Symposium 2003:
Dr. Seitzer had a large group of research students presenting their work in the poster session of the Bro. Stander
Symposium. Here are some pictures of them and of the keynote speaker at the symposium.
Graduates 2004:
Here are some pictures taken at our dinner for graduating seniors (April 29, 2004),
at the graduation parties (May 1, 2004) and at graduation itself (May 2, 2004).
Summer 2004:
Several important things happened during this summer. Click here to view them.
Fall 2004:
I attended OOPSLA 2004 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Details are here.
Winter Semester 2005:
SIGCSE 2005: This year, the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
was held in St. Louis, Missouri. Details are here.
Spring Break: This year, for spring break, I went to SoBe (South Beach), Miami Beach, Florida. I spent time
with friends and family. Details are here.
Stander Symposium 2005: This year, two of Dr. Seitzer's students took part in the Bro. Stander Symposium.
Here are some pictures of them with their poster presentation.
Visit to Stanford: This spring I accompanied Marius Meissner to Stanford University. Here are some pictures
from our visit.
Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference: Better known as MAICS, the 16th conference was
held at the University of Dayton on April 16 and 17, 2005 and was sponsored by our department.
Here are some pictures taken at the conference.
Summer 2005:
Several important things happened this summer. Click here to view them.
Fall 2005:
I attended OOPSLA 2005 in San Diego, California. Details are here.
John Vlissides, one of the authors of the "Design Patterns" book died on November 24, 2005.
There is a nice web page with remembrances of him here.
His wikipedia entry is here.
Some of his publications on design patterns are listed and briefly discussed here.
Graduates 2005:
Here are some pictures of our May and December 2005 graduates.
Winter 2006:
SIGCSE 2006: This year, the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
was held in Houston, Texas. Details are here.
Stander Symposium 2006: This year, two undergraduates and a graduate student from our department took
part in the Bro. Stander Symposium. Here are pictures of them describing their
work.
Graduates 2006: Here are some pictures of our May 2006 graduates.
The renovation of the second floor of Miriam Hall was completed.
Summer 2006:
Several important things happened this summer. Click here to view them.
Fall 2006:
I was on sabbatical.
I attended OOPSLA 2006 in Portland, Oregon. Details are here.
Here are some pictures of our December graduates.
Winter 2007:
John Backus, who led the development of Fortran, died March 17, 2007. His New York Times obituary is here.
SIGCSE 2007: This year, the Thirty-Eighth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
was held in Covington, Kentucky. Details are here.
Here are some pictures of our May graduates (and a December graduate or two).
Summer 2007:
Several important things happened this summer. Click here to view them.
Fall 2007:
I attended OOPSLA 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Details are here.
Winter 2008:
Ryan J. Galicki (CPS) and Matthew D. Naveau (CPE) presented their Honors Program theses at the
Honors Students Symposium 2008 on Friday, February 29, 2008. Both students
have assisted me in the CPS 150 lab. Details and pictures of their presentations
are here.
Ryan J. Galicki (CPS) and Matthew D. Naveau (CPE) also gave poster presentations at this year's Stander
Symposium on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Details are here.
On April 4, 2008, the College of Arts and Sciences held a Faculty Recognition event in conjunction with the
Fourth Annual Catholic and Marianist Education Lecture given by Dr. Roger Crum.
Here are two pictures from the event.
On April 18, 2008, the Computer Science Department had a retirement reception for me. Details are here.
On May 2, 2008, members of the department held a farewell luncheon for Agnes Selvaraj at Thai9. We will
miss her. Agnes is moving back to India with her husband and children. She will
telecommute from India. Here are pictures from the luncheon.
Here are two pictures of our May graduates.
On May 20, 2009, President Daniel J. Curran hosted a recognition dinner for retirees and honorees.
Here is a picture from the event.
Summer 2008:
On July 25, 2008, Randy Pausch died. Here is a link to a press release from Carnegie Mellon University.
Here is the link to his last lecture.
Except as noted, all contents of these pages are Copyright © 2008 Joseph E. Lang.
Last updated 07/25/2008 .