Robert C. Duvall, Senior Lecturer of Computer Science

Please note: Robert has left the "Information Science + Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Object-oriented programming, design patterns, graphics, animation and visualization, artificial life, and programming languages.

Office Location:	228 Lev Sci Res Ctr, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-6567
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.cs.duke.edu/~rcd/

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• COMPSCI 290.02, TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Synopsis

  LSRC A156, W 04:40 PM-07:10 PM

• COMPSCI 308.001, ADVANCED SOFTWARE DESIGN/IMPL Synopsis

  Gross Hall 103, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• COMPSCI 308.01D, ADVANCED SOFTWARE DESIGN/IMPL Synopsis

  Gross Hall 103, Th 04:40 PM-05:55 PM

Education:

M.S.	Brown University	1997
B.S.	Brown University	1993

Research Interests:

Object-oriented programming, design patterns, graphics, animation and visualization, artificial life, and programming languages.

Recent Publications

1. Duvall, S; Spurlock, S; Hutchings, DR; Duvall, RC, Improving Content Learning and Student Perceptions in CS1 with Scrumage, SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (March, 2021), pp. 474-480, ISBN 9781450380621 [doi]  [abs]
2. Duvall, S; Hutchings, DR; Spurlock, S; Duvall, RC, A Study of the Scrumage Teaching Approach: Student Learning and Attitude Changes, 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2020 - Proceedings (March, 2020), ISBN 9781728171722 [doi]  [abs]
3. Duvall, S; Hutchings, DR; Duvall, RC, Scrumage: A method for incorporating multiple, simultaneous pedagogical styles in the classroom, SIGCSE 2018 - Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, vol. 2018-January (February, 2018), pp. 928-933, ISBN 9781450351034 [doi]  [abs]
4. Duvall, S; Spurlock, S; Duvall, R, Automatic environment adjustment for emotional disabilities, ASSETS 2017 - Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (October, 2017), pp. 363-364, ISBN 9781450349260 [doi]  [abs]
5. Spacco, J; Denny, P; Richards, B; Babcock, D; Hovemeyer, D; Moscola, J; Duvall, R, Analyzing student work patterns using programming exercise data, SIGCSE 2015 - Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (February, 2015), pp. 18-23 [doi]  [abs]