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William M. Mongan, Ph.D.
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BetterWebUI: A Faculty-Friendly Agentic Front End for OpenWebUI
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Most large language model interfaces are designed for developers or for a general consumer audience. Faculty who want to use an AI assistant to help with grading, research, or course preparation either accept the limitations of a consumer chat interface or invest significant time learning to run and configure a developer-grade setup. BetterWebUI is an attempt to close that gap. It is a local Python/FastAPI server with a pure-HTML front end that connects to an existing OpenWebUI instance and layers on the features that make an agentic assistant genuinely useful in a higher-education context: workspaces, skills, MCP server management, CLI shortcuts, math rendering, and a suite of integrations with sibling agentic services.
AutoGUI: A Vendor-Neutral Desktop Automation Agent for LLMs
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Most LLM agents can read files, call APIs, and run shell commands, but they have no reliable way to operate a graphical desktop. They cannot click a button in a running application, verify that a dialog appeared, fill a form field, or observe what is currently on screen. AutoGUI is a research prototype that fills that gap. It connects any OpenAI-compatible LLM — including models served locally through OpenWebUI or directly through Ollama — to a full suite of OS-level desktop controls via a ReAct-style agentic loop.
OSScreenObserver: Giving AI Agents Eyes and Hands on Your Desktop
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Most AI agents, whether a large language model assistant running locally or a cloud-hosted agentic framework, have no reliable way to see or interact with the desktop applications running on the machine they are supposed to be helping with. They can read files, call APIs, and run shell commands, but they cannot observe that a dialog box appeared, that a form field is waiting for input, or that an application is in a specific state. OSScreenObserver is a prototype that changes that. It exposes the operating system’s UI accessibility tree, textual descriptions from multiple sources, and ASCII spatial sketches of the current screen layout through two simultaneous interfaces: a browser-based web inspector for humans and an MCP sees are always consistent.
A Private AI Knowledge Base: Obsidian, GitHub Sync, and Cross-Platform AI Context
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For the past year I have been building a knowledge management system with a specific design constraint in mind: every AI system I work with, whether a cloud-hosted assistant, a local agentic coding tool, or an automated GitHub Action, should be able to read the same authoritative description of who I am, what I am working on, and how I want to interact. More importantly, those systems should be able to write back into the knowledge base and have their work appear seamlessly in Obsidian on my local machine the next time I open the app. The proliferation of capable AI tools in 2025-2026 made both sides of this problem, reading and writing, tractable in a way they had not been before. This post documents the architecture I settled on: an Obsidian vault hosted on GitHub, synchronized via the Gitless Sync plugin, structured around three canonical files that any AI system can read and act on, and organized into a curated wiki that agents can query, extend, and maintain across platforms.
Building a Private AI Stack: From Mini PC to Autonomous Agents
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For the past several years I have been thinking carefully about what it means to run AI infrastructure that I actually own, control, and understand from the ground up. The rapid proliferation of frontier model APIs, agentic coding tools, and open-weight model releases in 2025-2026 finally made this tractable at a price and complexity point that a single person could manage. This post documents the architecture I settled on: a self-hosted, Docker-based stack running on a mini PC, unified by a single OpenAI-compatible model gateway, and surfaced through a collection of local inference servers, agentic CLI tools, autonomous agent frameworks, open-source Cowork alternatives, and a task-bounded command harness built around structured queues. My goals were privacy, sovereignty, reproducibility, and the ability to swap components without rebuilding everything from scratch.
Cognitive Loop Kernel: A Local-First Multi-Agent Development Harness
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The emergence of capable code-generation models has prompted a wave of experiments in autonomous software development, where LLM agents plan, implement, test, and revise code with minimal human intervention. Most of these systems, however, rely on cloud orchestration services, opaque runtimes, or monolithic agent designs that make it difficult to inspect, customize, or extend the underlying behavior. The Cognitive Loop Kernel (CLK) is a local-first, multi-agent development harness that attempts to address these constraints directly. You give it an idea, and a dynamically assembled team of agents iterates that idea into a working system through repeated agentic development cycles, all under your local filesystem.
Setting Up AREDN on a Mikrotik hAp to use 44net
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This guide will walk you through setting up a Mikrotik hAp device (I used a hAp ac2) to use 44net addresses, bridging AREDN and 44net services between the two networks. I set up the hAp to broadcast a WiFi hotspot SSID that, when connected to a client, enables access to both 44net and to AREDN resources simultaneously. I use 44net Connect (formerly 44net.cloud) to route a network allocation they assigned to me through a Wireguard tunnel that they also assigned. The tunnel can be configured through their portal to route to the network. It is likely also possible to do this by decapsulating the ipencap packets from the raspberry pi directly, and using a traditional 44net subnet allocation, but this setup enables me to take the hAp setup to mobile deployments, without worring about the NAT configuration or my ability to forward ipencap traffic at my destination.
Setting Up 44net on a Mikrotik Using 44net.cloud for ipencap Forwarding
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This guide will walk you through setting up a Mikrotik router with a 44net network allocation using Wireguard to 44net.cloud in order to receive ipip encapsulated packets from the UCSD 44net router. This way, you do not need to be able to forward these packets through your home router or have native IP Protocol 4 support to access 44net. In this setup, I used a Mikrotik hAp ac2 lite.
Setting Up FreePBX on a Raspberry Pi with AREDN MeshPhone and 44net Integration
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This guide will walk you through setting up FreePBX on a Raspberry Pi, trunking it with MeshPhone over an AREDN network, and optionally making it accessible via a 44net allocation.
Setting Up HBLink for a Private DMR Network with HBlink
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This guide walks you through setting up HBLink for a private DMR network, including configuring a Parrot (echo test) repeater and talkgroup. Ensure that you have administrative access to your server and basic knowledge of Python.
Setting Up AllStarLink ASL3 and Associated Tools
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This guide walks you through installing and configuring AllStarLink (ASL3) along with several helpful management tools and utilities:
Controlling Last-Mile Logistics Reduces Failures and Waste
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Making sure your products reach their final destination has become more difficult in recent years. With a few “life hacks,” I’ve taken control and reduced wasteful failures in the system both at home and at work. You can, too! Here is an article I wrote about some of the ways I control my shipping and receiving operations.
Using ChatGPT to Write Code
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I’ve been asked occasionally about my opinion about generative AI tools such as Chat GPT and their potential to disrupt the way we design and create. While I think there is a risk that fundamental knowledge and skill may erode as they are abstracted away by tools like these, I also think these tools create wonderful “jumping off points” for prototyping ideas. We still need a technically educated population to a) know what questions to ask, b) ask them in a precise way, and c) validate the results.
Integrating the micro:bit with VarIOT via ThingsBoard
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In this article, we will integrate the BBC micro:bit with a ThingsBoard gateway called VarIOT.
Remake Learning Day: Equitable CS Education for Broader Workforce Preparation through Design Thinking and Ubiquitous Platforms
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In this article, we will explore tools that enable students to leverage technology in informal contexts that facilitate problem solving in preparation for diverse workforce pathways. Technical solutions and automation aren’t just for Computer Science majors, and there exists a variety of platforms that support exploration and learning as well as productive applications of computing. Our goal is to democratize computing skillsets across all disciplines, and to give students the tools they need to bring computing and technology to their favorite subjects. This has the potential to enhance teaching and learning broadly, and to facilitate participation in computing with inexpensive (or free!) no-code or ubiquitous-code platforms.
Replit in the Classroom
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In this workshop, we will explore opportunities to utilize Replit in the classroom for both small classroom exercises and assignments. We will integrate Replit projects with additional tools and techniques including GitHub Classroom and POGIL instructional methods.
Using Repl.it with GitHub Classroom
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In this article, we’ll set up a GitHub classroom with Repl.it. Earlier, I have written articles on using Git with GitHub and using GitHub Classroom. Here, I have produced a short video walking through their setup and use with the popular pair-programming IDE Repl.It.
Using GitHub Classroom
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In this article, we’ll explore GitHub classroom as a tool to manage classroom assignments. GitHub classroom creates assignments that students “accept” as git repositories. They can work with their repository on any computer and synchronize or backup their work to the GitHub cloud. Using GitHub practices like Pull Requests, students can request help from the instructor and receive line-by-line feedback right in the repository, all while developing good habits in the use of git repositories. Instructors can automate downloading and grading through scripting or through the GitHub Classroom Assistant tool. In addition, assignments can be specified as group assignments, which create shared repositories as you organize students (or as they self-organize) into teams. GitHub classroom also allows you to tie your assignments to a “starter repository” in which you can post boilerplate materials or code, instructions, rubrics, and FAQs that you can evolve over time.
Using Git with GitHub
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In this article, we’ll summarize some basic operations using the git version control system using the GitHub platform.
Pop, The Question Podcast (S3-E19)
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I sat down with Dr. Melinda Lewis from the Penoni Honors College at Drexel University to talk about computing and its ubiquitous place in our culture, and the need for inclusivity in the field.
WSUG: Web Services User Group at Drexel University
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Please feel free to join and collaborate with our Web Service User Group (WSUG) members on our Google Group.
CSTA Philly
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Drexel is an institutional member of CSTA Philly, an active group in developing curriculum, sharing ideas, and broadening the reach of computing across educational disciplines.
Smart Fabric Bellyband Featured on NSF Science Nation
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Science Nation series featured Drexel’s smart fabric Bellyband and the team.
portfolio
Agent Systems Reference Model (ASRM)
The Agent Systems Reference Model (ASRM)
Computing Career Pathways
Exploring the Breadth of Computing Careers and Pathways
Education Research and Engagement
Education Research and Engagement
Software Engineering Research
Software Engineering Research
Passive Wearable Smart Garment Devices
Using Radio Frequency Identification to enable functional wearable devices
publications
Towards a Reference Model for Intelligent Agent Systems
Published in Proceedings of the International Conference of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), 2006
Proceedings of the International Conference of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS)
Recommended citation: Pragnesh Jay Modi, Spiros Mancoridis, William M. Mongan, William Regli, Israel Mayk. Towards a Reference Model for Intelligent Agent Systems. Proceedings of the International Conference of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) 2006.
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A Reference Model for Agent-Based Command and Control Systems
Published in Proceedings of the 25th Army Science Conference, 2006
Proceedings of the 25th Army Science Conference
Recommended citation: Christopher J. Dugan, Pragnesh Jay Modi, Joseph Kopena, William M. Mongan, William C. Regli, Israel Mayk. A Reference Model for Agent-Based Command and Control Systems. Proceedings of the 25th Army Science Conference 2006
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Dynamic Analysis of Agent Frameworks in Support of a Multiagent Systems Reference Model
Published in IADIS Proceedings of the International Conference Intelligent Systems and Agents (ISA), 2007
IADIS Proceedings of the International Conference Intelligent Systems and Agents (ISA)
Recommended citation: William M. Mongan, Christopher J. Dugan, Robert N. Lass, Andrew K. Hight, Jeff Salvage, William C. Regli, Pragnesh J. Modi. Dynamic Analysis of Agent Frameworks in Support of a Multiagent Systems Reference Model. IADIS Proceedings of the International Conference Intelligent Systems and Agents (ISA) 2007.
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A Cyber-Infrastructure for Supporting K-12 Engineering Education through Robotics
Published in The Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Education Track, 2008
The Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Education Track
Recommended citation: William M. Mongan and William C. Regli. A Cyber-Infrastructure for Supporting K-12 Engineering Education through Robotics. The Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Education Track 2008.
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Computer Aided Instruction as a Vehicle for Problem Solving: Scratch Programming Environment in the Middle Years Classroom
Published in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) K-12 Track, 2008
Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) K-12 Track
Recommended citation: Quincy Brown, William Mongan, Elaine Garbarine, Dara Kusic, Eli Fromm, Adam Fontecchio. Computer Aided Instruction as a Vehicle for Problem Solving: Scratch Programming Environment in the Middle Years Classroom. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) K-12 Track 2008.
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Re-engineering a Reverse Engineering Portal to a Distributed SOA
Published in IEEE Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC), 2008
IEEE Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC)
Recommended citation: William M. Mongan, Maxim Shevertalov, Spiros Mancoridis. Re-engineering a Reverse Engineering Portal to a Distributed SOA. IEEE Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC) 2008.
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A Service-Based Web Portal for Integrated Reverse Engineering and Program Comprehension
Published in Drexel University, 2008
Masters Thesis
Recommended citation: Mongan, William M. (2008). A Service-Based Web Portal for Integrated Reverse Engineering and Program Comprehension. MS Thesis, Drexel University.
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Development and Specification of a Reference Model for Agent-Based Systems
Published in IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, 2009
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Reviews)
Recommended citation: William Regli, Israel Mayk, Christopher J. Dugan, Joseph B. Kopena, Robert N. Lass, Pragnesh Jay Modi, William M. Mongan, Jeff K. Salvage and Evan A. Sultanik. Development and Specification of a Reference Model for Agent-Based Systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, September 2009.
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Developing an Agent Systems Reference Architecture
Published in the Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Agent Oriented Software Engineering, 2010
the Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Agent Oriented Software Engineering
Recommended citation: Duc N. Nguyen, Robert N. Lass, Kyle Usbeck, William M. Mongan, Christopher T. Cannon, William C. Regli, Israel Mayk and Todd Urness. Developing an Agent Systems Reference Architecture. The Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Agent Oriented Software Engineering, May 2010.
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A Methodology for Developing an Agent Systems Reference Architecture
Published in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering XI, 2010
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering XI
Recommended citation: Duc N. Nguyen, Kyle Usbeck, William M. Mongan, Christopher T. Cannon, Robert N. Lass, Jeff Salvage, William C. Regli, Israel Mayk, Todd Urness. A Methodology for Developing an Agent Systems Reference Architecture. Agent-Oriented Software Engineering XI, pp. 177-188. Danny Weyns, Marie-Pierre Gleizes, eds, Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 2011.
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Development and Specification of a Reference Architecture for Agent-Based Systems
Published in IEEE Transactions on Human Machine Systems, 2013
IEEE Transactions on Human Machine Systems
Recommended citation: William Regli, Israel Mayk, Christopher Cannon, Joseph Kopena, Robert Lass and William M. Mongan. Development and Specification of a Reference Architecture for Agent-Based Systems. The IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2013.
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Wireless Heart and Respiration Monitoring for Infants through Passive RFID Tags
Published in IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2016
IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI)
Recommended citation: Shrenik Vora, William Mongan, Kapil Dandekar, Adam Fontecchio, and Tim Kurzweg. Wireless Heart and Respiration Monitoring for Infants through Passive RFID Tags. International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), February, 2016.
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A Multi-Disciplinary Framework for Continuous Biomedical Monitoring Using Low-Power Passive RFID-based Wireless Wearable Sensors
Published in Proceedings of the IEEE Smart Systems Workshop, 2016
Proceedings of the IEEE Smart Systems Workshop
Recommended citation: William Mongan, Endla Anday, Genevieve Dion, Adam Fontecchio, Tim Kurzweg, Kelly Joyce, Yuqiao Liu, Owen Montgomery, Ilhaan Rasheed, Cem Sahin, Shrenik Vora, and Kapil Dandekar. A Multi-Disciplinary Framework for Continuous Biomedical Monitoring Using Low-Power Passive RFID-based Wireless Wearable Sensors. Proceedings of the IEEE Smart Systems Workshop, May, 2016.
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Real-Time Detection of Apnea via Signal Processing of Time-Series Properties of RFID-Based Smart Garments
Published in IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB), 2016
IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB)
Recommended citation: William M. Mongan, Ilhaan Rasheed, Khyati Ved, Ariana Levitt, Endla Anday, Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Timothy Kurzweg, and Adam Fontecchio. Real-Time Detection of Apnea via Signal Processing of Time-Series Properties of RFID-Based Smart Garments. IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB), December, 2016.
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On the Use of Knitted Antennas and Inductively Coupled RFID Tags for Wearable Applications
Published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2016
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems
Recommended citation: Damiano Patron, William Mongan, Timothy Kurzweg, Adam Fontecchio, Genevieve Dion, Endla Anday, and Kapil R. Dandekar. On the Use of Knitted Antennas and Inductively Coupled RFID Tags for Wearable Applications. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, January 2016.
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On the Use of Radio Frequency Identification for Continuous Biomedical Monitoring
Published in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), 2017
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI)
Recommended citation: William Mongan, Ilhaan Rasheed, Khyati Ved, Shrenik Vora, Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Timothy Kurzweg, and Adam Fontecchio. On the Use of Radio Frequency Identification for Continuous Biomedical Monitoring. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation (IoTDI), April, 2017.
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On Implementing an Unconventional Infant Vital Signs Monitor with Passive RFID Tags
Published in IEEE International Conference on RFID, 2017
IEEE International Conference on RFID
Recommended citation: Shrenik A. Vora, William M. Mongan, Endla K. Anday, Kapil R. Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Timothy P. Kurzweg. On Implementing an Unconventional Infant Vital Signs Monitor with Passive RFID Tags. IEEE International Conference on RFID, May, 2017.
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Data Fusion of Single-Tag RFID Measurements for Respiratory Rate Monitoring
Published in IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB), 2017
IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB)
Recommended citation: William M. Mongan, Robert Ross, Ilhaan Rasheed, Yuqiao Liu, Khyati Ved, Endla Anday, Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Timothy Kurzweg, and Adam Fontecchio. Data Fusion of Single-Tag RFID Measurements for Respiratory Rate Monitoring. IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB), December, 2017.
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Predictive Analytics on Real-Time Biofeedback for Actionable Classification of Activity State
Published in Drexel University, 2018
Ph.D. Dissertation
Recommended citation: Mongan, William M. (2018). Predictive Analytics on Real-Time Biofeedback for Actionable Classification of Activity State. PhD Dissertation, Drexel University.
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Ensemble Learning Approach via Kalman Filtering for a Passive Wearable Respiratory Monitor
Published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2019
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical and Health Informatics
Recommended citation: Sayandeep Acharya, William M. Mongan, Ilhaan Rasheed, Yuqiao Liu, Endla Anday, Genevieve Dion, Adam Fontecchio, Timothy Kurzweg, and Kapil R. Dandekar. Ensemble Learning Approach via Kalman Filtering for a Passive Wearable Respiratory Monitor. IEEE Transactions of Biomedical and Health Informatics, May 2019.
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Activity Segmentation Using Wearable Sensors for DVT/PE Risk Detection
Published in The First IEEE International Workshop on Integrated Smart Healthcare (WISH 2019) at IEEE COMPSAC, 2019
The First IEEE International Workshop on Integrated Smart Healthcare (WISH 2019) at IEEE COMPSAC
Recommended citation: Austin Gentry, William M. Mongan, Brent Lee, Owen Montgomery, and Kapil Dandekar. Activity Segmentation Using Wearable Sensors for DVT/PE Risk Detection. The First IEEE International Workshop on Integrated Smart Healthcare (WISH 2019) at IEEE COMPSAC, July, 2019.
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An Adaptive Search Algorithm for Detecting Respiratory Artifacts Using a Wireless Passive Wearable Device
Published in IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology, 2019
IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology
Recommended citation: Patrick O-Neill, William M. Mongan, Robert Ross, Sayandeep Acharya, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Kapil R. Dandekar. An Adaptive Search Algorithm for Detecting Respiratory Artifacts Using a Wireless Passive Wearable Device. IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB), December, 2019.
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Fusion Learning on Multiple-Tag RFID Measurements for Respiratory Rate Monitoring
Published in IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (BIBE), 2020
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (BIBE)
Recommended citation: Stephen Hansen, Daniel Schwartz, Jesse Stover, Md Abu Saleh Tajin, William M. Mongan, and Kapil R. Dandekar. Fusion Learning on Multiple-Tag RFID Measurements for Respiratory Rate Monitoring. IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (BIBE), October, 2020.
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Passive RFID-based Diaper Moisture Sensor
Published in IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020
IEEE Sensors Journal
Recommended citation: Md Abu Saleh Tajin, William M. Mongan, and Kapil R. Dandekar. Passive RFID-based Diaper Moisture Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, October 2020.
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Wearable Smart Garment Devices for Passive Biomedical Monitoring
Published in Biomedical Signal Processing: Innovation and Applications, 2021
Biomedical Signal Processing: Innovation and Applications
Recommended citation: Chelsea Amanatides, Stephen Hansen, Ariana S. Levitt, Yuqiao Liu, Patrick O-Neill, Damiano Patron, Robert Ross, Daniel Schwartz, Jesse Stover, Md Abu Saleh Tajin, Genevieve Dion, Adam K. Fontecchio, Vasil Pano, William M. Mongan, and Kapil R. Dandekar. Wearable Smart Garment Devices for Passive Biomedical Monitoring. In Biomedical Signal Processing: Innovation and Applications. Iyad Obeid, Ivan Selesnick, and Joseph Picone, eds, Springer: April, 2021, pp. 85-128 (10.1007/978-3-030-67494-6).
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Channel Emulation for the Characterization of Wearable RFID Antennas
Published in IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2021
IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON)
Recommended citation: Md Abu Saleh Tajin, Marko Jacovic, Xaime Rivas Rey, William M. Mongan, and Kapil R. Dandekar. Channel Emulation for the Characterization of Wearable RFID Antennas. 21st Annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON 2020-2021), April, 2021.
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UHF RFID Channel Emulation Testbed for Wireless IoT Systems
Published in IEEE Access Journal, 2021
IEEE Access Journal
Recommended citation: Md Abu Saleh Tajin, Marko Jacovic, Genevieve Dion, William M. Mongan, and Kapil R. Dandekar. UHF RFID Channel Emulation Testbed for Wireless IoT Systems. IEEE Access Journal, May 2021.
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An Adaptively Parameterized Algorithm Estimating Respiratory Rate from a Passive Wearable RFID Smart Garment
Published in IEEE Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications (COMPSAC), 2021
IEEE Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications (COMPSAC)
Recommended citation: Robert Ross, William M. Mongan, Patrick O-Neill, Ilhaan Rasheed, Adam Fontecchio, Genevieve Dion, and Kapil R. Dandekar. An Adaptively Parameterized Algorithm Estimating Respiratory Rate from a Passive Wearable RFID Smart Garment. IEEE Symposium on Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Computing at COMPSAC 2021, July, 2021.
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Energy-Effcient Respiratory Anomaly Detection in Premature Newborn Infants
Published in MDPI Electronics Journal - Neuromorphic Sensing and Computing Systems, 2022
MDPI Electronics Journal - Neuromorphic Sensing and Computing Systems
Recommended citation: Paul, Ankita, Md. A.S. Tajin, Anup Das, William M. Mongan, and Kapil R. Dandekar. 2022. Energy-Efficient Respiratory Anomaly Detection in Premature Newborn Infants Electronics 11, no. 5: 682.
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Passive UHF RFID-based Real-Time Intravenous Fluid Level Sensor
Published in IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023
IEEE Sensors Journal
Recommended citation: Md Abu Saleh Tajin, Md Shakir Hossain, William M. Mongan, and Kapil R. Dandekar. Passive UHF RFID-based Real-Time Intravenous Fluid Level Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023.
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Instructional Judgment, Not Just Correctness: Evaluating AI-Generated Feedback on Student Mathematical Thinking
Published in Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 2026
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
Recommended citation: Reinsburrow, A., Yovanov, C., Mongan, B., Cummins, M., Latta, M., Shumar, W., Klein, V., Silverman, J. & Weimar, S. (2026). Instructional Judgment, Not Just Correctness: Evaluating AI-Generated Feedback on Student Mathematical Thinking. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2026 (pp. 2542-2547).
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software
AutoGUI Desktop Agent
A vendor-neutral desktop automation agent that connects any OpenWebUI-compatible LLM to OS-level controls — shell, filesystem, screenshots, accessibility-tree clicks, browser automation, and more — via a ReAct-style agentic loop.
BetterWebUI
A friendlier front-end for OpenWebUI built for higher-ed faculty who want the power of agentic AI — running commands, reading files, generating images and audio, and calling MCP servers — without having to be a developer.
ClusterNav
Visualiztion of Bunch Clustered Software Module Dependency Graphs
Cognitive Loop Kernel (CLK)
A local-first multi-agent development harness that iterates a natural-language idea into a working software system through repeated agentic engineering cycles with dynamic team casting, real file actions, and automatic git commits.
digital_link
A DTMF-controlled digital mode and talkgroup switcher for AllStarLink nodes running DVSwitch.
IoT Sensor Framework
A secure and modular data collection and processing framework for heterogeneous Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensor networks.
llmproxy
An OpenAI-compatible HTTP proxy that aggregates multiple LLM providers behind a single endpoint, routing requests by provider prefix embedded in the model name.
OSScreenObserver
A cross-platform prototype that exposes the operating system’s UI accessibility tree, textual descriptions, and ASCII spatial sketches through a browser-based dashboard and an MCP stdio server for AI agent integration.
pi-openai-compat
A pi coding agent extension that registers OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoints as first-class providers inside the pi terminal harness.
pxt-ESP8266_VarIOT
A MakeCode extension for the BBC micro:bit that enables telemetry upload to a VarIOT ThingsBoard IoT gateway over WiFi using an ESP8266 module.
REportal 2.0
A Service-Based Reverse Engineering Portal
Ursinus WebIDE
A serverless, browser-based integrated development environment for student coding practice and rapid instructor exercise development, supporting C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, R, SQL, and more without any software installation.
xml2dot
XML Document Visualizer
talks
Computer Organization Workshop
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Version Control Systems
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Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities
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Internet Protocols and Cryptography
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Big Data is Everywhere: Bridging Computing Disciplines and Society
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Presented in June, 2014 and January, 2015
Marconi: The Master of Wireless
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A Software Framework for Monitoring and Performing Analytics on Real Time Medical Device Data
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Runner-Up for Best Poster
Pixels, Post-Its and CS Principles
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Predictive Analytics on Real-Time Biofeedback for Actionable Classification of Activity State
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Post-It Pandemonium: Teaching Image Representation and Compression with an “Unplugged” Activity
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Post-It Pandemonium: Teaching Image Representation and Compression with an Unplugged Activity
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Using GitHub Classroom
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The CSTA Spring Symposium was scheduled to be held at Drexel University, but is being held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I have put my materials online for the benefit of attendees and the general public. They can be found here:
Grades 7-12 CS4All Bootcamp
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PATTAN Computer Science for All Summit
Teaching AP Computer Science A
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Using Replit in the Classroom
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The CSTA Spring Symposium is being held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I have put my materials online for the benefit of attendees and the general public. They can be found here:
Energy Effcient Detection of Respiratory Anomaly using Spiking Neural Networks
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The symposium is being held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expanding Pathways and Access to the Computing Workforce from K-20
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PATTAN Computer Science for All Summit
CS4AllPA Summit Panel
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PATTAN Computer Science for All Summit
Introducing Computing Concepts through Multidisciplinary No-Code and Low-Code Platforms
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PATTAN Computer Science for All Summit
Equitable CS Education for Broader Workforce Preparation through Design Thinking
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PATTAN Computer Science for All Summit
The Ursinus WebIDE: A Serverless Browser-Based Development Environment for Student Practice and Rapid Instructor Exercise Development
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With Christopher Tralie
Recommended citation: Tralie, C., & Mongan, W. M. (2026). The Ursinus WebIDE: A Serverless Browser-Based Development Environment for Student Practice and Rapid Instructor Exercise Development. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS 2026). St. Louis, MO, USA.
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teaching
2005-2006 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2005
CS 281: Systems Architecture I (Fall, Spring)
CS 282: Systems Architecture II (Winter, Summer)
2006-2007 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2006
CS 281: Systems Architecture I (Fall, Spring)
CS 282: Systems Architecture II (Winter, Summer)
2007-2008 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2007
CS 281: Systems Architecture I (Fall, Spring)
CS 282: Systems Architecture II (Winter, Summer)
ECEC 490: ST: Computer Organization (Summer)
2008-2009 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2008
ECEC 490: ST: Processor Design (Fall)
CS 281: Systems Architecture I (Fall, Spring)
CS 361: Concurrent Programming (Fall)
CS 282: Systems Architecture II (Winter, Summer)
CS 472/ECEC 490: Computer Networks (Winter)
CS 370/ECEC 421: Intro Operating Systems I / Operating Systems (Winter, Summer)
CS 498: Special Topics in Computer Architecture (Winter)
CS 680 (Graduate Course): Machine Organization (Spring)
CS 498: Advanced Topics in CPU Design (Spring)
ECEC 355: Computer Structures (Summer)
2009-2010 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2009
CS 281: Systems Architecture I (Fall, Spring)
CS 361: Concurrent Programming (Fall, Spring)
ECEC 357: Computer Networks (Fall)
CS 282: Systems Architecture II (Winter, Summer)
CS 265: Advanced Programming Techniques (Winter)
CS 370/ECEC 421: Intro Operating Systems I / Operating Systems (Winter, Summer)
CS 498: Concurrent Programming (Spring)
CS 498: Systems Architecture II (Spring)
CS 680 (Graduate Course): Machine Organization (Summer)
2010-2011 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2010
ECEC 432: Internet Arch and Protocols (Fall)
CS 361/ECEC 490: Concurrent Programming (Fall, Spring)
CS 281: Systems Architecture I (Fall, Spring)
ECEC 357: Intro to Computer Networks (Winter)
ECEC 433: Network Programming (Winter)
CS 370/ECEC 421: Operating Systems (Winter, Summer)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Winter, Summer)
ECEC 490: Networks 3 (Spring)
ECE 203: Programming for Engineers (Summer)
ECEC 355: Processor Design (Summer)
2011-2012 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2011
ECE 203: Programming for Engineers (Fall)
CS 361: Concurrent Programming (Fall, Spring)
CS 281: Systems Architecture I (Fall, Spring)
ECEC 357: Intro to Computer Networks (Winter)
CS 370/ECEC 421: Operating Systems (Winter, Summer)
CS 283/ECEC 353: Systems Programming (Winter, Summer)
ESL 098: KAUST Introduction to C++ (Spring)
CS 480: ST: Web and Mobile App Development (Spring)
ECEC 355: Computer Architecture (Summer)
2011-2012 Courses Taught
Course, University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Science (Visiting), 2012
CIT 595: Computer Systems II (Spring)
2012-2013 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2012
CS 498: Advanced Topics in Operating Systems (Fall)
ECE 203: Programming for Engineers (Fall)
CS 480: ST: Processor Architecture and Analysis (Fall)
ECEC 357: Intro to Computer Networks (Fall)
CS 361: Concurrent Programming (Fall)
CS 480: ST: Web and Mobile App Development (Winter)
CS 370: Operating Systems (Winter, Summer)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Winter, Summer)
CS 498: Big Data and Advanced Analytics (Summer)
HNRS 202: Making Apps (Summer)
ECEC 355: Computer Architecture (Summer)
CS 280: ST: Web and Mobile App Development (Summer)
2012-2013 Courses Taught
Course, University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Science (Visiting), 2013
CIT 595: Computer Systems II (Spring)
2013-2014 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2013
CS 361: Concurrent Programming (Fall)
CS 275: Web and Mobile App Development (Winter, Summer)
CS 370: Operating Systems (Winter, Summer)
CS 498: Design Experience (Summer)
ECEC 355: Computer Architecture (Summer)
HNRS 202: Making Apps (Summer)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Summer)
2014-2015 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2014
CI 101: Computing and Informatics Design I (Fall)
CS 275: Web and Mobile App Development (Winter, Summer)
CS 280/CI 106: Computing and Informatics Design Project (Winter)
CS 498: Social Media Analytics (Summer)
CS 370: Operating Systems (Summer)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Summer)
2015-2016 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2015
CI 101: Computing and Informatics Design I (Fall)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Winter, Summer)
CS 275: Web and Mobile App Development (Winter)
CI 106: Computing and Informatics Design Project (Winter)
CS 370: Operating Systems (Summer)
2016-2017 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2016
CI 101: Computing and Informatics Design I (Fall)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Summer)
CS 370: Operating Systems (Summer)
2017-2018 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2017
CI 101: Computing and Informatics Design I (Fall)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Summer)
CS 370: Operating Systems (Summer)
2018-2019 Courses Taught
Course, Drexel University Department of Computer Science, 2018
CS 520 (Graduate Course): Computer Science Foundations (Fall)
CS I799 (Graduate Course): ECE Magnetic Knitting Investigation (Fall, Winter, Spring)
CS I499: RF Multisensor Fusion (Winter)
CS I499: Advanced Operating Systems (Winter)
CS I499: Advanced Computing Systems (Winter)
CS I299: Cardio-respiratory RF Processing (Winter)
CS T280: Programming Practicum (Winter)
HNRS I399: Coordinated Radio Frequency Management (Winter)
CS I399: Machine Learning Research (Summer)
CS I599 (Graduate Course): RF Cardio RSA Monitoring (Summer)
CS 265: Advanced Programming Tools and Techniques (Winter, Summer)
CS 283: Systems Programming (Summer)
CS 370: Operating Systems (Summer)
2019-2020 Courses Taught
Course, Syracuse University Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Part-Time Instructor), 2020
CSE 674 (Graduate Course): Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms (Spring, Fall)
2020-2021 Courses Taught
Course, Ursinus College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2020
CS 173: Introduction to Computer Science (Fall: 23 + 22 Students)
CS 471 (Special Topics): Web and Mobile Development (Fall: 15 Students)
CS 391 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in Deep Learning in Astrophysics (Fall: 1 Student, Spring: 1 Student)
CS 173: Introduction to Computer Science (Spring: 22 Students)
CS 374: Principles of Programming Languages (Spring: 25 Students)
CS 475: Computer Networks (Spring: 15 Students)
CS 391 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in IoT Wearable Biosensors (Spring: 2 Students)
CS 391 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in Dynamic Antenna Selection for Real-Time RF Sensing (Spring: 1 Student)
CS 394 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in Cross-Architecture Translation (Spring: 1 Student)
2021-2022 Courses Taught
Course, Ursinus College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2021
CS 173: Introduction to Computer Science (Fall: 22 + 21 Students)
CS 377: Databases (Fall: 16 Students)
CS 173: Introduction to Computer Science (Spring: 19 + 16 Students)
CS 474: Human-Computer Interaction (Spring: 9 Students)
CS 392 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in Deep Learning in Astrophysics (Fall: 2 Students, Spring: 1 Student)
CS 392 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in Cross-Architecture Translation (Fall: 1 Student)
CS 394 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in RF Biomedical Analysis through Wearable Internet-of-Things Devices (Fall: 2 Students, Spring: 2 Students)
CS 391 (Independent Study): Research Independent Study in Malware Detection through Electromagnetic System Response (Spring: 1 Student)
2022-2023 Courses Taught
Course, Ursinus College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2022
CS 170: Programming for the World Around Us (Fall, 18 Students)
CS 374: Principles of Programming Languages (Fall, 24 Students)
CS 274: Computer Architecture (Spring, 14 Students)
CS 375: Software Engineering (Spring, 10 Students)
CS 475: Computer Networks (Spring, 19 Students)
CS/MATH 350: Oral Presentation (Fall Coordinator, 11 Students)
CS 391: Research Independent Study in Moon Crater Analysis (Fall, 2 Students)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in Neural Network Visualization (Fall, 1 Student)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in Software UX for Student Engagement (Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in Moon Cracter Analysis (Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in RF IoT Security Layer (Spring, 1 Student)
CS 392: Research Independent Study in Explainable AI Models (Spring, 1 Student)
CS 392: Research Independent Study in Grid Software Defined Radios (Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in Educational Modules for Grid Software Defined Radios (Spring, 1 Student)
IDS-ADV: Advising Practicum (Fall, 9 Students)
Major Advising: 9 Students
First-Year Advising: 9 Students
2023-2024 Courses Taught
Course, Ursinus College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2023
CS 377: Database Design (Fall, 6 Students)
CS 471: Special Topics: Computer Science Pedagogy (Fall, 29 Students)
CIE 100: Common Intellectual Experience I (Fall, 16 Students)
CS 010: Problem Solving in CS (Fall, 5 Students)
IDS 099: Special Topics: Hidden Curriculum in CS (Fall, 12 Students)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in Dynamic Radar Tracking (Fall, 1 Student)
IDS-ADV: Advising Practicum (Fall, 10 Students)
CS 376: Operating Systems (Spring, 17 Students)
CS 474: Human-Computer Interaction (Spring, 5 Students)
CS 391: Research Independent Study in Virtual Museum Environments (Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in Advanced Computer Architecture and Organization (Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in RFID Localization and Tracking (Spring, 3 Students)
CS 394: Research Independent Study in Human Pose Estimation (Spring, 2 Students)
CS/MATH/STAT 350: Oral Presentation (Spring Coordinator, 13 Students)
Major Advising: 23 Students
First-Year Advising: 9 Students
2024-2025 Courses Taught
Course, Ursinus College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2024
CS 374: Principles of Programming Languages (Fall, 30 Students)
CIE 100: Common Intellectual Experience I (Fall, 15 Students)
CS 170Q: Programming for the World Around Us (Fall, 25 Students)
IDS-ADV: Advising Practicum (Fall, 10 Students)
IDS-099: AI for All (Special Topics, Fall, 7 Students)
CS 391: AI Feature Visualization (Independent Study, Fall, 1 Student)
CS 394: Retrieval Augmented AI (Independent Study, Fall, 1 Student)
CS 382: Summer Internship (Internship Supervision, Fall, 3 Students, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 274: Computer Architecture (Spring, 17 Students)
CS 375: Software Engineering (Spring, 16 Students)
CS392: Financial Literacy Toolkit (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS392: AI Feature Visualization (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS392: Sensor Fusion (Independent Study, Spring, 2 Students)
CS394: Natural Language Processing (Independent Study, Spring, 3 Students)
Major Advising: 22 Students
First-Year Advising: 10 Students
2025-2026 Courses Taught
Course, Ursinus College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2025
CS 357: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (Fall, 10 Students)
CS 352: Computer Science Pedagogy (Fall, 6 Students)
CS 477: Artificial Intelligence (Fall, 24 Students)
IDS 060: Pedagogical Partnerships (Fall, 7 Students; Spring, 9 Students)
CS 491: AI in Teaching and Learning (Honors Independent Study, Fall, 1 Student)
CS 394: AI in Teaching and Learning (Independent Study, Fall, 3 Students)
CS 394: Reliable Wireless Emergency Communications (Independent Study, Fall, 1 Student)
CS 491: AI Based Wi-Fi Penetration Tool (Honors Independent Study, Fall, 1 Student)
CS 382: Summer Internship (Internship Supervision, Fall, 5 Students, Spring, 3 Students)
CS 492: AI in Teaching and Learning (Honors Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 492: AI Based Wi-Fi Penetration Tool (Honors Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 392: Using Lightweight Machine Learning to Assess Risk in Network Port Configurations (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 392: Cybersecurity and Telecommunications (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: RF Emergency Communications (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Software Engineering in CS Education (Independent Study, Spring, 2 Students)
CS 394: Educational Pathways in Computing (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS 394: Digital Interaction in Performance Art (Independent Study, Spring, 1 Student)
CS/MATH/STAT 350: XLP Presentations (Spring, 13 Students)
Major Advising: 29 Students
First-Year Advising: 4 Students