Dr. Lillian (Boots) Cassel's Homepage

Dr. Lillian (Boots) Cassel
Department of Computing Sciences
Villanova University
Professor
lillian.cassel@villanova.edu

610-519-7341
(Not useful during the pandemic!)

Current and Recent Courses :(Broken links due moved files. Will fix as time allows.

Fall 2020: CSC 1010 001 Programming for All
Fall 2020: CSC 5930 002/ CSC 9010 002 Computing for Data Science
Sorry this is out of date. I will try to get it fixed during this semester
Fall 2015: CSC 3400/9010-002 Information Retrieval
Spring 2015: CSC 1300 Discrete Structures
Fall 2014: CSC 8000 Foundations of Algorithms and Data Structures
Sprint 2014: CSC 1300 Discrete Structures
Spring 2013: CSC 9010-004 Topics: Digital Libraries
Spring 2013: CSC 1300-002 Discrete Structures
Fall 2012: CSC 3990 Computing Research Topics
Fall 2012: CSC 8000 Foundations of Algorithms and Data Structures
Spring 2012: CSC 9010 Digital Libraries
Fall 2011: CSC 8000 Foundations of Algorithms and Data Structures
Fall 2011: CSC 5930 Topic: Web Crawling
2010 -- 2011: Sabbatical year with the CiteSeerX group at Penn State
Spring 2010: CSC 1300 Discrete Structures
CSC Fall 2009: CSC 9010-Digital Libraries and other Web-Based Information Presentation
Spring 2009: CSC 5930 Probability and Statistics for Computers Science
Fall 2008: CSC 9010 - 5930 -Search Technology and Personal Information Management
Spring 2008: CSC 2500 - Survey of Information Science
Fall 2007: CSC 9010 - Digital Libraries and other Web Based Information Presentation
Fall 2006: CSC 9010 - Digital Libraries and other Web Based Information Presentation
Spring 2006: (with Dr. Paula Matuszek) CSC 9010 - The Semantic Web
CSC 8990 001 33993 Graduate Computing Practicum
Past Courses

Biography :

Memberships :

My teaching and research interests are focused on digital libraries and information retrieval in the Web. Current work includes data science, including curriculum development efforts. The ACM data science curriculum task force is currently looking for example courses. These will be considered for illustrating how the community is addressing the need for data science course content. Submit sample courses, please. The ABET CAC criteria committee has also developed material related to data science programs.

Recent work included the Ensemble project, part of the NSF NSDL. NSDL seeks to provide easy access to a large amount of material for teaching and learning any topic in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics areas. The Ensemble project provides the computing related components. Ensemble includes materials and services not included in NSDL, so it is appropriate to visit the Ensemble site directly. The Ensemble site has now been archived and is not accepting new content. Previously included content can still be found.

The Computing Ontology project attempts to describe the entire computing and information related topic space. We work with the newly revised ACM CCS and include materials from curriculum documents and accreditation materials from around the world. The website evolves as the project progresses.

Work in the area of Distribute Expertise is funded through the NSF CPATH program and investigates the potential of shared exprtise across department and even institutional boundaries.

New in 2012: Earlier and Broader Access to Machine Learning. Funded by the NSF TUES program, this project will develop learning modules in Machine learning that can be integrated into a variety of courses, allowing more students to learn this important topic without the need for extensive mathematics or computer science preparation.

Degrees :

Ph.D. Computer Science University of Delaware
M.S. Computer Science University of Delaware

Books and Publications (needs updating!)

ACM
ACM SIGCSE (served previously as a Chair)
ACM SIG IR ACM SIG WEB

Professional Activities :

ABET/CSAB Computing Accreditation Commission Data Science Criteria Committee (2019-2020)
ACM Data Science Task Force (2019-2020)
ACM Education Board (1998 - 2014)
SIGCSE 2001 Luncheon Talk , also available at CSTC )
Pictures from SIGCSE (ITiCSE 2000 and SIGCSE 2001
IFIP Working Group 3.2
Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET (Previously commission chair, then commissioner, now evaluator)
Founding Co-Editor (with Ed Fox) of JERIC -- The ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (now Transactions on Computing Education -- TOCE) (term ended 2006)
Co-founder of the ACM SIGCSE ITiCSE (Innovations and Technology in Computer Science Education) Conference (1996)

Villanova Activities :

Chair - Department of Computing Sciences (2013 - 2019)
Director - Graduate Program in Computing Sciences (2004 - 2009)
Chair - Faculty Congress (2008 -- 2010)

Grants :

NSF Online Interactive Learning Platforms in STEM Education. A study of motivation and engagement. In collaboration with Dr. Darina Dicheva, Winston-Salem State University (2018 - 2021)
NSF Exploring the Status of Education for Data Science (Workshop)
NSF DUE IUSE Collaborative Research: Data Computing for All: Developing an Introductory Data Science Course in Flipped Format
NSF DUE Earlier and broader access to machine learning
NSF NSDL Ensemble
NSF CPATH Distributed Expertise
NSF Interdisciplinary Computing
NSF TUES Machine Learning
NSF NSDL program
CITIDEL