Sean M. Joyce

Director of Information Technology
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Chair, Dept. of Computer Science

Heidelberg University
Tiffin, Ohio
email: sjoyce@heidelberg.edu

[ Courses Taught | Professional Interests | Professional Memberships ]
[ Fuzzy Logic | Hobbies & Interests ] Courses Taught

CPS 100: Introduction to Computers
(Fall '93, '94, '95,'96; Spring '99, Fall '99)
CPS 150: Fundamentals of Computer Science
(Fall '06, '07, '08, '09)
CPS 201: Computer Programming I
(Spring, '01, '07)
CPS 202: Computer Programming II
(Summer '97, Fall '97, Spring '98, Fall '01)
CPS 301: Computer Organization
(Spring, '02, '04, '06, '08 )
CPS 311: Data Structures
(Fall '02, x2; Spring '09)
CPS 312: Programming Languages
(Spring '00, Summer '00, Spring '01, Spring '03, Spring '05, '07, '09)

CPS 325: Data Communications & Networking
(Spring '96, Fall '96, Fall '98, Spring '00, Fall '00, Fall '01, Fall '02 x2, Fall '03, Fall '04, Fall '05, Sloan Semester '05, Fall '06, '07, '08, '09)
CPS 326: Networks & Distributed Processing
(Spring '00, Spring '01, Spring '03, Spring '05)
CPS 330: Web Application Development
(Spring '08)
CPS 350: Topics in Computer Science
(Spring '98)
CPS 361: C/UNIX
(Fall '99, Fall '02, Fall '05)
HNR 203: Can Computers Think? An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
(Fall '98, Spring '02)

In addition, I've supervised students in both CPS 401 (Independent Study) and HNR 455 (Senior Honors Project).

Professional Interests

computer science as a discipline and undergraduate CS and CIS curricula
web-to-database connectivity, using tools such as PHP, SQL, JavaScript, and other technologies
the open source movement and the success of open source software
artificial intelligence, particularly expert systems and the application of fuzzy logic to machine intelligence

programming for interactive intra- and extra-nets, including Java and web-based programming; emerging web services infrastructures
the history of computing
formal language and computability theory and mathematical models of computation

Professional Memberships

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
SIGCSE (ACM special interest group on computer science education)
CCSC (The Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges)

Fuzzy Logic

WXSYS: Weather Lore + Fuzzy Logic = Weather Forecasts
(c) 1997, with Dr. Walter Maner of Bowling Green State University.
A description of the fuzzy logic based WXSYS ("Weather Expert System"). WXSYS is a prototype fuzzy expert system for weather forecasting based on documented weather lore. Presented at the CLIPS Virtual Conference in November, 1997. Included in Giarratano, Joseph and Gary Riley. EXPERT SYSTEMS: PRINCIPLES AND PROGRAMMING. 3rd edition. PWS Publishing, (c) 1998.

Hobbies and Interests

computers and computer science (of course)
roller coasters (member of ACE--American Coaster Enthusiasts)
musical composition, MIDI, and computer-aided notation
the American Civil War, particularly the Battle of Gettysburg and the separation of West Virginia from Virginia; the latter because it seems to be a little-studied microcosm (perhaps an antonymic one) of the larger conflict, and a symbol of the state of the nation both before and after the war
the Titanic disaster: fact, fiction, and lore

musical theatre

I love the theatre, although I find I rarely find time to participate. I sing bass/baritone, mostly bass. Some of the roles I've played:

Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady)
1989, 2002
Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof)
2003
Fagin (Oliver!)
1990
Daddy Warbucks (Annie)
1987
The Baker (Into the Woods)
1992
Papp Finn (Big River)
2000
Orpheus (Orpheus and the Underworld, opera)
Chief of Police (The Pirates of Penzance, operetta)
Sarastro (The Magic Flute, opera)

Dream roles? Lots of 'em:

Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Javert (Les Miserables)
Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha)
The Engineer (Miss Saigon)
Max Bialystock (The Producers)
many more...

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Last modified: Aug 2008. S. Joyce.

In the picture at the top of the page, Cedar Point's Magnum XL-200 begins its harrowing descent during a Lake Erie sunset. Towering at over 200 feet, the Magnum is one of the world's tallest, fastest, steepest, and most intense roller coasters. This picture, along with many other roller coaster images, is freely available via anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.rowan.edu/pub/coasters/Images/.