I’m a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science. I did my undergraduate work at Purdue and Illinois and my graduate work at MIT, Stanford, and Texas.
Both of my parents were born and raised in Granada, Nicaragua. I was born in New York City in 1952 and grew up in Miami. My wife did her undergraduate work at Tufts and her graduate work at Salamanca and Texas, and now works at the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts.
Class Schedule (Fall 2009)
| Course | Title | Days | Time | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS371p | Object-Oriented Programming | MWF | 2-3pm | PAR 203 |
| CS373 | Software Engineering | 11-12pm | GAR 2.128 | |
| 1-2pm | PAR 203 |
Office Hours (Fall 2009)
| Days | Time | Place |
|---|---|---|
| MF | 12-1pm | PAI 5.60 |
Papers & Patents
| Year | Title | Co-Authors | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Data Sharing in Scientific Simulations |
Paul Dubois Teresa Bottom |
Computing in Science and Engineering |
| 1998 | System and Method for Initializing Variables in an Object-Oriented Program |
James Peterson Ron Rockhold |
U.S. Patent No. 6,708,181 |
| 1996 | Being Lazy About Global-Object Initialization |
Journal of Object-Oriented Programming |
Teaching Awards
| Year | Title | Grantor |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Advisory Council Teaching Excellence Award |
College of Natural Sciences |
| 2002 | Teaching Excellence Award |
Contact Info
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Computer Science
Taylor 2.124
1 University Station C0500
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 388-1858
downing@cs.utexas.edu