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Robert McCloskey

Assistant Professor
Department of Computing Sciences
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA  18510
(570) 941-4221  Voice
(570) 941-4250  Fax
robert.mccloskey@scranton.edu



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Relax!
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Stand on your head!
Cry!
Forget it!
Hands up!
Sit down!
Thunder, lightning, rain!


SCHEDULE, SPRING 2023 SEMESTER


ACADEMIC COURSES

 * Spring 2023 Semester    
   * CMPS 144 (Computer Science II)
     
   * CMPS 144L (Computer Science II Lab)
     
   * CMPS 260 (Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science)
     
   * SE 504 (Formal Methods and Models)
     

   

   

 * Fall 2022 Term    
   * CMPS 134 (Computer Science 1)
     
   * CMPS 144 (Computer Science 2)
     
   * CMPS 144L (Computer Science 2 Lab)
     
   * SE 500 (Math for Software Engineering)
     
     
   


U OF SCRANTON LINKS

 * CS Dept. Web Mail
 * University of Scranton home page
 * Computing Sciences Department home page
 * Links to department-relevant pages in U of S catalogs
 * University of Scranton Academic Calendar
 * U of S Library homepage
 * Undergraduate catalog
 * U of S course schedule search
 * U of S Compressed schedule (for inclement weather)
 * U of S Calendar of Events
 * AP credit guidelines
 * U of S Men's Basketball Schedule
 * U of S Women's Basketball Schedule
 * Employee Directory
 * final exam schedule
 * Online forms (fillable pdf)
 * Advising Form
 * Engage LMS (Wiley, HINF)


GENERAL COMPUTER SCIENCE LINKS

 * Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930-2002)
   * obituaries: U of Texas   ACM   by Krzysztof Apt   New York Times
   * E.W. Dijkstra Archives
   * Wikipedia biography
   * Similar Wikipedia biography
   * Some of Dijkstra's most memorable quotes.
 * Digital Libraries
   * ACM Digital Library (via U of S Library)
   * ACM Digital Library (direct)
   * IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)
   * IEEE Computer Science Digital Library
   * The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
   * Computer and Information Science Papers CiteSeer Publications ResearchIndex
   * Directory of Open Access Journals
 * Computer Science Teachers Association (concerned with K-12 CS education)
 * Best of the Web (Computer Science)
 * Computer Science Online
 * specific programming languages/tools
   * Ada95
   * COBOL
     
   * jGrasp
 * EHR Go


COMPUTER PROGRAMMING CONTESTS

 * University of Scranton Annual High School Programming Contest
   
 * Sites with good programming problems:
   * Kattis
   * LeetCode
   * ACM-ICPC Live Archive (click on "Browse Problems" under "Online Judge")
   * University of Valladolid Online Judge (After establishing an account, you
     can submit solutions to any of hundreds of problems and have them judged.)
   * ACM-ICPC Live Archive (After establishing an account, you can submit
     solutions to any of hundreds of problems and have them judged.)
   * Problem Set Archive of ACM Int'l Programming Contest European Division (but
     includes links to problems from contests held outside Europe)
   * Ed's Programming Contest Problem Archive
   * Problems from Past ACM World Finals Contests (Click on the Past Problems
     button on the left margin)
   * Some past ACM Mid-Atlantic Contest problem sets
     * 1991   1992   1993   1994   1995   2013   2014
       
     * Links to problem sets for ACM Mid-Atlantic Regional contest, 2002-2010
     * Mid-Atlantic Regional Archive 1998-2008 (team standings, judges'
       comments, etc.)
   * Past World Finals problems
   * U of S Programming Contest (November 2000)
     
   * American Computer Science League
   * USA Computing Olympiad


RESEARCH

 * Publications


POLITICAL COMMENTARY

 * Speak Up For Education (to fight against indoctrination, cancel culture, and
   the teaching of critical race theory in schools)
 * George Will
   * recent
   * old columns
 * Charles Krauthammer
 * Thomas Sowell   Sowell's home page
 * Cal Thomas
 * Heather Mac Donald: Manhattan Institute   National Review


ENGLISH

 * Capital Community College Guide to Grammar & Writing   (including my favorite
   part: sentence diagramming)
 * University of Ottawa HyperGrammar
 * Grammar Check"


HUMOR

 * My rant regarding golf carts
 * Gorn links
   * Arena episode of Star Trek
   * Gorn Home Page
     
   * Hear Gorn speak!
 * The Annoying Only


GOLF

 * PGA Tour
 * LPGA Tour
 * Anthracite Golf Association


WWW BOOKSTORES

 * Bookfinder.com
   
 * Hamiltonbook.com
 * BookPool
 * Chegg
 * textbooks.org
 * Valore Books
 * amazon.com