Rate My Professor Jim Ward

Ward teaches undergraduate courses including Computer Science II, Operating Systems Design, Mobile Application Programming, and Advanced Mobile Programming, as well as topics in computer hardware, networking, system administration, and computer security. He maintains departmental computing equipment and infrastructure. His research interests encompass mobile programming and web applications. Key publications include the co-authored paper 'Replicated Revision Control System' with S. Mishra in the International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks (2001), his presentation of 'Replicated Revision Control System' at the Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS'99) conference (1999), and his master's thesis 'A distributed version control system for UNIX' (1997). Ward received the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award in 2020 for excellence in teaching. He has obtained grants and donations, including from the John and Sally Steadman Endowment and the College of Engineering and Applied Science Grant for Undergraduate Teaching Improvement, for equipment such as smartphones, virtual reality headsets, and Raspberry Pi devices to support student projects and learning.