J. Ubaldo Quevedo

J. Ubaldo Quevedo was a clinical professor of computer science and engineering at the University of North Texas (UNT) where he taught graduate courses in theory of computation, machine learning, information retrieval and database systems. Prior to UNT, Quevedo spent about 17 years at the University of Wisconsin– Parkside (UWP) in several capacities such as tenured associate professor, director of the cybersecurity graduate program, director of the information technology management graduate program, and chair of the Computer Science Department for 8.5 years. While at UWP, he developed the curriculum for a data science certificate program. He also taught multiple computer science courses that included artificial intelligence, data science, computer vision and database systems. Quevedo has also served as a lecturer of computer science at the University of Houston, a visiting faculty at Ostfalia University in Germany, a professor at both the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and ITESM- Guadalajara in Mexico. Before obtaining his PhD in computer science from the University of Houston, Dr. Quevedo was a K-12 certified teacher in math, special education, computer science, school administration and bilingual education with teaching experience in elementary, middle and high school. He has published articles on learning theories, computer science education and recursive querying. He has also been involved in research grants related to the retention of underrepresented students in computer science.

Degrees

• PhD Computer Science, December 2004, University of Houston, Houston TX
• MS Computer Science, January 1995, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
• MEd Educational Administration, December 2008, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX
• BS Computer Engineering, January 1991, Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México

Teaching Interests

Information retrieval, data management, theory of computation, programming languages, machine learning and computer algorithms

Book Review 

• Android How to Program, Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel and Abbey Deitel

Texas, Wisconsin and Illinois State Board Certified in computer science, mathematics, bilingual education and school management