Jeong Yang
Lecturer of Computer Science
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering Texas A&M University-Kingsville
jeong.yang@tamuk.edu 361.593.2630 (work)
http://yangtamuk.weebly.com/ RESEARCH INTERESTS
Computer Science education, source code visualization, software visualization, visualization tools, learning analytics, educational data mining
EDUCATION
Expected in Aug 2016 Dec 2001
Feb 1991
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University M.S. in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University B.S. in Computer Science, Hallym University, South Korea
EMPLOYMENT
Sep 2011 – present Lecturer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
Sep 2008 – Aug 2011 Visiting Lecturer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
Aug 2001 – May 2002 Teaching Assistant, Computer Science & Software Engineering, Samul Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University
Aug 1999 – Jul 2001 Research Assistant, Computer Science & Software Engineering, Samul Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University
Jan 1999 – Jul 1999 Web Developer, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Auburn University
1997 - 1998 Computer Instruction Teacher, JungWon Elementary School, South Korea
1991 - 1993 System Programmer, Technical Research Center, Asia(Kia) Motors, South Korea
AWARDS AND HONORS
2014, 2015 Professor of the Year Award for Computer Science
Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
2013 Professor of the Year Award for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
2011 Texas A&M University System Student Recognition Award for Teaching
Excellence
2015, 2014, 2010 Non-Tenure Track Teaching Excellence Award Nominee,
Texas A&M University–Kingsville
2010 “Be All You Can Be” Award Faculty Nominee, Texas A&M University–Kingsville
2001 - 2002 Graduate Fellowship, Computer Science & Software Engineering,
Auburn University
GRANTS
Jan 2016 – Aug 2016 TAMUK (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) Support of Service Learning Courses or Programs, “UIL(University Interscholastic League) Computer Science,” Jeong Yang and David Hicks, $6,000
Oct 2014 – Sep 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF), “Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship: Future STEM Teachers in South Texas (F(ST)2),” $1,199,731 Role: Senior
Programmer
http://southtexasstemteachers.org/
Dec 2015 The Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association of America
(KOCSEA), “16th KOCSEA Technical Symposium 2015, Harvey Mudd
College, Claremont, CA,” Travel Support, $670
Nov 2015 San Diego State University Research Foundation, “Western Regional Noyce
Conference, San Diego, CA,” Travel Support, $850
Jan 2015 – Aug 2015 TAMUK Support of Service Learning Courses or Programs, “UIL(University
Interscholastic League) Computer Science,” Jeong Yang , $5,850
Jan 2014 – Aug 2015 Coastal Bend Diabetes Community Coalition (CBDCC), “Diabetes Database
Management System for CBDCC,” Young Lee and Jeong Yang, $8,000 http://dccdatabase.org/
Jan 2015 – Jul 2015 The TAMUK Council for Undergraduate Research (TCUR), “One-to-One
Virtual Mentoring System (VMS) for Enhancing Student Programmer’s Programming Skill and Logical Thinking,” Jeong Yang and Young Lee, $4,500
May 2015 TAMUK The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, “NSF Day at Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, TX,” Travel Support, $500
Dec 2014 Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association (KSEA), “Scientists and
Engineers Early-Career Development Workshop (SEED 2014), Los Angeles, CA,” Travel Support, $500
Oct 2012 – Sep 2014 National Science Foundation (NSF), “Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Capacity Building: Future STEM Teachers in South Texas (F(ST)2),”
$291,352, Role: Senior Programmer http://southtexasstemteachers.org/
Jan 2013 – Aug 2014 HRSA(Health Resources and Services Administration), “HINSTX(Health
Information Network of South Texas) Rural HIT Network Development,” January, 2013 – August, 2014, $775,775, Role: Senior Programmer
https://www.hinstx.org/
Nov 2011 – Oct 2013 Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd. "Construction Scheduling with Primavera P6 for Kiewit Olympus TLP project," Young Lee and Jeong Yang, $7,484
Mar 2012 – Aug 2013 Texas Animal Control Association(TACA), “Development of TACA
Membership Management System,“ Jeong Yang and Young Lee, $7,522 http://taca.org/
Oct 2008 – Dec 2009 Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, “Development of Websites for Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering and Six Departments, Jeong Yang, $16,000
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles Jeong Yang, Young Lee, Sung Park, Monica Wong-Ratcliff, Reza Ahanger, and Marie-Anne Mundy, “Discovering the Needs Assessment of Certified STEM Teachers for the High-Need Schools in South Texas,” Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp. 40-45, 2015 Pardha Koyya, Young Lee, and Jeong Yang, "Feedback for Programming
Assignments Using Software-Metrics and Reference Code," International Scholarly Research Notices(ISRN) Software Engineering, vol. 2013, Article ID 805963, 8 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/805963
Pranay Kumar Sevella, Young Lee, and Jeong Yang, “Determining The Barriers
Faced By Novice Programmers”, International Journal of Software Engineering,
vol 4. No. 1, pp.10-22, 2013
Young Lee and Jeong Yang, “Locating Reusable Classes Using Dependency in
Object-Oriented Software”, International Journal on Computing, Vol.2 No.1.
pp.134-139, 2012
Conference Papers Jeong Yang, Young Lee, Sai Kiran Bramahadandi, and Swetha Murthy, “How
Static and Dynamic Visualizations Meet with Source Code to Improve Program Comprehension,” IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, April 6 - 8, 2016 (submitted)
Madhusudan Srinivasan, Young Lee, Jeong Yang, “Enhancing Object-Oriented Programming Comprehension using Optimized Sequence Diagram,” IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, April 6 - 8, 2016 (submitted)
Jeong Yang, Young Lee, David Hicks, and Kai Chang, “Enhancing Object-Oriented Programming Education using Static and Dynamic Visualization,” IEEE Frontiers in Education 2015: Launching a New Vision in Education Engineering, pp. 806-810, 2015
Jeong Yang, Young Lee, David Hicks, and Brandon Earwood, “Virtual
Mentoring System for Enhancing Student Programmer's Coding and Reasoning Skills,” 8th Annual Mentoring Conference Proceedings: New Perspectives in Mentoring: A Quest for Leadership Excellence & Innovation, Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, October 20-23, 2015
Young Lee and Jeong Yang, "Identifying Architectural Changes Using Software Metrics", International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, pp. 76-79, 2010
Young Lee and Jeong Yang, “Visualization of Software Evolution”, International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, pp. 343-348, 2008 Young Lee, Jeong Yang, and Kai H. Chang, "Quality Measurement in Open
Source Software Evolution," Proceedings of IEEE 7th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC), pp. 191-197, 2007
Jeong Yang, Dean Hendrix, Kai H. Chang, and David Umphress, “An Empirical Validation of Complexity Profile Graph,” Proceedings of 2005 ACM Southeast Conference, pp. 143-149, 2005
Book Chapter Young Lee, Jeong Yang, and Kai H. Chang, " Identifying Connected Classes for
Workshop and Short Papers
Monica Wong-Ratcliff, Young Lee, Marie-Anne Mundy, and Jeong Yang, “Practical Tips for Organizing a NSF Robert Noyce Summer Internship Program,” Hawaii International Conference on Education 14th Annual
Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 3-6, 2016
Jeong Yang and Young Lee, "Web-based IDE for Novice Java Programmers", US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC), Atlanta, GA, July 29- Aug. 1, 2015
Young Lee and Jeong Yang, "Improving Object-Oriented Programming Education Using Static and Dynamic Visualization", US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC), Atlanta, GA, July 29- Aug. 1, 2015
Young Lee, Sasikanth Dale, and Jeong Yang, “Detecting Barriers by Students in
C and Java Courses,” US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and
Entrepreneurship (UKC), San Francisco, CA, Aug. 6-9, 2014
Jeong Yang, Praney Sevella, and Young Lee, “Finding Barriers Faced by Novice
Programmers”, US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and
Entrepreneurship (UKC), East Rutherford, NJ, Aug. 7-11, 2013
Young Lee and Jeong Yang, “Identifying Correlation Among Object-Oriented
Software Metrics”, US-Korea Summit on Science & Engineering(UKC), Park
City, Utah, Aug. 10-14, 2011
Young Lee and Jeong Yang, "Correlation among Coupling Metrics in
Object-Oriented Software", US-Korea Summit on Science & Engineering (UKC), Park
City, Utah, Aug. 10-14, 2011 COURSES TAUGHT
Texas A&M
University-Kingsville
CSEN 2303 Introduction to Computing Using Visual Basic and Excel CSEN 2304 Introduction to Computer Science (C)
CSEN 2306 Object-Oriented Programming (C++)
CSEN 2310 Object-Oriented Software Engineering (JAVA) CSEN 2328 Data Structures and Algorithms
CSEN (3314)4314 Database Systems CSEN (3316)4316 Software Engineering I CSEN 4317 Software Engineering II
CSEN 4335 Mobile Application Programming (Android)
CSEN 5303 (Topic) Web Application Programming with PHP and MySQL
Auburn University COMP 1000 Personal Computer Applications
H.M. King High UIL(University Interscholastic League) Computer Science
STUDENT PROJECTS MENTORING
Rogelio Santiago, Lucas Munoz, Manny Salinas, and Nick Ramirez, “An Augmented Reality Room Design Application with Android,” Senior Design Conference, COE, TAMUK, 2016
Swetha Murthy and Sai Kiran, “Web-Based Interactive Programming
Environment using Static and Dynamic Visualization,” Texas A&M University System 12th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, October 22-23, 2015
Tanuj Kumar, “One-to-One Virtual Mentoring System (VMS) for Graduate Research Project,” TAMUK, Jan 2015 – Dec 2015
Brandon Earwood, Raymond Ayala, and Edward Ruiz, “One-to-One Virtual Mentoring System (VMS) for Enhancing Student Programmer’s Programming Skill and Logical Thinking”, 6th Annual Javelina Research Symposium, TAMUK, April 15, 2015
Swetha Murthy and Sai Kiran, “Web-Based Interactive Programming Environment using Static and Dynamic Visualization,” Graduate Research Project Competition, COE, TAMUK, April 16, 2015, selected finalist Ariana Arevalo, Miguel Rodriguez, and Mark Martinez, “Software: Online
Mentoring Environment,” Senior Design Conference, COE, TAMUK, 2014 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Member of IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronics and Engineers)
Member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), ACM Digital Library, and ACM- Women
Member of SWE (Society of Women Engineers)
Member of KSEA(Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association) Member of KOCSEA(Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in
America )
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Dec 2015 Attended 16th KOCSEA Technical Symposium, Claremont, CA
Nov 2015 Attended Western Regional Noyce Conference, San Diego, CA
Oct 2015 Attended Web Seminar: AP CSP (Computer Science Principles) Higher
Education
Sep 2015 Training for Society of Women Engineers (SWE) FY16 Counselors and Faculty
Advisors Webinar
Oct 2015 Reviewing 8th Annual Mentoring Conference Proceedings: New Perspectives in
Mentoring: A Quest for Leadership Excellence & Innovation
Jun 2015 Mentoring SWE(Society of Women Engineers) WIA(Women In Academia)
May 2015 Attended “NSF Day at Texas Tech University,” Lubbock, TX
Mar 2015 Attended “NSF IUSE (Improving Undergraduate STEM Education) Webinar,"
Feb 2015 Attended “SWE Regional C Conference - Engineering a Different Status Quo,”
Austin TX
Dec 2014 Book reviewing for “Introduction to Software Engineering, Second Edition”,
by Ronald J. Leach, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Rooks Computer Science Manuscript Review
Dec 2014 Attended “Scientists and Engineers Early-Career Development Workshop (SEED 2014),” Los Angeles, CA
Nov 2014 Attended “Webinar -The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) - Mobile
Computing at the Edge,”
Apr 2014 Attended “South Texas Student Success Conference”, Kingsville, TX
Jan 2014 Attended “Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Proposal Writing
Workshop,” Washington, DC SERVICES
2014 - present Chair, SWE Southwest Texas Professional Section Corpus Christi
2015 - present Member, Initiative Committee for M.S. in Software Engineering
2013 - present Member, EECS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
2012 - present Chair, EECS Website and Promotional Design Advisory Committee
2009 - present Advisor, TAMUK SWE(Society of Women Engineers )
2012 - present Co-Advisor, TAMUK CSA(Compute Science Association)
2008 - present Webmaster, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2015 Judge, 2015 Senior Design Conference, College of Engineering
2015 Judge, EDD (Engineering Design and Dev.), Science Academy of South Texas
2014 Member, College of Engineering Scholarship Committee
2013 - 2014 Webmaster, Richard King High Mighty Mustang Band, Corpus Christi, TX
2010 - 2011 Webmaster, TAMUK SWE(Society of Women Engineers )
2010 - 2011 Judge, Coastal Bend BEST Robotic, Web Page Design
2010 Judge, Coastal Bend Regional History Fair, Senior Division Web Site