Curriculum Vitae Susanne A. Sherba EDUCATION Ph.D., Computer Science, August 2005 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Dissertation: Towards Automating Traceability: An Incremental and Scalable Approach Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Anderson M.S., Computer Science, December 1996 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Thesis: Modeling Diffuse Sound Reflections in the Image Source Model Advisor: Dr. Michael Hilton M.M., Violin Performance, June 1988 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH B.M., summa cum laude, Violin Performance, Minor in Mathematics, April 1985 Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL TEACHING EXPERIENCE Senior Lecturer/Teaching Associate Professor University of Denver, Department of Computer Science, Denver, CO Jan. 2013 present Lecturer Sept. 2007 Dec. 2012 University of Denver, Department of Computer Science, Denver, CO Assistant Professor Adjunct June 2007 Aug. 2007 University of Denver, Department of Computer Science, Denver, CO Assistant Professor Adjunct Aug. 2005 July 2007 University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science, Boulder, CO Lead Graduate Teacher May 2001 - May 2002 University of Colorado, Graduate Teacher Program, Boulder, CO Mentored and coached graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants in the computer science department.
Susanne A. Sherba Page 2 of 6 Teaching Assistant Aug. 2000 - May 2001 University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science, Boulder, CO Teaching Assistant Jan. 1993 - May 1995 University of South Carolina, Department of Computer Science, Columbia, SC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant June 2001 - May 2005 University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science, Boulder, CO Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Anderson INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Senior Software Engineer Nov. 1999 - May 2000 TIAN Software, Inc., Denver, CO Quality Assurance Engineer June 1998 - Nov. 1999 Oracle Corporation, Englewood, CO Software Engineer Aug. 1997 - June 1998 Saxe, Inc. / Customer Insight Company / Experian, Englewood, CO Application Development Consultant July 1996 - July 1997 NCR Corporation, Columbia, SC Programmer May 1995 - Oct. 1995 University of South Carolina Advanced Solutions Group, Columbia, SC ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Freelance Violinist Sept. 1987 - July 1997 Performed with numerous orchestras and other organizations throughout the Southeast. Violin Instructor Sept. 1987 - June 1994 Taught private students ages 3 to adult.
Susanne A. Sherba Page 3 of 6 PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Refereed Journal Publications "The Themis Structural Computing Environment: Structural Templates and Transformations," by Kenneth M. Anderson, Susanne A. Sherba, and William V. Lepthien. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 26(1): 47-71, January 2003. Refereed Conference Proceedings Towards Pervasive Traceability, by Susanne A. Sherba and Kenneth M. Anderson. In Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 2007. "Structure and Behavior Awareness in Themis," by Kenneth M. Anderson, Susanne A. Sherba, and William V. Lepthien. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, Nottingham, UK. August 2003. (Acceptance rate 25%) "Towards Large-Scale Information Integration," by Kenneth M. Anderson, Susanne A. Sherba, and William V. Lepthien. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering, Orlando, Florida, USA. May 2002. (Acceptance rate <15%) Book Chapters "Using Open Hypermedia to Support Information Integration," by Kenneth M. Anderson and Susanne A. Sherba. In Hypermedia: Openness, Structural Awareness, and Adaptivity, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2266, pages 8-16, February 2002. "Using Structural Computing to Support Information Integration," by Kenneth M. Anderson and Susanne A. Sherba. In Hypermedia: Openness, Structural Awareness, and Adaptivity, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2266, pages 151-159, February 2002. Refereed Workshop Proceedings "A Framework for Mapping Traceability Relationships," by Susanne A. Sherba, Kenneth M. Anderson, and Maha Faisal. In Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering (TEFSE'03), In conjunction with the 18th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 7, 2003. "A Framework for Pervasive Traceability," by Susanne A. Sherba. In Proceedings of the 2003 Requirements Engineering Doctoral Symposium, Part of the 11th International IEEE Requirements Engineering Conference, Monterey Bay, California, USA. September 9, 2003. "A Framework for Managing Traceability Relationships between Requirements and Architectures," by Susanne A. Sherba and Kenneth M. Anderson. In Proceedings of the Second International Workshop From SofTware Requirements to Architectures (STRAW'03), Part of the 2003 International Conference on Software Engineering, Portland, Oregon, USA. May 9, 2003.
Susanne A. Sherba Page 4 of 6 "Using XML to Support Information Integration," by Kenneth M. Anderson and Susanne A. Sherba. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on XML Technologies and Software Engineering (XSE 2001), Part of the 2001 International Conference on Software Engineering, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. May 15, 2001. Posters & Demos "InfiniTe: Hypermedia-Supported Information Integration," by Kenneth M. Anderson and Susanne A. Sherba. Poster and Demo Session. 2001 ACM Conference on Hypertext. Aarhus, Denmark. August 14-18, 2001. Tutorials An Introduction to Software Requirements: What are requirements and why should software developers care about them? 2014 Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in Computing, Laramie, WY. October 23-24, 2014. Presentations How I survived teaching my first online course (and actually enjoyed it!). 2013 Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology, Denver, CO. October 25, 2013. An online version of COMP 1101: Analytical Inquiry. Part of a workshop entitled Thinking About Teaching an Online Course? Office of Teaching and Learning, University of Denver. May 3, 2013. Teaching your First Online Course: Five Tips from the Trenches. Presented to participants of the Teaching Online Workshop. Office of Teaching and Learning, University of Denver. April 26, 2013. How I survived teaching my first online course (and actually enjoyed it!). 2013 elearning Consortium of Colorado, 24th Annual Conference. Breckenridge, CO. April 10-12, 2013. Leveraging Publisher and Open Resources to Deliver Engaging Hybrid and Online Courses (with Susan Sadler). 2012 Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology, Denver CO. October 26, 2012.
Susanne A. Sherba Page 5 of 6 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE University University of Denver, Department of Computer Science Encouraging Women in Computer Science Exploratory Committee Member, 2016 - present Undergraduate Committee, Committee Member, 2013 present. Women in Computing club, Faculty Advisor, 2013 present One-year Master s Degree Exploratory Committee Member, 2016. Faculty Search Committee, M.S. degree in Cybersecurity, 2016. ABET Accreditation Exploratory Committee Member, 2015. Faculty Search Committee Member (Two Teaching Assistant Professor Positions), 2015. Attendee at Faculty Meetings with Dean Candidates, 2015 Lecturer Search Committee Member, 2013. Curriculum Committee, Committee Member, 2012 2013. University of Denver, Daniel Felix School of Engineering and Computer Science Engineering Knowledge Center Pilot Contributor University of Denver Conduct Review Board, 2013-2014. University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science Undergraduate Committee, Graduate Student Representative, 2001 2002. Community Outreach Consultant and Mentor for Girls Who Code club at Mi Casa Neighborhood Center at Lake Campus, Denver, CO, 2016 - present. Conference Activities Workshops and Tutorials Chair, 2014 Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in Computing, Laramie, WY. Panels Chair, Colorado Celebration of Women in Computing 2010, Golden, CO. Local Arrangements Chair, International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (ICST) 2009, Denver CO. Student Volunteer, International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2002, Orlando, FL. Student Volunteer, Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2002, Broomfield, CO. Student Volunteer, Group 2001, Boulder, CO. Student Volunteer, Hypertext 2001, Aarhus, Denmark.
Susanne A. Sherba Page 6 of 6 Reviewing Student Research Competition, International Conference on Software Engineering, Austin, TX, 2016. 2014 Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in Computing, Laramie, WY, 2014. Book Reviewer for SysML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Systems Modeling Language by Lenny Delligatti, Addison-Wesley Professional. 2013. 2012 Rocky Mountain Celebration of Women in Computing, Golden, CO. Ph.D. Symposium, 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Student Theses Implementing Agile Development At Scale: An Industry Case Study. Nikita Kataria, M.S. in Computer Science, University of Denver, June 2016 (Co-Advisors: Matthew Rutherford and Catherine Durso). Agile game development and fun. Andrea Gabrielle Gibson, B.S. in Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, May 2007. Miscellany SEWORLD mailing list administrator, 2002-2003 SEWORLD mailing list moderator, 2001-2002 ACM Rocky Mountain Regional Programming Contest Judge, 2001 HONORS AND AWARDS Travel Awards to attend Software Engineering Educators Symposium (SEES), November 2012, Raleigh, NC and November 2010, Santa Fe, NM. Best Teacher Award, University of Denver, School of Engineering and Computer Science, December 2008. Phi Kappa Phi Pi Kappa Lambda (music honor society) SIGSOFT Conference Attendance Program for Students, Travel Awards, May 2002 and May 2003. University Graduate Scholarship, full tuition, University of Cincinnati, September 1985 June 1987. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Computer Society Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT) ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)