Me | Travel | Schedule | Awards | Activities | Fun | Skool | 6-month Plan | Life Plan | Contact Dr. Dan Garcia ddgarcia@cs.berkeley.edu There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those. -- Anonymous

Who am I? (short biography, curriculum vitæ)

Teaching

In the Fall of 2012 I'll be teaching a wonderful, new introductory computing course: CS10 : The Beauty and Joy of Computing (chosen as one of 5 national Advanced Placement pilot courses!), co-teaching with my colleague Jeremy Huddleston an Art+CS course Advanced Digital Animation (CS194-8, also cross-listed as CNM190-2), and coordinating the self-paced classes. We (co-PIs Lecturer SOE Brian Harvey and Prof Tiffany Barnes of UNCC) just received two NSF CE21 grants to train local Bay Area teachers and 100 more nationwide in our AP CS Principles Beauty and Joy of Computing course using the awesome Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) graphical programming environment and the Blown to Bits book. I'll also be teaching an online pilot section of CS10 this Fall as CSw10, as we were chosen to be one of the 25 pilot courses for the OIPP initiative.

Service

Active RAD (Research, Art & Development) Student Groups and Projects

Game Theory (GamesCrafters)	Graphics (UCBUGG)	Mac Programming (MS-DOS X)	CS Illustrated	Ensemble Computing Portal
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Fall 2012 Mtgs MWF 11am-noon in 606 Soda [First mtg 2012-08-24]	Fall 2012 Mtgs MW 7-9pm in 200 Sutardja-Dai Hall [First mtg 2012-08-27] (Taught as a Decal)	Fall 2012 Mtgs MW 5-7pm in 200 Sutardja-Dai Hall [First mtg 2012-08-27] (Taught as a Decal)	Fall 2012 Mtgs F 2-3pm in 777 Soda	Fall 2012 Mtgs F 3-4pm in 777 Soda

Not-so-active recent RAD Projects

Weiner Lecture Archives (WLA)	Time-lapse HD

Upcoming Travel

	2012-01-19 - 2012-01-22: (Week 01    RFSS) Caribbean Computing Center for Excellence (CCCE) NSF site visit in San Juan, PR
	2012-02-02 - 2012-02-04: (Week 03    RFS ) 2012 Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) PI and Community Mtg in Washington, DC
	2012-02-13 - 2012-02-13: (Week 05 M      ) Round Table BJC at Educating for Careers Conference in Sacramento, CA
	2012-02-16 - 2012-02-19: (Week 05    RFSS) CS GRE Meeting in Princeton, NJ
	2012-02-29 - 2012-03-03: (Week 07  TWRFSS) SIGCSE 2012 in Raleigh, NC
	2012-03-15 - 2012-03-16: (Week 09    RF  ) NSF Workshop in Computing for Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities and People with Disabilities in Atlanta, GA
	2012-03-23 - 2012-03-24: (Week 10     FS ) CCSC-SW 2012 in Stockton, CA
	2012-03-29 - 2012-03-30: (Week 11    RFS ) CCSC-CP 2012 in Springfield, MO
	2012-04-13 - 2012-04-13: (Week 13    RFSS) Summit on Transforming High School Computer Science Education in Puerto Rico in San Juan, PR
	2012-04-26 - 2012-04-27: (Week 15    RF  ) EECS Faculty Retreat in Lafayette, CA
	2012-05-04 - 2012-05-04: (Week RR     F  ) Ensemble Mtg in Arlington, VA
	2012-05-24 - 2012-05-25: (Week 19    RF  ) NSF CS10K PD Workshop in Chicago, IL
	2012-06-04 - 2012-06-08: (Week 21 MTWRFS ) BJC PD workshop for PR CS HS teachers in San Juan, PR
	2012-07-09 - 2012-07-10: (Week SS MT     ) CSTA Annual Conference in Irvine, CA

Fall 2012 Tentative Schedule

Awards

	2011 CS10 : The Beauty and Joy of Computing chosen as a NSF CE21 grant winner (2 years after we started offering it)
	2011 CS10 : The Beauty and Joy of Computing chosen as a UC Online Pilot (2 years after we started offering it)
	2010 CS10 : The Beauty and Joy of Computing chosen as one of five National Pilots for new non-majors computing course AP CS : Principles by College Board (2 years after we decided to create it)
	2006 Highest HKN Teaching Effectiveness rating (6.7) of any EECS LowerDiv instructor, ever (2 years after the previous high mark)
	2005 UC Berkeley Everyday / Unsung Hero (2 years after my promotion to PSOE)
	2005 CS Division IT Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2 years after my promotion to PSOE)
	2004 Highest HKN Teaching Effectiveness rating (6.6) of any CS LowerDiv instructor, ever (tied w/1 other) (2 years after the McEntyre Award)
	2002 CS Division Diane S. McEntyre Award for Excellence in Teaching (2 years after my UCB CS Ph.D.)
	1997 EECS Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (2 years after my UCB CS M.S.)
	1992 UCB Outstanding CS Graduate Student Instructor (2 years after my MIT CS B.S.)

RAD Activities (archived)

Computer Science Education (along with course development and diversity / community outreach)

LEGEND

	Birds of a Feather
	Special Session
	Workshop
	Paper
	Poster
	Invited Talk
	Panel

2012

	Garcia, Daniel D. The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC), AP CS Principles, and the CS 10k effort (Invited Talk), Rutgers Computer Science Colloquium, New Brunswick, NJ, Jan 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. Twenty Time-Tested, Three-Word Teaching Tips (Keynote) at GSI Teaching and Resource Center Spring 2012 Teaching Conference for First-Time GSIs at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, January 13, 2012.
	Astrachan, Owen; Briggs, Amy; Uche, Chinma; Dovi, Rebecca; Garcia, Daniel D.; Simon, Beth; and Chakravarty, Auditi. AP CS Principles (Panel), 2012 CE21 PI and Community Meeting, Washington, DC, February 2-3, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. and Harvey, Brian ROUND TABLE: The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC), AP CS Principles, and the CS 10K Effort in Educating for Careers High School CTE conference (Special Session), Sacramento, CA, 2012-02-13
	Garcia, Daniel D.; others Teaching Parallelism Lightning Rounds : Teaching Concurrency to Non-majors using BYOB in Beauty and Joy of Computing (Special Session), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D.; Harvey, Brian; Barnes, Tiffany FRABJOUS CS (NSF Showcase), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D.; Ginat, David Demystifying Computing with Magic (Special Session), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D.; Ericson, Barbara; Goode, Joanna; and Lewis, Colleen Rediscovering the Passion, Beauty, Joy, and Awe: Making Computing Fun Again, part 5 (Panel), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Harvey, Brian; Garcia, Daniel D.; Paley, Josh; and Segars, Luke Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) (Workshop), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D.; Harvey, Brian; Titterton, Nathaniel; Segars, Luke; Lemon, Eugene; Morris, Sean; Paley, Josh AP CS Principles and The Beauty and Joy of Computing Curriculum (Workshop), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. and Segars, Luke. Technology that Educators of Computing Hail (TECH): Come, share your favorites! (Birds of a Feather), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D.; Paul, Jody; and Sherriff, Mark S. Teaching Track Faculty in CS (Birds of a Feather), SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 1-3, 2012.
	Gates, Ann; Garcia, Daniel D.; Isbel, Charles; Metoyer, Ron and Naveda, Fernando Navigating through the Promotion and Tenure Process (Panel) at NSF Workshop in Computing for Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities and People with Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, March 16, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D., Kramsch, Claire Preparing Future Faculty: How to Teach a Large Course (Panel) at GSI Teaching and Resource Center Spring 2012 Teaching Workshops at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, March 19, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. The GRE and graduate school (Invited Talk), HKN General Meeting, Berkeley, CA, March 22, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC), AP CS Principles, and the CS 10k effort (Keynote), Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges : Southwestern Region conference 2012, Stockton, CA, March 23-24, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D.; Paley, Josh; and Segars, Luke Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) (Workshop), Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges : Southwestern Region conference 2012, Stockton, CA, March 23-24, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC), AP CS Principles, and the CS 10k effort (Keynote), Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges : Central Plains Region conference 2012, Springfield, MO, March 30, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) (Workshop), Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges : Central Plains Region conference 2012, Springfield, MO, March 30, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC), AP CS Principles, and the CS 10k effort (Keynote), Summit on Transforming High School Computer Science Education in Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, April 13, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) (Workshop), Summit on Transforming High School Computer Science Education in Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, April 13, 2012.
	Garcia, Daniel D. The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) (Week-long Workshop), CE21 FRABJOUS CS PD for HS teachers, San Juan, PR, June 4-8, 2012.
	Harvey, Brian and Garcia, Daniel D. Snap! and the Beauty and Joy of Computing (Workshop), CSTA Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium, Irvine, CA, July 9-10, 2012.
	Snyder, Lawrence; Garcia, Daniel D.; Harvey, Brian; Simon, Beth; Barnes, Tiffany. The First Five Computer Science Principles Pilots: Summary and Comparisons (Paper), ACM Inroads, In Preparation.

Computational Game Theory (I developed Gamesman under Prof. Elwyn Berlekamp!)

Recreational Computer Graphics & Animation (Here is some CGI I've done with textures and icons)

Programming Mac OS X, iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads

Fun Interests

Heart Candy (friends)

Tao Ye, mi amor y esposa

Dr. Michael Rehl, my best friend (since 1977!), who's now a Walnut Creek Chiropractor!

Family and friends, although keeping up with email is difficult

GTAT: Angie Schuett, Drew Roselli, Dan Rice and Fielding Mellish

Jaycito Cofresi, my second cousin from 'da Bronx

Ronnen Levinson, my fellow upstate NYer ex-housemate

Would you believe I'm not the only Dan Garcia!

Cooperstown Central School (NY) Alumni

Eye Candy (Television and Movies)

Thu 30 Rock

Thu Parks and Recreation

Thu The Office

Anything by Aardman Animations (like Wallace & Gromit)

Body Candy (Sports and Recreation)

Golf! (low:93, avg:100) My swing w/iron and wood 1, 2, 3 times has changed!! I once hit two birdies!

Ultimate

Hoops My high school hoops team finished fourth in the state and has been inducted into the school's athletics Hall of Fame!

Rock Climbing at the RSF, Tilden Park and nearby parks

Softball. My ex-teams: Badness 10000 and NP Complete Idiots (who went 8-0 in league play!). I batted, uh, pretty well

Juggling I learned to do a 5-ball cascade!

Brain Candy (Puzzles and Games and Learning)

Puzzles (logic, math, programming, etc.) Books, videos and CDROMs I own

My Atari 2600, 7800 & emulators. Wanna trade carts?

Computer Games: TIM, Firestorm, Smart Games, MacMAME.

Ear Candy (Music and Humor)

Listening to Monty Python and memorizing sketches

Jazz, Salsa, Classic Rock, Folk, Rap, Classical, Opera

Woody Allen films, books, CDs Moose Kidnapped Eyesight

Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Cheech & Chong, Eddie Murphy, Smothers Brothers, and other classic comedians

Random comedy. (e.g. the real and faked "bambulance")

Random Candy

My Apple 3.0GHz 8-core 16GiB-RAM 3TB-HD Mac Pro and 3.06GHz 17-inch 8GiB-RAM MacBook Pro

SPAM (the food)

Puerto Rico ¡Soy Borinqueño (de Nueva York)... Soy ¡Nuyorican!

Education

Fatherhood! 2005, 2009

Ph.D. in Computer Science UCB 2000

M.S. in Computer Science UCB 1995

B.S. in Computer Science (VI-III) MIT 1990 (entered in Class of 1989) Baker House

B.S. in Electrical Engineering (VI-I) MIT 1990 (entered in Class of 1989)

N.Y.S. Regents Diploma from Cooperstown (NY) Central HS 1985

Public Grade School Education from Public School 94 in 'da Bronx, NY (just like comedian Robert Klein!)

Six month plan

Be a great mentor to my Master's student Dan Armendariz.

Teach CS10 (The Beauty and Joy of Computing), CS194-8/CNM190-2 (Advanced Digital Animation) and the self-paced courses

Polish the Technology that Educators of Computing Hail (TECH) site for eventual full-scale launch by adding a reward system.

Build Ensemble, the NSDL Computing Pathway

Be a great EECS / CITRIS AV Czar

Life plan

Be a super dad to my two children, a super husband to my wife Tao, and a super [grand]son to my [grand]parents.

Be the best computer science instructor I can be.

Research my family genealogy

Reduce personal entropy.

Break 90 on the links (previous low: 93 on par 72 course)

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