alark joshi

Spring 2011, 2012, 2013

+ Object Oriented Program Development in C - (Boise State University, Department of Computer Science)
Instructor

Teaching an undergraduate course on C programming concepts.
Projects-based course introduces students to basic structure, function points, generic programming.
Other software such as Make, Valgrind, gdb, ddd and Eclipse is used throughout the course.
Introductory Unix concepts such as File system hierarchy and simple shell scripting.

Fall 2012

+ Programming Languages - (Boise State University, Department of Computer Science)
Instructor

Identify characteristics of procedural, object-oriented, functional, declarative and scripting languages.
Describe the phases of program translation.
Explain different forms of binding, visibility, scoping and lifetime management.
Demonstrate the differences between call-by-value and call-by-reference parameter passing.
Explain the concepts of encapsulation, abstraction, inheritance and polymorphism.
Write small programs in languages based on several different programming paradigms.
Evaluate a language on the basis of the various features which it supports.

Spring 2012

+ Visualization Techniques - (Boise State University, Department of Computer Science)
Instructor

Discuss fundamental visualization techniques for scalar, vector, tensor and high dimensional data
Familarize students with the various kinds of data sources and common data analysis tasks
Implement visualization techniques for Volume visualization and High dimensional visualization
Discuss advanced visualization topics such as Perceptual Issues and Uncertainty visualization

Fall 2011

+ Computer Graphics - (Boise State University, Department of Computer Science)
Instructor

Familarize students with the mathematics required for computer graphics
Discuss fundamentals such as raster graphics, transformations, viewing, clipping algorithms and so on
Implement algorithms for viewing, interaction, lighting and shading as well as ray tracing
Explore graphics hardware and familiarize yourself with shaders and their use in the graphics pipeline
Discuss advanced graphics topics such as non-photorealistic graphics, graphics for games and scientific visualization.

Spring 2010

+ Understanding Effective Visual Representations - (Yale University, College Seminar Program)
Instructor

Developed and taught a data visualization course that emphasizes critical evaluation of visual representations
The emphasis was on instilling a thorough understanding of good data visualization principles.

Spring 2009

Created notes and detailed handouts for every class.
Co-taught lectures on computer graphics and volume rendering.
Developed and made available code samples and relevant data, which can be downloaded from the Book website

Spring 2009