Joseph Grafsgaard
Ph.D. student
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University
Engineering Building II
890 Oval Drive
Raleigh, NC 27695-8206
U.S.A.

E-mail: j f g r a f s g <at> n c s u <dot> e d u


General Information

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at North Carolina State University. 

Education

Ph.D. student, Computer Science (in progress)
North Carolina State University

B.A., Computer Science (2005)
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Publications

Posters and Presentations

SPARCS Middle School Outreach.   Joseph Grafsgaard, Christopher Assi, Samuel Jean-Phillip, Amanda Macik, Kristen Respers, Jennifer Robison.  STARS Alliance:  A National Partnership for Broadening Participation in Computing Third Annual Workshop, Auburn, Alabama, 2008.*

Community & Leadership Activities

President, Computer Science Graduate Student Association (CSC GSA)
Developing events and initiatives to enrich and support our graduate student community (~500 students).
Fall 2007 - Present

Computer Science Workshop Director, NCSU Engineering Summer Camps
Led computer science workshop for high school students, with emphasis on computer programming in Alice and C++.
Summer 2008

SPARCS Middle School Outreach Coordinator, Raleigh STARS Student Leadership Corps
Introduced middle school students to computer science through hands-on workshops.  Please refer to the poster for more details.
2007-2008 Academic Year

Computer Science Workshop Assistant, NCSU Engineering Summer Camps
Helped introduce high school students to computer programming in Alice.
Summer 2007

Awards

*Middle School Outreach Poster Award, STARS Alliance Third Annual Workshop, Auburn, Alabama, 2008.
  Seven posters were awarded among six categories, ours was the sole recipient in the Middle School Outreach category.
   STARS Alliance Third Annual Workshop news article  

Honorable Mention, IBM Master the Mainframe 2007.
  Placed 10th out of 1,750 competitors across the United States and Canada.
   IBM Master the Mainframe 2007 Honorable Mentions  


 
Last Updated October 13, 2008