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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of San Francisco. I also teach courses for the  Masters in Analytics (MSAN) program. I graduated with my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis under the guidance of Matt Bishop, Sean Peisert, and many others at the SecLab. I received my B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, studying networking and computer security with Ken Dick and Blaine Burnham at the Peter Kiewit Institute. I also frequently collaborate with my significant other, Sean Whalen.

My recent research focuses on applied data visualization (especially to problems in computer security) and computer science education. Please see my Publications for more information.

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CS 212 Software Development
CS 326 Data Visualization
MSAN 622 Information Visualization

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Cybersecurity Workshop @ ISI 2013

posted Apr 22, 2013, 12:11 PM by Sophie Engle

I will be at the Evaluating Security Visualizations in Supporting Analytical Reasoning & Decision Making in Cybersecurity workshop co-located with the IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics 2013 conference in Seattle Washington on June 4, 2013 presenting a short position paper titled "Reflecting on Visualization for Cyber Security" by Carrie Gates and myself.

CCSC-SW Presentation

posted Apr 6, 2013, 1:03 PM by Sophie Engle

I have posted my slides from the presentation I gave today at CCSC-SW.

New Position

posted Apr 1, 2013, 4:16 PM by Sophie Engle

I am delighted to announce that I will be returning to the University of San Francisco in fall 2013 as a tenure-track professor. This means I will teach fewer courses per year, allowing more time for research.

Lecture: How to Lie with Data Visualization

posted Feb 12, 2013, 3:42 PM by Sophie Engle

I gave an example lecture today titled "How to Lie with Data Visualization (in R)". I have posted my slides and R code, but keep in mind much of the discussion during the lecture is not reflected in the slides themselves.

Upcoming Talks

posted Feb 8, 2013, 10:59 AM by Sophie Engle   [ updated Feb 8, 2013, 3:52 PM ]

I'll be giving two talks on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. 

All CS students are welcome to attend both talks!

The Islands of Benoît Mandelbrot

posted Jan 3, 2013, 5:06 PM by Sophie Engle

We went to the exhibit "The Islands of Benoît Mandelbrot: Fractals, Chaos, and the Materiality of Thinking" at the Bard Graduate Center Focus Gallery today. It was really great to see all of the early printouts and hand notes from Mandelbrot, Hubbard, Lorenz, Rössler, and many others. I especially loved this printout/hand notes from Lorenz:

SciCafe

posted Jan 2, 2013, 6:33 PM by Sophie Engle

Went to my first SciCafe at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The talk and atmosphere was great!

IEEE S&P Posters

posted Nov 14, 2012, 10:19 PM by Sophie Engle

I will be the Posters chair for the 34th annual IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. The symposium will be held from May 19–22 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, California. We will solicit poster submissions in April of next year.

Game Jam

posted Nov 14, 2012, 7:06 PM by Sophie Engle   [ updated Nov 14, 2012, 7:06 PM ]

Our first annual CS Night Game Jam will be held at 4:30pm on CS Night, Thursday, December 6, 2012. Compete against other teams to build the best game in two hours! The games will be showcased at CS Night and the winning team will receive a prize. Go to http://gamejam.cs.usfca.edu/ for more information and to sign up!


CS Night

posted Nov 14, 2012, 7:03 PM by Sophie Engle   [ updated Nov 14, 2012, 7:04 PM ]

Our 11th annual CS Night will be Thursday, December 6, 2012 starting at 6:30pm (or 4:30pm if you participate in the Game Jam as well). Craig Conway, Director of Saleforce.com, will be giving the keynote address! Go to http://cs.usfca.edu/news/csnight.html for more information and to RSVP!


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