Dr. Tia Watts

Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department, at Sonoma State University.

Office: Darwin 116 E
Phone: (707) 664-2807
Email: tia.watts@sonoma.edu


Spring 2012 Schedule
Office Hours
Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm; Darwin 116 E or Darwin Lab
Tuesday noon - 1:00 pm; Darwin 116 E or Darwin Lab
or by appointment

CS 210 Introduction to Linux
Lab (Section 001) Thursday 9:00 - 11:50 am Darwin 28

CS 215 Programming II
Lecture (Section 001) Tuesday and Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 pm Darwin 29
Lab (Section 002) Tuesday 9:00 - 11:50 am Darwin 28

CS 242 Discrete Structures
Lecture (Section 001) Monday and Wednesday 2:00 - 3:50 pm Salazar 2009A

Educational Background

Dr. Watts received her Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh.


Research

Dr. Watts' primary research interest is in Computer Science Education. Currently she is working on a GUI interface for beginning programmers called SFC - A Structured Flow Chart Editor


Other Interests

Sonoma State Univerity Computer Programming Team
More information can be found at the CS 349 Problem Solving in a Competitive Team Environment website. Information about the upcoming ACM Programming Contests can be found at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest website.

Sonoma State Univerity Student Chapter of the ACM
More information can be found at the Computer Club website.

Women in CS Group
This informal group works to support women in the computer science program at SSU. Gatherings should be held approximately every month with a loose topic for discussion. Previous meetings have focused on issues and coping strategies for women in computer science. See WICS and Spring 2001 WICS Party Pictures.

Parallel Computing

Parallel Data Structures

Wild Bird Rescue
Santa Rosa Bird Rescue.