Benjamin Stephenson

Benjamin Stephenson

Positions

Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science

Contact information

Email

bdstephe@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Website

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-6781

Location

Office: ICT704

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, 2006

B.S. Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, 2001

Research

Areas of Research

Computer science education

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
CPSC 585 Games Programming Winter

Awards

  • Faculty of Science Educational Leadership Award, University of Calgary. 2018
  • Faculty of Science Early Career Scholarship Excellence Award, 2015
  • University of Calgary Conference on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching Best Poster Award, 2015
  • Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Service, 2011
  • Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010

Publications

  • An Experience Using On-Computer Programming Questions During Exams. Ben Stephenson. Proceedings of the 23rd Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE '18), ACM. 6 pages. (2018)
  • Exam Wrappers: Not a Silver Bullet. Daniel Zingaro; Ben Stephenson; Diane Horton; Danny Heap; Michelle Craig; Elaine Huynh. ACM. (2018)
  • WCCCE '19: Proceedings of the Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education. Benjamin D Stephenson. ACM. 79 pages. (2019)
  • Nifty Assignments. David Liu; William M. Mongan; Julie Zelenski; Nick Parlante; Kendall Bingham; Ben Stephenson; Diane Horton; Allison Obourn; Benjamin Dicken; Jeffrey L. Popyack. Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19), ACM. 2 pages. (2019)
  • Coding Demonstration Videos for CS1. Ben Stephenson. Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19), ACM. 7 pages. (2019)
  • Nifty Assignments. Ben Stephenson; Michael Guerzhoy; Julie Zelenski; Phil Ventura; Josh Hug; David Reed; Ali Malik; Nick Parlante. Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '18). 2 pages. (2018)