David Shepherd

Associate Professor

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dshepherd@lsu.edu
Office 3272W
Patrick F. Taylor Hall

Educational Background

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, 2008

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Delaware, 2007

M.S. in Computer Science, University of Delaware, 2004

B.S. in Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia, 2002

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CSC 4332: Software Quality and Testing
CSC 4263: Video Game Design

Software Engineering
Robotics
Human Computer Interaction
CS Education

Henley, A. Z., Shepherd, D., & Fleming, S. D. (2024). Wandercode: An Interaction Design for Code Recommenders to Reduce Information Overload, Ease Exploration, and Save Screen Space. arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.14589.
Avgeriou, P., & Shepherd, D. C. (2024). Dear researchers-a new column sharing the perspective of software practitioners.
Cuber, I., Goncalves De Souza, J. G., Jacobs, I., Lowman, C., Shepherd, D., Fritz, T., & Langberg, J. M. (2024, May). Examining the Use of VR as a Study Aid for University Students with ADHD. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-16).
Ritschel, N., Fronchetti, F., Holmes, R., Garcia, R., & Shepherd, D. C. (2024, April). Blocks? Graphs? Why Not Both? Designing and Evaluating a Hybrid Programming Environment for End-users. In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE/ACM 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (pp. 326-327).
Schorr, L., Hadimani, R., Johnson, B., McFall, J., & Shepherd, D. (2024, March). High Temperature Insulator using Casted Ceramic for Collaborative Robotic Gripper in Additive Manufacturing. In APS March Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, pp. BB06-004).
Fronchetti, F., Ritschel, N., Schorr, L., Barfield, C., Chang, G., Spinola, R., ... & Shepherd, D. C. (2024, February). Block-based Programming for Two-Armed Robots: A Comparative Study. In Proceedings of the 46th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (pp. 1-12).
Zhang, Y., Tabares, S. O., Patt, R., Krug, D. L., Mead, H., Mouza, C., ... & Pollock, L. (2024). Examining Participation and Outcomes Among Middle School Students in a Virtual Camp on Coding with Music. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 594-601. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Fronchetti, F., Shepherd, D. C., Wiese, I., Treude, C., Gerosa, M. A., & Steinmacher, I. (2023, November). Do contributing files provide information about oss newcomers’ onboarding barriers?. In Proceedings of the 31st ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (pp. 16-28).
Krug, D. L., Kulibaba, R. J., Linzmeyer, D. A., Mouza, C., & Shepherd, D. C. (2023, November). Inspiring interest in computing using music: A case study on students lacking prior music education. In Simpósio Brasileiro de Informática na Educação (SBIE) (pp. 1612-1624). SBC.
Suleiman, A. D., Hou, D., Liu, Y., DeWaters, J., Small, M. M., de Souza, J. G., & Shepherd, D. (2023, October). Mapping learning objectives of project-based undergraduate software engineering courses to CC2020 competency model. In 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

2024: Top 5% of All Submissions CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Submission: Cuber, Isabelle, et al. 'Examining the Use of VR as a Study Aid for University Students with ADHD.' Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024, pp. 1-16.
2018: Top 5% of All Submissions CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Submission: Weintrop, David, et al. 'Evaluation CoBlox: A Comparative Study of Robotics Programming Environments for Adult Novices.' Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018, pp. 1-12.
2017: Top 5% of All Submissions CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Submission: Züger, Manuela, et al. 'Reducing Interruptions at Work: A Large-Scale Field Study of Flowlight.' Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2017, pp. 61-72.
2017: Fred Fletcher Outstanding Program Volunteer Award, City of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC.
2017: Most Influential Paper Award (10 Year Retrospective) International Concerence on Aspect-Oriented Software Development. Submission: Shepherd, David, et al. 'Using Natural Language Program Analysis to Locate and Understand Action-Oriented Concers.' Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, 2017, pp. 212-224.1.
2016: Top Publisher, ABB Corporate Research USA Raleigh, NC.
2012: Top 5% Contributor, Microsoft's Visual Studio Gallery Online.
2007: Frank A. Peterson Graduate Student Achievement Award (Top Graduating CS Ph.D. Student), University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
2002 Co-Valedictorian, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

2023: Developing of a Novel Virtual Reality Treatment for Emerging Adults with ADHD, $402,277.
2021, 2023 (Transfer to LSU): Collaborative Research: Minoritized Youth Computer Science Learning, Belonging and Career Interest: Coding and Creating with Beats, $180,605.
2021, 2023 (Transfer to LSU): Collaborative Research: Supporting Project-Based Learning in Undergraduate Software Engineering Courses, $138,601.