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Pito Salas

Professor of the Practice
Pito  Salas
rpsalas@brandeis.edu
617-388-6367
Volen National Center for Complex Systems, 134

Departments/Programs

Computer Science
Volen National Center for Complex Systems

Degrees

Brandeis University, B.A.

Expertise

Applied Computer Science: Software Engineering, Software Development Methodologies, Large Scale Software Systems, Autonomous Mobile Robotics, Software Entrepreneurship .

Profile

As Professor of the Practice at Brandeis University I teach Software Entrepreneurship, Software Engineering, Software Design and Robotics. The thread running through this is "Applied Computer Science". I believe strongly that our students need to learn and become aware of how they can have a real impact on the world, in my case, by applying their Computer Science education. As a result, I invest a lot of time and energy to provide experiential experiences outside the classroom, team experiences as part of courses, and in general a connection to the outside world. My own interests are in Software Engineering of Large Systems, Open Source Software, new and innovative Computer Programming languages.

Before teaching I worked in a variety of roles in the Software Industry. I was the co-founder and former Chief Technology officer of eRoom Technology, Inc, an early an internet-based project collaboration application. While working at Lotus Development I was responsible for the work that led to Lotus Improv, credited by some with being the first appearance of the so-called "Pivot Table". Further, with my own firm, I have consulted to technology companies and developing new products.

Links of interest
  • Personal Technical Web Page

  • Software Engineering Course Web Site

  • Software Entrepreneurship Course Web Site

  • Mobile Robotics Lab Course Web Site

  • Pito Salas on ResearchGate

Webpage

Courses Taught

COSI 12b Advanced Programming Techniques
COSI 102a Software Entrepreneurship
COSI 105b Software Engineering for Scalability
COSI 119a Autonomous Robotics
COSI 166b Capstone Project for Software Engineering
COSI 167b Software Engineering Laboratory

Scholarship

Salas, Pito. "TEACHING CONTINUITY IN ROBOTICS LABS IN THE TIME OF COVID AND BEYOND." EDULEARN21 Conference, 2021.

Katherine Krajovic, Nikhil Krishnaswamy, Nathaniel J. Dimick, R. Pito Salas, James Pustejovsky. "Situated Multimodal Control of a Mobile Robot: Navigation through a Virtual Environment." RoboDial, Online. 2020.

Salas, R. Pito. "Reusable Learning Objects: An Agile Approach." Frontiers in Education 2020 (FIE 2020), Online. 2020.

Salas, Pito. "Teaching Robotics to Undergraduate Computer Science Students: A different approach." Frontiers In Education, Ohio. 2019.

Salas, R. Pito. "Second Chances: Does Allowing Homework Resubmissions Affect Student Learning?." Frontiers in Education, 2018, San Jose CA. Oct 6, 2018.

Salas, R. Pito. "Teaching Entrepreneurship in Computer Science: Lessons Learned." Frontiers in Education, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Oct 18, 2017.

Hickey, Timothy, Salas, R. Pito Salas. "The Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp: A New Model For Teaching Web/Mobile Development and Software Entrepreneurship." The 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE’13, Denver, Colorado, USA. ACM, 2013.



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