Mattox Beckman
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Education
- PhD in Computer Science / University of Illinois at Urbana / 2003
- BS in Math and Computer Science / University of Illinois at Urbana / 1993
Research Interests
- Programming Languages
- Computer Science Education
Research Areas
Service on Department Committees
- International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) Coach (Fall 2018 to Present)
Teaching Honors
- Teaching Fellow / Illinois Institute of Technology (August 2012 -- July 2015)
- Teacher of the Year / Illinois Institute of Technology (December, 2006)
Recent Courses Taught
- CS 101 - Intro Computing: Engrg & Sci
- CS 199 225 - CS 225 Honors
- CS 199 CTS - Computational Tech & Society
- CS 225 - Data Structures
- CS 296 25 - Honors Course
- CS 421 - Progrmg Languages & Compilers
- CS 491 CAP (CS 491 WF) - Adv Competitive Algorithm Prog
- CS 491 FPL - Functional Programming Languag
- CS 591 TA (CS 591 TAO) - Teaching Assistant Training
- CS 591 TAO - Computational Topology
- CS 591 TAO - Teaching Asst Training
- ENG 580 (ECE 590 TL, ENG 598 TL) - Teaching and Leadership
- ENG 598 TL2 - Teaching and Leadership 2
News Notes
- 5/29/2024
Team Ippatsu placed second and won silver at the International Collegiate Programming Contest North American Championship on May 27, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. The Illinois computer science student team of Aditya Jain, Yuuki Sawanoi, and Zhikun Wang coached by Mattox Beckman, qualified for the 48th World Finals held in Astana, Kazakhstan in September.
- 4/19/2024
Illinois computer science professor Mattox Beckman won the ICPC Coach’s Award for bringing 5+ teams to The International Collegiate Programming Competition World Finals on April 18, 2024, in Luxor, Egypt.
- 4/19/2024
The Illinois computer science student team with Zhenwei Hu, Aditya Jain, and Sean Liu placed 70th at The International Collegiate Programming Competition World Finals on April 18, 2024, in Luxor, Egypt.
- 3/1/2024
CS student Team Ippatsu (Aditya Jain, Yuuki Sawanoi, Zhikun Wang) won first place at the regional International Collegiate Programming Contest hosted by UIUC. They advance to the ICPC North American Championship. Thanks to coaching and assistance from Mattox Beckman (CS professor), David Zheng (ECE grad student), and James Tang (MEng grad student).