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David Schmidt

Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Kansas State University
234 Nichols Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506 USA

Phone: +1-785-532-7912; +1-785-532-6350.
Fax: +1-785-532-7353.
Email: das at ksu.edu (old address: schmidt at cis.ksu.edu)

Teaching: CIS301, spring 2010

Hardcover textbooks:
* Denotational Semantics: A Methodology for Language Development (Allyn and Bacon, 1986; out of print, but you can download it)
* The Structure of Typed Programming Languages (MIT Press, 1995; still available)

Online textbooks:
* Programming Principles in Java: Architectures and Interfaces (contracted to Scott-Jones Press)
* CS1 course text; Python-based
* CS2 (data structures) course text; Java-based
* programming logic
* programming-language paradigms

Recent Publications and Presentations

Misc: NewsWeatherSearch | Vita

Pavarotti loves elephants | Coffee jitters | Le petit Nicolas en thèse

Is your course grade ``realistic'' or ``ironic''?

A soap story

Youtube: Flagstad 1938 | Furtwängler 1942 | Coltrane 1965 | Ronettes 1965 | Supremes 1965 | Spirit 1970
Cheney on CSPAN 1994: ``Invasion of Iraq Would Lead to 'Quagmire' ''

The Mighty 1090 KAAY

Pizzas 1 and 2 from my niece and nephew, via Tony's in Salina.