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== [[MAP524/DPS924]] == === Quotes ===* "My pledge is to the process; as long as I have the resources at my disposal, I will seek to raise the bar for future generations of students of all ages." (George Lucas) [http://www.thescreeningroom.ca/2012/11/george-lucas-to-give-most-of-the-disney-cash.html] ===My Brief Bio ===I am Peter Liu. I began teaching C, C++ and Java programming at the School of Computer Studies in September 1998. I am a computer scientist by training and I love being an educator. [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~peter.liu/] My philosophy of education is that teaching and research complement each other. [http://chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Be-a-Good-Researcher-/128753/] My professional interests are computer science education and , [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/wiki open source software development], and geocomputing. I enjoy '''mentoring students''' to undertake independent study and applied research projects. I am a member of [http://www.acm.org/ ACM ] (Association of Computing Machinery), [http://www.sigcse.org/ SIGCSE] (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education), and [http://www.sigsoft.org/ SIGSOFT] (Special Interest Group on Software Engineering). At leisure time, I enjoy watching doing photography and appreciating paintings. [https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~pliu/pages/Art_links.html] Please visit my website for more details. [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~peter.liu]
===My Adventure with Open Source Development at Seneca College===
For my professional development, I want to find out how to teach and learn open source development. It is a privilege and honor for me to get ''immersed'' in the open source movement at Seneca. From '''January - April 2009''', [[User:JAnastasiade | Jordan Anastasaide]] has graciously allowed me to go alongside with his '''Eclipse Web Tools Platform (Eclipse WTP)''' class such that I may have ''first-hand experience'' on open-source development. I am excited about immersing myself in this culture of ''being open'' in fixing bugs. As suggested by Jordan, I am going to [http://pliu.wordpress.com/ blog] what I have experienced in this community as if I were a reporter on the field. What I have experienced for the last two weeks has already affected how I teach JAC444 and BTP400 this semester. Indeed I am using wikis as a teaching and learning tool for the first time in my teaching career... <br/>
==== The Thrill of Fixing a WTP Bug ====I enjoy enjoyed the experience of fixing a WTP bug. I'm glad to know that I have made a little bit of contribution to the the Eclipse WTP project.
'''Bug #256185''' [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=256185]
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==== More Surprises ====
Time flies. From '''May to August''', Jordan has again graciously allowed me to take part in his second Eclipse WTP class. As far as I'm concerned, the students in his Winter 2009 class ''have accomplished'' a lot within a course structure, bearing in mind that they started from zero. [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/DPS909_and_OSD600_Winter_2009_Eclipse_WTP_Summary] I'm looking forward to having another ''adventure'' with the Eclipse WTP student team. <br/>
Beginning with '''January 2011''', I have become an active member on the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/NexJ_Express NexJ Express project team] at Seneca College. I am looking forward to working along with a student to work on a sub-project called PostgreSQLAdapter. What's going to happen? We will see...
Beginning with '''September 2012''', I have become involved with the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Mobile_Medical_Device_Integration Mobile Medical Devices Integration project ], in partnership with NexJ Systems. Again, let's see what's going to happen...
'''Email address:''' peter.liu@senecac.on.ca.
*[[My Applied Research Log]]
*[[Canadian Colleges and Applied Research]]
* Eclipse (ACM 2011 Software System Award) [http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2012/technical-awards-2011][http://mmilinkov.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/acm-recognizes-eclipse/]* Want to be a Good Researcher? Try Teaching (August 18, 2011) [http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=712260389&ids=0Md3wVczwVc3sIdP0Qc3gMcP4Tb3ATdjwUdP0NdOMVe3cMdz8OcjsIc3APe3sSej0T&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod-b-ttle-68]* Software design cannot be neglected (May 9, 2012) [http://www.zdnetasia.com/software-design-cannot-be-neglected-62304732.htm]* Lost Programming Skills (IT World, August 05, 2011) [http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/190213/lost-programming-skills?page=0,0&source=ITWNLE_nlt_top10_2011-08-12]* Researchers Create the First GPS for the Blind [http://www.uab.es/servlet/Satellite/latest-news/news-detail/researchers-create-the-first-gps-for-the-blind-1096476786473.html?noticiaid=1340258260255]* 10 Highly Valued Soft Skills for IT Pros (2012) [http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-highly-valued-soft-skills-for-it-pros/3353?tag=nl.e101]* Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok]
'''Interesting Links'''
* Open source can innovate even beyond software (August 01, 2011) [http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/188439/open-source-can-innovate-even-beyond-software?source=ITWNLE_nlt_thisweek_2011-08-04]
*App developers could make better use of open source: Black Duck (ComputerWorld Canada, 7 April 2009) [http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/ddfe31cf-1d18-46e3-9be1-afd4a4253a2b.html]
*Seneca Update by Russell Pangborn (Toronto Users Group for Power Systems, May 2009) [http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/59603362#/59603362/10]
