David Shaffer
Lecturer at Auburn University
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Shaffer is a computer science lecturer and former associate professor with 15+ years bridging higher education and commercial software development, combining a PhD in Physics with deep hands-on experience in desktop, mobile, and full‑stack web systems. He has built production systems in Java and C++ for manufacturing and contributed cloud-backed frameworks using AWS and Seaside earlier in his career, and today teaches and develops courses in mobile apps, web development, data science, and software engineering. Skilled in a wide range of languages from Java and Python to Smalltalk and Clojure, he is an active open-source contributor in the Smalltalk community and brings practical expertise in Docker and container orchestration into the classroom. He also runs robotics outreach and competition programs and administers UNIX/Linux labs, evidence of a pragmatic, project-focused approach to teaching and mentoring.
16 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at University of PittsburghBS, Physics, BS, Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (17)
smalltalk9
cryptography9
pharo9
rest-api6
java6
servlet5
kotlin5
javalin5
docker4
jetty4
scheme-interpreter3
interpreter2
web-framework2
laravel1
data-structure1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cdavidshaffer/gemstone-docker
Nov 2019 - Sep 2022
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
cdavidshaffer/CPSC4970-AI
Jun 2021 - Nov 2025
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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