David Shepherd
Associate Professor
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Shepherd is an associate professor and software engineering researcher with 14 years of industry and academic experience, currently directing ABB’s software engineering research to boost developer productivity and improve product quality. He bridges applied research and practical tool-building, having moved between universities (University of Delaware, UBC, VCU, LSU) and industry roles at Tasktop and ABB, which gives him a rare perspective on both product engineering and empirical software studies. His work focuses on creating developer-focused tools informed by rigorous research, and he brings a track record of translating academic findings into deployable engineering improvements. Based in Baton Rouge, he combines a PhD in computer science with hands-on software development experience, making him equally fluent in research methods and real-world engineering constraints. An understated strength is his ability to evangelize technical ideas across academia and industry, accelerating adoption of research-backed practices.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Computer Science, M.Sc., Computer Science at University of DelawareB.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University
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Github Skills (24)
eclipse6
lcs6
shipit6
passthrough6
mylyn6
data-mining5
kotlin4
android3
data-visualization3
computer-vision3
object-detection3
replication3
robotics3
virtual-reality3
analytics3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
davidcshepherd/codebeats
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:43 commits, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
abb-iss/Sando
Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
Contributions:29 commits in 1 month
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