Jim Teresco
Computer Science Department Chair at Siena University
City of Amsterdam, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJim Teresco is a seasoned computer science educator and department leader with over a decade of experience shaping undergraduate curricula and mentoring students in systems, algorithms, and parallel computing. As Computer Science Department Chair and long-time professor at Siena College, he combines classroom teaching of courses like Operating Systems and Parallel High Performance Computing with hands-on research in parallel and distributed computing and algorithm visualization. He leads the METAL (Map-Based Educational Tools for Algorithm Learning) project, engaging undergraduates as contributors and co-authors, and also maintains practical projects such as Travel Mapping on his GitHub. Jim’s work bridges rigorous research—dynamic load balancing for scientific computation—with a passion for making complex algorithms accessible through visualization. Based in Amsterdam, NY, he is active in the SIGCSE and CCSCNE communities, bringing regional academic leadership to liberal-arts computing education. Outside academia he balances his technical career with seasonal work as a PSIA-certified ski instructor, reflecting a knack for teaching in diverse settings.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Union CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (26)
data-collection10
renewable-energy10
firebase10
javascript9
data-processing9
react9
python8
traits6
datasets6
calculator6
swing5
abaqus5
biodiversity5
java5
spring5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
TravelMapping/RailwayData
Jul 2023 - Jun 2026
Travel Mapping's Railway Data
Contributions:219 PRs, 250 pushes, 50 comments in 2 years 11 months
SienaCSISOperatingSystems/sysprog-examples
Sep 2020 - Oct 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 5 years 1 month
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