Research

Research Interests

Throughout my career, my research (and graduate education) interests and activities have been primarily in the broad areas of software engineering, programming languages, and concurrent and distributed programming.

1985–present

Continued the focus on formal methods for programming from my graduate studies—in the context of concurrent programming, imperative sequential programming, and functional programming.

1996–present

Added new interests in software architecture—including modular, object-oriented, and component-based programming; software families (frameworks, product lines); and software patterns.

2006–present

Added new interests in domain-specific languages, multiparadigm programming languages, and language design and processing.

2012–present

Added new interests in effective scholarly communication, critical thinking, and professionalism in the context of the computer science discipline.

2016–present

Added new interests in accessibility—in methods and tools for creating accessible, interactive course materials and textbooks and for design of inclusive software.

2019–present

Continued work with my students and colleagues on feature modeling, reactive programming, software patterns, safe and secure programming, accessibility, and other topics.

Multiparadigm Software Architecture Research Group

Primary faculty

• Dr. H. Conrad Cunningham, Professor Emeritus, University of Mississippi

Recent Graduate students

• Mr. Joao Paulo Oliveira Marum, MS, PhD student (ABD), University of Mississippi
  Also Graduate Instructor, Computer and Information Science (half-time)

• Mr. Hazim Shatnawi, MS, PhD student, University of Mississippi
  Also Systems Analyst II, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering (full-time)

Recent Undergraduate students

• Mr. Jacob Richards, May 2020 BSCS graduate, University of Mississippi
  (I sponsored Richards Spring 2020 Senior Project related to my efforts related to my accessible, interactive textbook project.)

• Mr. Hao Zhou, May 2019 BSCS graduate, University of Mississippi
  (I hired Zhou in 2017-18 in the Department’s internal research program for undergraduate to work on the accessible, interactive textbook project. As an MS student, he is working with Dr. Byung Jang.)

Recent Collaborators

• Dr. J. Adam Jones, Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
  (Co-advisor of J. P. Marum)

• Dr. Yi Liu, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (August 2005 PhD graduate)

Publications

I list my technical papers and other significant writings in a separate document.

Research Students

I list my graduate and other research students in a separate document.