Dave Mason

I'm a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Ryerson University.

You can click here to see my timetable, or click here to see courses I am teaching or have previously taught.
I have supervised numerous undergraduate thesis students, and I'm always interested in more. You can see possible thesis topics here.
I am supervising some graduate students.

My Curriculum Vitae is here, including committee work.

I am a member of the Software Analysis Research Group, where we are looking at:

"Programming for the rest of us" - a programming language/environment to make programming - particularly of dynamic or large datasets - accessible to the non-programmers of the world.
an up-front optimizing Java compiler called OptiJava
issues relating to software reliability engineering, particularly Probabilistic Program Execution using Smalltalk,
programming languages, particularly pure object-oriented languages like Smalltalk, Self and Ruby and mostly-functional languages like Scheme and Clojure,

My other academic interests include teaching and attempting to remove impediments to success in computer science for under-represented members of society (particularly women). I am also interested in literate programming and other aspects of text formatting.

Telephone:	416-979-5063 or 416-979-5000x7061 Fax:416-979-5064
Mailing address:	Ryerson University, School of Computer Science 350 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3
Office location:	ENG260, George Vari Centre for Computing and Engineering, 245 Church Street (interactive MAP SE corner, Gould & Church, 1 block north of Dundas, 1 block east of Yonge)
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	I'm a little embarrassed... I thought I'd be about 80!