About

Alark Joshi

Associate Professor, University of San Francisco

  • (2007) Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
  • (2001) M.S. Computer Science, University of Minnesota
  • (1999) B.E. Computer Engineering, Pune Institute of Computer Technology, University of Pune, India

Grants

  • Sami Rollins, Sophie Engle, Alark Joshi, Xornam Apedoe, Matthew Malensek, Eileen Fung, Gian Bruno, Community Engaged Scholars In Computer Science, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2019-2024, $650,000.
  • Alark Joshi, GirlTechPower - A workshop for middle-school and high-school girls in San Francisco, SanDisk Corporation, June 2016 - $24,000.
  • Alark Joshi and Dave Wolber, CS4HS - Building a sustained community of practice using Mobile CSP, Google Computer Science for High School Initiative, April 2016 - $34,500.
  • Alark Joshi, GirlTechPower - A workshop for high-school girls in San Francisco, AT&T, May 2015 - $20,000.
  • Alark Joshi, GirlTechPower - A workshop for middle-school and high-school girls in San Francisco, SanDisk Corporation, June 2015 - $24,000.
  • Alark Joshi and Dave Wolber, CS4HS - Building a sustained community of practice using Mobile CSP, Google Computer Science for High School Initiative, April 2015 - $34,000.
  • Alark Joshi, Amit Jain, Louis Nadelson, Tim Anderson, Jyh-haw Yeh, CS 10K - IDoCode. A Sustainable Model for Computer Science in Idaho High Schools, NSF Computing Education for the 21st Century, National Science Foundation (NSF), - $992,067.
  • Lisa Dawley, Chris Haskell, Alark Joshi, Andy Hung, Badges for Personalized Science Learning in 3D GameLab, HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation, May 2012 - $150,000.
  • Alark Joshi, Computational Thinking - An Introduction to Programming and Data Analysis, Google Computer Science for High School Initiative, March 2013 - $10,000.
  • Alark Joshi, Computational Thinking:An Introduction to Programming and Data Analysis, Google Computer Science for High School Initiative, April 2012 - $14,500.
  • Alark Joshi, Context-providing techniques for visualization of scientific simulations, Idaho National Labs (INL)Faculty Staff Exchange Initiative, April 2012 - $20,075.
  • Alark Joshi, Evaluating Team-Based Learning in a Sophomore Level Programming Class, Center for Teaching and Learning, Boise State University, March 2012 - $3,500.
  • Alark Joshi, Developing Novel Vision Techniques for Recognizing Sensor Pedestals in 3D photogrammetry, Electrical Geodesics Inc., June 2011 - $8033.
  • Alark Joshi, Instant Gratification - Interactive Learning Tools to Engage Students through Computer Science, Google Computer Science for High School Initiative, March 2011 - $15,000.

Awards

  • Full-Time Faculty Service Award in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Francisco (2023)
  • Sabbatical Research Award from the Provost's Office at the University of San Francisco (2020)
  • Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of San Francisco for (2015).
  • Best Panel Award at the IEEE Visualization 2010 conference for the panel “Perspectives on teaching data visualization”. Co–Panelists were Tamara Munzner, Gordon Kindlmann, Daniel Keefe, Jason Dykes (2009).
  • Best Panel Award at the IEEE Visualization 2009 conference for the panel “New faculty and postdoctoral fellows spill the beans”. Co–Panelists were Jeffrey Heer, Gordon Kindlmann, Miriah Meyer (2008).
  • Best Senator of the Year for the Graduate Student Association (2006).
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota (2001).

Students and mentoring

  • Michelle Quach, University of California at Santa Cruz (Ph.D) (B.S, 2023)
  • Chandana Srinivas, University of San Francisco (B.S, 2024)
  • Colm Lang, University of San Francisco (B.S, 2024)
  • Bhumika Srinivas, University of San Francisco (MSDS) (B.S, 2023)
  • Ariana Jorgensen, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2023)
  • Rubin Johny, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2023)
  • Tony Jimenez, University of San Francisco (B.S, 2022)
  • Alejandro Garcia, University of San Francisco (B.S, 2022)
  • Allison Wong, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2021)
  • Pragya Garg, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2021)
  • Lance Fernando, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2019)
  • Helen Chen, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2018)
  • Jia Hui Feng, University of San Francisco (B.S, 2017)
  • Gauri Joshi, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2018)
  • Thanawut Ananpiriyakul, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2018)
  • Shiyi Tan, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2018)
  • Han Xi, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2017)
  • Roderick Lisam, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2015)
  • Sindhuja Sridharan, University of San Francisco (M.S, 2014)

Sponsors