Gwendolyn Walton, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
"My goal as a teacher is to create opportunities for students to design and implement computing applications as they learn and apply fundamental concepts and theory-based practices. Because I view the teacher and the students as collaborators in the learning process, I expect students to be actively engaged in the classroom and in project work outside of class."
Dr. Walton is a Professor of Computer Science and is the Charles and Mildred Jenkins Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. She serves as an advisor to students majoring in Computer Science or Computer Science/Mathematics, and she directs undergraduate reseaerch and projects in computer science.
Dr. Walton's previous professional experience includes: Senior CyberSecurity Research Consultant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University; Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Central Florida; President of Software Engineering Technology, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Division Manager, and Senior Systems Analyst for Science Applications International Corporation, Inc.; and Senior Data Systems Programmer for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Inc.
Dr. Walton's research interests involve rigorous methods for specification and evaluation of software systems. She has published many technical papers in software engineering and computer science conferences and journals and has directed graduate and undergraduate student research that has resulted in papers presented at regional and national professional meetings.
Courses Taught
Honors Thesis; Senior Seminar in Computer Science; Operating Systems; Systems Design and Development; Software Engineering; Artificial Intelligence; Undergraduate Research in Computer Science; Programming and Data Structures II; Programming and Data Structures I; Computer Game Design; Programming Language Concepts; Database Analysis and Design; Data Structures; Programming II; Computer Organization and Architecture; Programming I; Bits, Bots, and Games; Visual Basic Programming
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Tennessee
M. S., Mathematics, University of Tennessee
B.S., Mathematics Education, University of Tennessee
Honors and Awards
Senior Member of the IEEE
The Charles and Mildred Jenkins Endowed Chair in Mathematics & Computer Science
Miller Distinguished Faculty Award
KME Mathematics Honor Society
Recent publications
G. H. Walton, "Technology-Supported Collaborative Service Learning in Undergraduate Computer Science Courses," Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 27, Issue 4, April 2012.
G. H. Walton, “Mathematics: The Language We Use When Words Aren't Sufficient.”, Plenary address, Suncoast Regional Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Lakeland, FL, December 2011.
G. H. Walton and R. C. Linger, "Security Requirements as Functional Behaviors for System Analysis", 9th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, April 2010.
G. Walton, T. Longstaff, and R. Linger, “Computational Evaluation of Software Security Attributes”, Proceedings of the 22th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS-42), Hawaii, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, January 2009.
R. W. Collins, A. R. Hevner, G. H. Walton, R. C. Linger, “The impacts of function extraction technology on program comprehension: A controlled experiment,” Information and Software Technology, Volume 50, Issue 11, October 2008, pp 1165-1179.
A. R. Hevner, R. Linger, M. Pleszkoch, S. Prowell, and G. Walton, “Flow-Service-Quality(FSQ) Engineering: A Discipline for Developing Systems of Systems,” Chapter in Information Systems Analysis and Design: Foundations, Methods, and Practices, Edited by R. Chiang and K Siau, Advances in Management Information Systems Monograph Series, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2008.
C. K. Fung, P. C. K. Hung, G. Wang, R. L. Linger, G. H. Walton, “A Service-Oriented Composition Framework with QoS Management”, International Journal of Web Services Research, 3(3), July – September, 2006.
G. H. Walton, T. Daly, M.G. Pleszkoch, S. J. Prowell, “Next-Generation Software Engineering: Science and Technology Strategies,” Next-Generation Software Engineering Workshop, 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39), Hawaii, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, January, 2006.