Computer Science Developer
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State University of New York at Oswego
Department of Computer Science
Alex Pantaleev
Oswego, NY 13126
Curriculum Vitae B ****@**.******.***
Education
*/**** **.*. ** Computer Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Major: Software Engineering
Minors: Artificial Intelligence, Database Systems
Dissertation title: Dynamic Analyses in Enterprise Java Applications
Adviser: Atanas Rountev
12/2007 M.S. in Computer Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
5/2003 B.A. in Computer Science, The American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad,
Bulgaria, Summa Cum Laude.
Senior Thesis: Imperia, the Bulgarian Computer Game
ProfessionalExperience
8/2008presentAssistant Professor of Computer Science, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY.
Responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Computer Science, Software
Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Science, and Cognitive Science. Cre-
ated a Game Development concentration in the CS major after creating and teaching several
new courses relevant to the subject. Principal Investigator on a collaborative NSF grant
in the
amount of $199,372.
9/20066/2008Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Independently taught undergraduate courses in Computer Science and Software Engineering.
Assisted with curriculum development.
9/20048/2006Graduate Research Assistant, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Responsible for researching and developing decision support systems. Sponsored by the
Army
Research Labs and the Department of Defense.
5/20078/2007Google Summer of Code Developer, Google, Columbus, OH.
Participated in the development of the Google Web Toolkit.
5/20068/2006Google Summer of Code Developer, OhioLINK, Columbus, OH.
Created an instant messaging system.
5/20058/2005Google Summer of Code Developer, OhioLINK, Columbus, OH.
Created a community tagging framework and a corresponding web site.
1/20005/2003Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, The American University in Bulgaria,
Blago-
evgrad, Bulgaria.
Assisted with teaching an undergraduate course in Physics.
6/20019/2001Software Developer, Xyte, Madison, WI, summer contract position.
Designed and implemented a web application.
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GrantsAwarded,PrincipalInvestigator
8/2012 7/2015 Collaborative Research: Developing Course Modules to Teach Service-Oriented
Pro-
gramming through Exemplification and Visualization. This NSF TUES grant in the
amount of $199,372 includes collaboration with colleagues at RIT and Howard Uni-
versity.
6/200912/2009 Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee SCACfl grant at SUNY Oswego. The
award provided support in the form of teaching releasefl for the development of Dzver
during the autumn semester of 2009.
IndependentSoftwareDevelopment1/20091/2010 Designed Dzver, a constructionist instructional tool to be used in
introductory Com-
puter Science courses
9/200712/2007 Participated in the creation of the Gidget Pipeline Project, a collection
of programs and
projects that create a sustainable and replicable pipeline of support that stretches
from elementary school into adulthood, designed to encourage girls and women in
computing
2/2002 5/2003 Created Imperia the first Bulgarian Massively Multiplayer Online computer
game, a
free tick-based territorial strategy game. Solely developed every aspect of the game, in-
cluding gameplay algorithms, server, and front-end. Led and managed the community
that formed due to the overwhelming success of the game in Bulgaria.
StudentAwardsandHonorsunderDr.Pantaleev sSupervision
2012 Winner of the Computer Game competition, Quest, Joe Mirizio
2011 Computer Science Oebele G. Van Dyk Outstanding Senior award, James Daniello
2010 Best Computer Game, Quest, Aaron Marsh
AwardsandHonors
2008 Student Teaching Award, Finalist, Ohio State University
2003 2004 Ohio State University Fellowship for exceptional graduate students
6/2003 Five-star highest possiblefl recognition for Imperia, the first Bulgarian online
computer
game, awarded by Bulgaria s PC Club magazine
5/2003 Graduated summa cum laude from the American University in Bulgaria
1/2000 5/2003 Seven President s List awards out of seven possiblefl at the American
University in
Bulgaria for maintaining a cumulative Grade Point Average above 3.8
9/1999 5/2003 Seven Dean s List awards out of eight possiblefl at the American University
in Bulgaria
for acquiring a semestrial Grade Point Average above 3.8
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1994 1999 Multiple awards at various Bulgarian regional and national olympiads in
Computer
Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Literature. The high school level of
the Bulgarian olympiad in Computer Science is roughly equivalent to the university
level of the ACM programming competition.
CurriculumDevelopmentExperience
2011 Created a Game Development concentration in the Computer Science major at SUNY
Oswego
Fall 2011 Recreated from scratch and taught CSC470 Computer Graphics and CSC454 Simula-
tion and Virtual Worlds for inclusion in the concentration
Fall 2010 Created and taught a pilot course on Topics in Computer Games, which later
became
CSC430, in collaboration with Dr. Damian Schofield
Spring 2010 Created and taught a pilot course on Game Development, which later became
CSC455
Fall 2009 Created and taught a pilot course on Game Design, portions of which were later
incorporated in CSC430 and CSC454
TeachingExperience
8/2009 present Teaching an average of 1.6 independent studies per semester at SUNY
Oswego.
Advanced Studies in Java EE Jeremy Heiler, Advanced Java for the Web Chintan Modha,
Advanced Studies in Game Programming James Daniello, Advanced Studies in Computer
Graphics Aaron Marsh, Advanced Studies in Web Development Nicholas Poorman, Ad-
vanced Studies in Game AI James Daniello, Data Structures in Games Eric McDuffee, Ad-
vanced Graphical User Interfaces Rick Horn, Advanced Game Development Eric McDuffee,
Advanced Web Services Steven Pomerville, Explorations in Procedural Content Generation
Eric McDuffee
8/2008present Graduate and undergraduate courses taught at SUNY Oswego.
CSC455 Computer Game Development, CSC470 Computer Graphics, CSC430/HCI530 Topics
in Games, CSC490 Game Design, CSC435 Web Services, CSC454 Simultation and Virtual
Worlds, CSC420/HCI520 Graphical User Interfaces, CSC322 Systems Programming, CSC241
Abstract Data Types and Programming Methodology CS2fl.
9/2006 6/2008 Courses taught at The Ohio State University.
CSE757 Software Engineering, CSE201 Elementary Computer Programming, CSE202 Intro-
duction to Programming for Engineers and Scientists, CSE214 Data Structures for
Information
Systems.
1/2000 5/2003 Laboratories and exercises led at The American University in Bulgaria.
SCI110 Introduction to Physics.
Publications:BookChapters
Alan Katerinsky, Alex Pantaleev, and H. Raghav Rao. Turning westward: Information
policies
in post communist Romania and Bulgaria. In Esharenana Adomi, editor, Handbook of Research
on Information Communication Technology: Trends, Issues, and Advancements, pages 763
768. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, 2010.
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ConferenceProceedings
Alex Pantaleev, Adrian Ieta, and Carolina Ilie. just-in-time teaching: Computer science
meets physics. In The 119th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas,
June 2012.
Alex Pantaleev. In search of patterns: Disrupting rpg classes through procedural content
generation. In Procedural Content Generation in Games, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2012.
Adrian Ieta, Alex Pantaleev, and Carolina Ilie. An evaluation of the just-in-time
teaching
method across disciplines. In The 118th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver,
Canada, June 2011.
Alex Pantaleev. Dzver: A visual CS learning environment. In Innovation and Technology in
Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), page 387, Paris, France, July 2009. Poster Session.
Alex Pantaleev. A visual CS environment in the making. In SUNY Conference on
Instructional
Technologies (CIT), page 99, May 2009. Extended Abstract.
Alex Pantaleev and Atanas Rountev. Identifying data transfer objects in ejb applications.
In
Fifth International Workshop on Dynamic Analysis, May 2007.
Alex Pantaleev and John Josephson. Prospects for dynamic isr tasking and interpretation
based on standing orders to sensor networks. In Multisensor, Multisourse Information
Fusion:
Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications, April 2007.
Cvetelina Cekova, Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran, John Josephson, and Alex Pantaleev.
Simulation-based planning for peacekeeping operations: Selection of robust plans. In
Modeling
and Simulation for Military Applications, April 2006.
Alex Pantaleev and John Josephson. Higher-level fusion for military operations based on
abductive inference: Proof of principle. In Multisensor, Multisourse Information Fusion:
Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications, April 2006.
Presentations
Alex Pantaleev. Making computer games == fun. Faculty After Dark program, SUNY
Oswego, September 2012.
Alex Pantaleev. Computer game contest. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego, April 2012.
Alex Pantaleev. Considerations in game design. Eeriecon 2012, Niagara Falls, NY, April
2012.
Distinguished Guest.
Alex Pantaleev. Why make computer games? Faculty After Dark program, SUNY Oswego,
December 2011.
Alex Pantaleev. Cyborg or robot. SFContario 2011, Toronto, Canada, November 2011.
Distinguished Guest.
Adrian Ieta, Carolina Ilie, and Alex Pantaleev. Effective lectures using online quizzes.
In
SUNY Oswego Symposium on Teaching and Learning, October 2011. Poster Session.
Alex Pantaleev. World building in games. Eeriecon 2011, Niagara Falls, NY, May 2011.
Distinguished Guest.
Aaron Marsh and Alex Pantaleev. Space empires. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego, April
2011. Student Presentation.
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Joe Mirizio and Alex Pantaleev. Notifye: The laundry messenger. Quest Symposium, SUNY
Oswego, April 2011. Student Presentation.
Corey O Neill, Michael Kaine, and Alex Pantaleev. Avatar battles. Quest Symposium, SUNY
Oswego, April 2011. Student Presentation.
Nicholas Poorman and Alex Pantaleev. Social video tagging. Quest Symposium, SUNY
Oswego, April 2011. Student Presentation.
Aaron Marsh and Alex Pantaleev. Programming AI agents for the Asteroids game. Sigma Xi
Science Day, SUNY Oswego, March 2011. Student Presentation.
Alex Pantaleev. Video game theory and analysis. SUNY Oswego, February 2011. Invited
Lecture.
Alex Pantaleev. Designing strategy games. SFContario 2010, Toronto, Canada, November
2010. Distinguished Guest.
Jennifer Francisco and Alex Pantaleev. A quest in a text-based virtual world. Quest Sympo-
sium, SUNY Oswego, April 2010. Student Presentation.
Travis Nutting and Alex Pantaleev. A virtual world with a map editor. Quest Symposium,
SUNY Oswego, April 2010. Student Presentation.
Alex Pantaleev. Game programming competition. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego, April
2010.
Alex Pantaleev. Games, play, and stories. Eeriecon 2010, Niagara Falls, NY, April 2010.
Distinguished Guest.
Alex Pantaleev. Video game theory and analysis. SUNY Oswego, April 2010. Invited Lecture.
Alex Pantaleev. Weaving stories in computer games. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego, April
2010.
Alex Pantaleev. Computer game design: Steampunk worlds. Astronomicon 2009, Rochester,
NY, November 2009. Distinguished Guest.
Alex Pantaleev. Dzver: Helping CS students learn better. In SUNY Oswego Symposium on
Teaching and Learning, September 2009. Poster Session.
Daron Farina and Alex Pantaleev. Web rpg. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego, April 2009.
Student Presentation.
Brandon Gilfus and Alex Pantaleev. Sticky note organizer. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego,
April 2009. Student Presentation.
Jeremy Heiler and Alex Pantaleev. Mixtoogather. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego, April
2009. Student Presentation.
Chintan Modha and Alex Pantaleev. A panicking im client. Quest Symposium, SUNY
Oswego, April 2009. Student Presentation.
Alex Pantaleev. Computer game design. Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego, April 2009.
Alex Pantaleev. Making computer games. Eeriecon 2009, Niagara Falls, NY, April 2009.
Distinguished Guest.
Ben Paretzky, Dawn Orlandella, and Alex Pantaleev. Burner interface. Quest Symposium,
SUNY Oswego, April 2009. Student Presentation.
Nicholas Poorman and Alex Pantaleev. Airpwn gui for script kiddies. Quest Symposium,
SUNY Oswego, April 2009. Student Presentation.
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Alex Pantaleev. From the ground up: Constructionist environments for teaching CS
students.
Computer Science Lecture Series, SUNY Oswego, February 2009.
Alex Pantaleev. The FLOSS process. Ohio State University, February 2008. Invited Lecture.
BookReviews
Debu Panda, Reza Rahman, and Derek Lane. Ejb 3 in Action. Manning Publications Co.,
Greenwich, CT, USA, 2007
.
Service:Professional
6/20125/2013 PCG 2013, Organizer and Program Committee member.
3/20125/2012 PCG 2012, Program Committee member.
Service:UniversityandDepartment
4/2012 Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego.
Chaired the Computer Games session
8/2011present Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee, SUNY Oswego
.
8/2011present New Faculty Orientation Committee, SUNY Oswego
.
10/2011 Judged the regional ACM programming competition, SUNY Oswego
.
4/2011Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego.
Chaired the Computer Science session
10/2010 Judged the regional ACM programming competition, SUNY Oswego.
8/2010presentComputer Science Representative to the Campus Technology Advisory
Board,
Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego.
Chaired the Computer Games session
10/2009 Judged the regional ACM programming competition, SUNY Potsdam.
Spring 2009 Human-Computer Interaction Faculty Search Committee, SUNY Oswego, CS
Department.
4/2009Quest Symposium, SUNY Oswego
.
Chaired the Software Engineering session
1/20095/2010Seminar Coordinator, SUNY Oswego, Computer Science Department
.
10/2008 Judged the regional ACM programming competition, SUNY Oswego
.
9/2008present Serving on the board of the Human-Computer Interaction program, SUNY
Oswego.
8/2008present Curriculum Committee, SUNY Oswego, CS Department
.
8/2008present Recruiting, Alumni, and Advisement Committee, SUNY Oswego, CS Depart-
ment.
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Interests
Computer game design and develop- Artificial Intelligence
ment
Software development Computer Science Education
Free/Libre Open-Source Software Programming Languages
Languages
Bulgarian native
English fluent
German conversational
Russian conversationalReferences
Atanas Rountev, Ph.D. Rajiv Ramnath, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University The Ohio State University
Dreese Labs Dreese Labs
2015 Neil Avenue 2015 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210 Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-***-**** Phone: 614-***-****
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Paolo Bucci, Ph.D. Orlin Stoytchev, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University The American University in Bul-
Dreese Labs garia
2015 Neil Avenue 1 Georgi Izmirliev Square
Columbus, OH 43210 Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria
Phone: 614-***-**** Phone: +359fl 73-888-483
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