Dr. Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
Professor
Department of Software and Information Systems
College of Computing and Informatics
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
En la vida todo es ir
a lo que el tiempo deshace.
Sabe el hombre donde nace
y no donde va a morir.
-- Juan A. Corretjer
Research
My research is in Human-computer interaction and Computer Science Education.
Teaching (and course coordinator)
ITSC 2214 Data Structures and Algorithm.
Professional Service
I participate on a number of organizations outside of UNCC.
- Member of the Board of Directors for the Computing Research Association (CRA)
- Member of the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine (CWSEM) at the National Academies of Science, Engineering.
- Website manager for the SIGCSE organization, the premier professional organization on Computer Science Education (but I am biased).
Previous Jobs
- Program Officer, EWF Cluster, National Science Foundation
- Associate Dean, College of Computing and Informatics, UNC Charlotte
- Associate Chair, Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech
- Associate Dean, Graduate School, Virginia Tech
- Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UPR Mayagüez
- Visiting Professor, US Naval Academy
- Visiting Professor, Northeastern University
- Computer Scientist, Naval Research Lab
Awards
- 2025: I will be receiving the 2025 ACM SIGCSE Distinguished Service to the Computer Science Education Community
- 2019: ACM Distinguished Member for Outstanding Educational Contributions to Computing
- 2018: A. Nico Habermann Award from the Computing Research Association
- 2017: ACM Senior Member for demonstrated performance through technical leadership, and technical or professional contributions.
- 2017: Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science and Diversifying Computing, given annually to an individual who is a distinguished computational scientist, computer scientist or computer engineer and who is making significant contributions to civic areas such as teaching, mentoring, advising, and building and serving communities.
More
Visit my personal/professional page at http://mapq.github.io/ for more about my work.
Mis canciones favoritas
El Buen Borincano - Rafael Hernández
Si yo no hubiera nacido
en la tierra en que nací
estuviera arrepentido
de no haber nacido allí.
Boricua en la luna - Juan Antonio Corretjer
… Pues según alguien me cuenta
dicen que la luna es una
sea del mar o sea montuna
y asi le grito al villano
yo sería borincano aunque naciera en la luna.