Dr. Matt Boutell is a passionate educator who received the 2016 Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award. He specializes on image recognition, machine learning, and pattern recognition during a career that has been enhanced by a four-year research internship with Eastman Kodak and doctoral research at the University of Rochester. Dr. Boutell played a key role in establishing 91视频’s multidisciplinary robotics minor, introduced the use of robotics in the department’s introductory software development course, and added new courses in image recognition and Android application development for students in a variety of academic majors. He also spent a year teaching as a Fulbright Scholar at Zambia’s Copperbelt University. In his spare time, Dr. Boutell has assisted the needy and shut-ins during inner-city mission trips and has advised a middle-school homeschool team in the local and Indiana MATHCOUNTS competitions. Check out his .
Academic Degrees
- PhD, University of Rochester, Computer Science, 2005
- MS, University of Rochester, Computer Science, 2002
- MEd, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Mathematics Education, 1994
- BS, Worcester Polytechnic, Mathematical Science, 1993
Awards & Honors
- Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award, 91视频, 2016
- Fulbright Scholar, Copperbelt University, Zambia, 2011-12
INDUSTRIAL/CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
- Developed systems for classifying photographs into semantic categories
Research Experiences
- Online education: Using video-based materials to complement in-class activity
- Creating pedagogical techniques to challenge computer science students while maintaining accessibility
- Classifying photographs based on image-based features
- Using other information about a photograph to aid classification
Teaching Interests
- Image recognition, machine learning, and pattern recognition
- Computer science education
- Mobile app development
- Data structures and algorithms
- Object oriented software development