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Tom Halverson

Tom Halverson

Tom Halverson

Professor

Department

The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences

Education

Ph.D., University of Iowa
M.S., University of Iowa
B.A., University of Minnesota-Morris

Biography

Dr. Tom Halverson has been a Computer Science faculty member at Dakota State University since 1999. He received a BA from the University of Minnesota, Morris and MS as well as PhD from The University of Iowa. Tom focuses on teaching, student engagement, and out-of-class projects. He is committed to all facets of student success. For 10 years, he served as Dean, but has returned to a faculty position. Tom is the advisor to the DSU Computer Club – the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Through this group, he organized “Help Night” to encourage peer mentoring for all levels of computer courses. He also organizes student volunteers for campus events, K-12 outreach, and campus projects.

Contact

Office Location: Beacom Institute of Technology
Phone: (605) 256-5901
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Dr. Tom Halverson has been a Computer Science faculty member at Dakota State University since 1999. He focuses on teaching, student engagement, and out-of-class projects, and is committed to all facets of student success, in and out of the classroom. For 10 years, he served as dean, but returned to the faculty in 2014. Halverson is the advisor to the DSU Computer Club, the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He encourages peer mentoring for all levels of computer courses. He also organizes student volunteers for campus events, K-12 outreach, and campus projects. Additionally, he is the advisor for the Cooking & Gardening Club, the DSU ACM-W chapter, and Projects and Activities Club.

He also works extensively on program/course development, assessment, class scheduling, student recruitment, and advising.

Halverson teaches a wide array of courses with no particular specialty area, but most are in the undergraduate Computer Science core. He has developed several innovative courses and programs at DSU. Teaching is the most important and more rewarding part of being a faculty member.

Halverson is the director for two research labs in the Madison Cyber Lab. The first MadLab focuses on software development and innovative technologies as it relates to smart home technologies. The Connected Home Project was established in collaboration with East River Electric. Funding was provided by East River Election and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

The second lab, referred to as the Success Lab, focuses more broadly on student projects and software development. The projects carried out in this lab provide students with valuable experience.

Additional grant and research activities include collaborating with colleagues on INSuRE, GenCyber, and Cyber Corps. Each semester, Tom also supervises a number of undergraduate student projects.