Owen Astrachan 2016 image, 2013 official pic, 2013' official pic, 2008 official pic, 2003 official pic, a few years ago, many years ago, hard at work, biker-like dude, and self portrait

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Professor of the Practice of Computer Science

Computer Science Department

D241 LSRC, Research Drive, Box 90129

Duke University

Durham, NC 27708

(919) 660-6522, fax: (919) 660-6519

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We're revising our CS1/compsci 101 course and I'm (intermittently) blogging about the process.

I'm a CDEF: CISE Distinguished Education Fellow

code as a metaphor info from CS&IT and HarambeeNet

Slides from Recent Talks

bubblesort (see Barack Obama discuss Bubblesort)

Grace Hopper on Letterman!

Pickastudent executable jar and if that doesn't work try this: pick a random student code

Student Data Structure Songs (and videos)

Office Hours, Spring 2020 Monday 3-4, Tuesday 10-11, When my door is open and by appointment

I enjoy being called an idiot by my friends, acquaintances, and colleagues.

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