Faculty Profile

Russel Pears

Title
Clinical Associate Professor
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
College
College of Engineering

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
CSCE 5210.001, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2023 Syllabus
CSCE 5210.002, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2023 Syllabus
CSCE 5210.600, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2023 Syllabus
CSCE 5950.824, Master's Thesis, Fall 2023 Syllabus
CSCE 5214.002, Software Development for Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2023 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    CSCE 4380.002, Data Mining, Summer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5380.001, Data Mining, Summer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5380.002, Data Mining, Summer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.001, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.002, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.600, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 4201.001, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5215.002, Machine Learning, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5215.003, Machine Learning, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5215.600, Machine Learning, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5900.824, Special Problems, Spring 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    CSCE 5210.001, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.002, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.600, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5214.002, Software Development for Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5900.824, Special Problems, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    CSCE 5380.001, Data Mining, Summer 10W 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5380.002, Data Mining, Summer 10W 2022  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.001, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 4201.001, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5215.002, Machine Learning, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5215.003, Machine Learning, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5215.600, Machine Learning, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5214.001, Software Development for Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5150.001, Analysis of Computer Algorithms, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5150.003, Analysis of Computer Algorithms, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.001, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    CSCE 5210.008, Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2021 
                    

                    CSCE 5214.002, Software Development for Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2021  SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Conference Proceeding
Pears, R.  (2021). Fingerprinting Concepts in Data Streams with Supervised and Unsupervised Meta-Information. Yes, this was part of Ben Halstead's PhD research whom I supervised when I was in New Zealand. 2021 IEEE 37th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9458895
Journal Article
Pears, R.  (2022). Novel method for optimizing performance in resource constrained distributed data streams. Yes, this is a paper that is part of Rashi Bhalla PhD research. Rashi is a former PhD student of mine.. 1-19.  New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-021-03019-5
Pears, R.  (2021). Analyzing and repairing concept drift adaptation in data stream classification. Yes, part of Ben Halstead's PhD research which I supervised along with members of staff at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. 1-35. Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10994-021-05993-w
Pears, R.  (2021). Recurring concept memory management in data streams: exploiting data stream concept evolution to improve performance and transparency. 35, 796-836. SpringerLink. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10618-021-00736-w
Pears, R.  (2021). Topical affinity in short text microblogs. Yes, this was part of Herman Wandabwa's work whom I supervised when I was at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. Wiley. 
Pears, R. L. Multi-interest semantic changes over time in short-text microblogs. 228(27), . Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2021.107249



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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