{"id":31,"date":"2012-08-10T12:18:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2016-01-18T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T15:05:17","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>B.S. Computer Science, Purdue University 1972<\/li>\n<li>M.A. Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin 1975<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Computer Science Clemson University 1995<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Experience<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>I have been teaching at the college level since 1996. Before that I was a graduate student at Clemson University working toward a Ph.D. in computer science. While in that program, I served as an instructor for week-long courses in object-oriented design and development at places such as Bell Labs and Bell Northern Research. Prior to graduate school at Clemson, I worked for 13 years as a software engineer. I had the opportunity to develop compilers, develop management information systems, develop test cases for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adahome.com\/Resources\/refs\/acvc.html\" target=\"_blank\">ACVC<\/a>, model systems using <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Structured_Analysis_and_Design_Technique\" target=\"_blank\">SADT<\/a>, and even manage a multi-million dollar contract.<br \/>\n<a title=\"View my Curriculum Vitae\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/files\/2015\/08\/CV_David_A_Sykes.pdf\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-89 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/files\/2015\/01\/Screen-Shot-2015-01-07-at-1.14.15-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"First page of the CV\" width=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View my Curriculum Vitae\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/files\/2015\/08\/CV_David_A_Sykes.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookup_sq.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of David Sykes\" width=\"400\" height=\"399\" align=\"right\" \/>Keep in mind<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Be resourceful.<\/p>\n<p>If a solution to a problem isn&#8217;t forthcoming, work harder.<\/p>\n<p>Find a need and fill it.<\/p>\n<p>If a job is worth doing, it&#8217;s worth doing right [sic].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdue.edu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-content\/uploads\/purdue.png\" alt=\"Purdue University\" width=\"95\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-content\/uploads\/utaustin.png\" alt=\"University of Texas at Austin\" width=\"93\" height=\"93\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-content\/uploads\/clemson.png\" alt=\"Clemson University\" width=\"93\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wofford.edu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-content\/uploads\/wofford.png\" alt=\"Wofford College\" width=\"93\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education B.S. Computer Science, Purdue University 1972 M.A. Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin 1975 Ph.D. Computer Science Clemson University 1995 Experience I have been teaching at the college level since 1996. Before that I was a graduate student at Clemson University working toward a Ph.D. in computer science. While in that program, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wofford.edu\/sykesda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}