Karen Jin

Karen Jin
Associate Professor
Phone: (603) 641-4398
Office: Applied Engineering & Sciences, 88 Commercial Street, RM 139, Manchester, NH 03101
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Dr. Karen Jin is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UNH Manchester. Prior to joining UNH in 2012, she held faculty positions over ten years at University of Windsor and Dalhousie University in Canada. She has taught introductory programming as well as more advanced courses in Data Structures, System Programming, Object-Oriented Programming and Design, Software Engineering, Principles of Programming Languages, and Machine Learning. Her hands-on teaching philosophy allows students to put concepts into action, better preparing them with theoretical foundations and practical skills for the workforce. Dr. Jin's research interests include developing best practices in curriculum and instructional design for teaching computing courses, as well as promoting elementary computational literacy and improving computing education across the entire educational pipeline. She is also interested in novel curriculum design in applied machine learning and data science at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Jin is the faculty advisor for the computing internship program at UNH Manchester. She is also the director and founder of the UNH EPIC (Elementary Program Introducing Computing) program. Since 2013, the EPIC program has partnered with local schools to introduce computational concepts to young students. She has received external funding awards that support the broadening participation of students in computing. Dr. Jin graduated from Shanghai University with a Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering. She earned an M.S. in Computer Science (2001) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2010) from the University of Windsor.

Courses Taught

  • COMP 405: Intro to Web Design & Devel
  • COMP 574: Applied Computing 2
  • COMP 690: Internship Experience
  • COMP 690/890: Internship Experience
  • COMP 690/891/892: Internship Experience
  • COMP 740/840: ML Applications/Tools
  • COMP 840: ML Applications/Tools
  • COMP 890: Internship
  • COMP 891: Internship Practice
  • COMP 892: Applied Research Internship
  • COMP 898/899: Master's Project
  • COMP/DATA 690: Internship Experience
  • COMP/DATA 690/890/690: Internship Experience
  • COMP/DATA 690/891/690: Internship Experience
  • COMP/DATA 690/891/892/690: Internship Experience
  • COMP/GRAD 898/899/900: Master's Project
  • COMP/GRAD 898/900: Master's Project
  • DATA 690: Internship Experience
  • GRAD 900: Master's Continuing Research
  • UMST 500: Internship

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Windsor, Ontario
  • M.S., University of Windsor, Ontario
  • B.S., Shanghai University

Research Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computing Education

Selected Publications

  • Jin, K. H., & Charpentier, M. (2020). Instructional Design and Assessment for Teaching Elementary Students Abstract Computational Concepts. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

  • Jin, K. H., & Charpentier, M. (2020). Automatic Programming Assignment Assessment Beyond Black-box Testing. J. Comput. Sci. Coll.. Retrieved from http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3205191.3205223

  • Jin, K. H. (2019). Modular Tasks Design for Teaching Young Students on Physical Computing Platforms. In Unknown Conference (pp. 106-111). doi:10.1145/3349266.3351416

  • Students’ Misconceptions of Gradient Descent Algorithm in an Machine Learning Course (2019).

  • Jin, K. H. (2019). Students’ Misconceptions of Gradient Descent Algorithm in an Machine Learning Course. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 34(6).

  • Jin, K. H. (2019). Engaging K-12 Learners through Collaborative Physical Computing Project. In Proceedings of the 2019 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology - RESPECT'19. Minneapolis, MN,.

  • Jin, K. H., Eglowstein, H., & Sabin, M. (2018). Using Physical Computing Projects in Teaching Introductory Programming. In Unknown Conference (pp. 155). doi:10.1145/3241815.3241879

  • Jin, K. H., Haynie, K., & Kearns, G. (2016). Teaching Elementary Students Programming in a Physical Computing Classroom. In Unknown Conference (pp. 85-90). doi:10.1145/2978192.2978238

  • Jin, K. H., & Kearns, G. (2015). Just Enough Programming for Eight-years Olds (Abstract Only). In Unknown Conference (pp. 675). doi:10.1145/2676723.2691899

  • Jin, K. H., & Wu, D. (2008). Marginal Calibration in Multi-Agent Probabilistic Systems. In Unknown Conference Vol. 2 (pp. 171-178). doi:10.1109/ictai.2008.70

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