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Alex Stevens
Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science at the University of Denver, teaching across computer science and cybersecurity with an emphasis on formal reasoning, technical judgment, and student-centered project work.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science
- Email: [email protected]
- Office phone: 303-871-3718
- Focus: CS, cybersecurity, formal reasoning, graph theory, and student projects.
Profile
Computer science, cybersecurity, and formal reasoning.
I teach across the computer science and cybersecurity programs at DU. My work is shaped by mathematics, combinatorics, and a practical belief that students need more than syntax: they need careful reasoning, clear writing, collaboration, and the confidence to work through unfamiliar technical problems.
I earned my Ph.D. in Combinatorics from the University of Denver in 2022 after completing an M.S. in Mathematics in 2017. My research interests include graph theory, discrete curvature, computational geometry, and questions that connect mathematical structure with algorithmic thinking.
Teaching
I teach technical material as a team practice.
Before I taught, I was a coach. That still matters in the classroom. I want students to learn rigorous technical material while building stronger relationships with the subject, with each other, and with the habits of thought that make professional computing possible.
- Computer science and cybersecurity courses at DU.
- Introductory programming, programming II, data structures and algorithms, discrete structures, and foundations in discrete reasoning.
- Earlier mathematics teaching across college algebra, business calculus, calculus, proof, graph theory, and graduate-level support roles.
Projects
Student project work should be visible without overwhelming the site.
I work with students on projects that connect technical writing, mathematical reasoning, cybersecurity thinking, and computation. The project page can hold active areas, collaboration models, and public-facing outputs as they become ready.
Formal reasoning
Security writing
Graph theory
Teaching tools
Research and publications
Selected work in graph theory, discrete geometry, and combinatorics.
| Work | Venue or status | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Optimal Placement of Base Stations in Border | Theoretical Computer Science | Algorithmic placement for a radius-constrained covering problem. |
| Separability, Boxicity, and Partial Orders | Order | Partial orders represented through separability of convex sets. |
| Graph Curvature and Local Discrepancy | Journal of Graph Theory | Bakry-Emery graph curvature and local edge distribution. |
| Strongly Regular Graph Curvatures | In progress | Curvature bounds for families of strongly regular graphs. |
Service
Service, advising, and student community.
- Co-chair of WORC, Whites Organizing for Racial Consciousness, Summer 2024 to present.
- Member of the Graduate Teaching Assistant Committee.
- Member of the Broadening Participation in Computing Committee.
- Academic advisor for roughly 50 undergraduate students.
- Faculty advisor for the Magic: The Gathering club.
- Organizer and chaperone for the annual Math Club camping trip.
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