Biography

Nancy Tinkham received her B.S. in Mathematics from Wheaton College and her Ph.D. from Duke University. Her research interests are Artificial Intelligence, Theoretical Computer Science, and Computer Science Education.

She has taught the following courses at Rowan: Artificial Intelligence, Theory of Computing, Programming Languages, Foundations of Computer Science, Programming in Ada, Data Structures, Computer Science & Programming, Introduction to Programming, and Senior Project.

Education:
BS (Mathematics), Wheaton College (Illinois)
PhD (Computer Science), Duke University

Research Expertise:
Artificial Intelligence | Logic Programming | Inductive Inference | Natural Language Processing | Computer Science Education

My current research involves artificially intelligent game-playing algorithms and pattern detection in the strategy game Arimaa. I also have worked on innovative approaches to computer science education, including the development of a tutorial software system for students learning symbolic logic.

Member of:
Association for Computing Machinery
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
IEEE Computer Society

Recent Publications:

• Provine DF, Tinkham NL. (2008) DeSymbol: An Interpretive Tool for Symbolic Logic. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 23(3), 38-43.
• Tinkham NL. (2008) An Introduction to Functional Programming with Scheme. Deer Park, NY: Linus Publications.