Mattox Beckman

Mattox Beckman is a Teaching Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).124 He received his PhD in Computer Science from UIUC in 2003 and his BS in Math and Computer Science from the same institution in 1993.13

Career

• Teaching Associate Professor at UIUC (August 2022 - Present)2
• Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC (August 2015 - August 2022)2
• Previously taught at Illinois Institute of Technology for 13 years4

Research and Teaching

Beckman's research interests include:

• Programming Languages
• Computer Science Education13

He teaches various courses, including:

• Data Structures (CS 225)
• Programming Languages & Compilers (CS 421)
• Advanced Competitive Algorithm Programming (CS 491 CAP)13

Achievements

• Coaches the International Collegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) team at UIUC (Fall 2018 to Present)13
• Received Teaching Fellow honor at Illinois Institute of Technology (August 2012 - July 2015)13
• Named Teacher of the Year at Illinois Institute of Technology (December 2006)13

Beckman is passionate about teaching, functional programming languages (particularly Haskell), and Competitive Programming/ICPC.4