Cody Farlow

Cody Farlow

Cody Farlow

Assistant Educator and MS Computer Science Graduate Coordinator

School of Computing · College of Engineering

Jabara Hall 249
Main Campus
Campus Box 83

Office hours

MW (in person): 11 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.; TR (Virtual): 2 to 4 p.m. (link below)

Overview

Cody Farlow is an Assistant Educator in the School of Computing with a passion for student engagement. He works to create unique classroom experiences that enable students to embrace challenge and accept failure as a necessary stepping stone to success. He often uses both mastery-based learning and project-focused courses to emphasize learning soft and hard skills rather than simply completing a course. His lectures are often littered with rants about systems thinking and the phrase “computers are stupid.”


Cody loves helping students and would love to see you during his office hours!

Academic Interests and Expertise

Education

  • M. S. Computer Engineering

    University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX
  • B.S. Computer Engineering

    University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX
  • A.S. Mathematics

    Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX

Areas of Research Interest

  • Machine Learning Hardware Acceleration
  • Computer Vision

Areas of Teaching Interest

  • Computing Fundamentals (CS 211 Introduction to Programming, CS 311 Object-Oriented Programming, CS 400 Data Structures, CS 665 Introduction to Database Systems)
  • Data Science (CS 898BA Computer Vision, CS 770 Machine Learning, CS 797T Data Cleaning, Data Visualization, CS 746 Perspectives on Data Science)
  • CS 797Z Analysis of Computing Resources 
  • Capstone (CS 598 & 599 Senior Project, CS 891 Project)

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Educator, School of Computing, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
  • Engineering Instructor & Lead STEM Tutor, Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX
  • Patent Examiner, United States Patent Office, Alexandria, VA
  • R&D Engineer, Tietronix Software, Houston, TX
  • FPGA Engineer, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Awards and Honors

  • Inaugural Tutor of the Month Award at Alvin Community College, 2023
  • NASA Swarmathon virtual competition 1st place and physical competition 3rd place, 2019

Areas of Service

Graduate Coordinator for the Master of Science in Computer Science

Academic Integrity Committee

Other Interests