Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Computer Science, Mathematics & Physics

Mechelle Gittens

Mechelle Gittens

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Department: CMP

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Canada January 2004
  • MSc. Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Canada May 1997 
  • BSc. Computer Science,  University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus, June 1994

Teaching Areas

University of the West Indies Cave Hill
  • Software Quality Assurance – COMP3280 Semester II 2012/13 (new course)
  • Computer Programming I – COMP1105 Semesters I and II 2008/09 to 2011/12
  • Web Technology Fundamentals – COMP1130 Semester II – 2008/09 – 2011/12
 
Consortium for Graduate Studies in Software Engineering (CONGESE) for the Computer Science Department University of Western Ontario
  • Advanced Software Quality – CS614B –  2005/2006
 
David Cheriton School of Computer Science – University of Waterloo
  • Management Information Systems – Computer Science 480 – 2003/2004
  • Introduction to Computer Programming – Computer Science 133 – 2003/2004
  • Introduction to Computer Science – Computer Science 134 – Winter /2003
The Institute for Government Information Professionals
  • T21E: Advanced Project Management. Spring 2001

Additional Info

For Potential Graduate Students:
Students with a love for data analysis, software development or that have an interest in Quality of Life Technologies are invited to contact Dr. Gittens.

Patent: Computer software test coverage analysis
United States Patent 7793267
Issued 2010
Inventors: Matt Davison, Mechelle Gittens, Dave Godwin, Nazim Madhavji, Andriy Miranskyy, Mark Wilding
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for performing software testing. A first set of traces is compressed to form a first set of compressed traces. The first set of compressed traces is compared to a plurality of additional traces to identify a set of partially matching traces within the plurality of additional traces. The first set of traces is compressed to form a second set of compressed traces. The second set of compressed traces is compressed according to a technique such that the second set of compressed traces contains more information than the first set of compressed traces. The second set of compressed traces is compared to the set of partially matching traces to identify a second set of partially matching traces within the set of partially matching traces. The second set of partially matching traces is placed in a memory.

Interests:
Mechelle enjoys learning from her preschool aged daughter how to balance the complexities of life with the ability to stop and smell the bougainvilleas. She also enjoys solo, choral singing and dance.