Silviana's teaching

This list ought not be construed as a complete representation of what I do in any particular time period. I have a very active research and personal life, represented throughout my site.

Classes at UWEC

Spring 2024

  • co-teaching Data Science 710, Programming for Data Science (Python for our Master's of Data Science program)
  • teaching one section of Calculus 1
  • teaching one section of Data Science 150, Procedural Programming in Python
  • leading two undergraduate research projects, one on Conda for Bertini 2, and the other on two issues in printing algebraic surfaces

Fall 2023

  • co-teaching two sections of DS710, Programming for Data Science
  • teaching one section of Calculus 1
  • teaching one section of D150, Procedural Programming in Python
  • leading two undergraduate research projects, one on Conda for Bertini 2, and the other on two issues in printing algebraic surfaces

Spring 2023

  • co-teaching two sections of DS710, Programming for Data Science
  • teaching one section of Calculus 1
  • teaching one section of D150, Procedural Programming in Python
  • leading two undergraduate research projects

Fall 2022

  • teaching two sections of Calculus 1
  • teaching one section of brand-new course DS 150, Procedural Programming in Python
  • leading two undergraduate student research projects
  • way too much service

Summer 2022

  • co-teaching one sections of DS710, Programming for Data Science
  • continuing to work on systems and content for a new data science course, DS150, a first course in programming using Python
  • mentoring a summer undergraduate research project on printing algebraic surfaces

Spring 2022

  • co-teaching two sections of DS710, Programming for Data Science
  • teaching one section of Calculus I
  • teaching one section of Complex Variables
  • leading an undergraduate research project about algebraic surfaces
  • continuing to work on systems and content for a new data science course, DS150, a first course in programming using Python.

Fall 2021

I am teaching:

  • a whopping three sections of Calculus I, Math 114
  • co-teaching three sections of DS710, Programming for Data Science

Summer 2021

I am teaching:

  • co-teaching one section of DS710, Programming for Data Science
  • designing a new course, DS150

Spring 2021

I am teaching, once again:

  • two sections of Calculus I, Math 114
  • one section of DS710, Programming for Data Science

Fall 2020

I am teaching:

  • two sections of Calculus I, Math 114
  • one a section of DS710, Programming for Data Science

Spring 2020

I am teaching:

  • two sections of Calculus I, Math 114
  • one and a half sections of DS710, Programming for Data Science

Fall 2019

I am teaching:

  • four sections of Data Science 710, Programming for Data Science

In addition, I was a visiting scholar at ICERM for Illustrating Mathematics

Spring 2019

I am teaching:

  • two sections of Calculus I, Math 114
  • Introduction to Differential Geometry, Math 338

Fall 2018

I am teaching:

  • three sections of Data Science 710: Programming for Data Science.

In major addition, as I describe in this work blog post, I am a visiting scholar at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics.

Spring 2018

I taught a bunch in the spring.

  • Two sections Discrete Math, Math 314
  • Two sections Programming for Data Science, DS 710
  • I taught the second half of Math Modeling, Math 324, with materials prepared by Dr. Abra Brisbin

Fall 2017

I taught four total courses at UW Eau Claire:

  • Math 345, Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics, two sections
  • DS710, Programming for Data Science, co-teaching two sections with Abra Brisbin.

Classes prior to UWEC

with links to syllabi as available

Notre Dame

North Carolina State University
  • MA 131 Calculus for Life and Management Sciences, Summer 2014
  • MA 132 Computational Mathematics for Life and Management Sciences, Summer 2014

Colorado State University
  • MATH 261 Calculus III for Scientists and Engineers, Fall 2013 (two sections), Fall 2010
  • MATH 160 Calculus I for Scientists and Engineers, Fall 2008
  • MATH 155 Calculus I for Biological Scientists, Summer 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2007