Faculty Profile for Dr. Ted Lehr

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Dr. Ted Lehr
Associate Professor of Practice — Computer Science
CMAL 211
phone: (512) 245-3666

Biography Section

Biography and Education

25 years of private sector experience as engineer, researcher, support staffer and executive in large and start up companies.

Over 7 years as Data Architect with the City of Austin, Texas where he has helped launch or create inter-department collaborations as well as several university-industry-city
research collaborations, including a city wide master research agreement with the University of Texas - Austin.

8 years as a part time lecturer Computer Science at Texas State University where he has been recognized as an Outstanding Part-Time Faculty and twice designated a "Favorite Professor" by the honor students.

Ph.D., 1990, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Compensating for Perturbation of Asynchronous Computations by Software Performance Monitors.”

MS, 1985, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Electrical and Computer Engineering, “Implementation of a Production System Machine.”

BSBA, 1983, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, Electrical Engineering and Philosophy

Teaching Interests

Software Engineering, Professional Ethics, Operating Systems, Assembly Language,

Research Interests

Ethics of AI. As a former City of Austin staffer, I facilitated several conversations and research projects with UT-Austin on AI for social good.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Lawrence, G., & Lehr, T. T. (2015). Hackathons for fun and learning: Creating interdisciplinary collaboration between communication design and computer science students. Designs on E-Learning 2015: Technology, Culture, Practice.

Selected Grants

  • Banzatti, Andrea (Principal), Lehr, Theodore Franklin (Co-Principal), Juarez, Benito (Supporting), Jaramillo, Isaac (Supporting). Building an online laboratory for planet formation, https://www.txst.edu/research/oera/rep.html, Institutional (Higher Ed), $16000. (Submitted: October 6, 2022, Funded: January 1, 2023 - December 30, 2023). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Undergraduate Advisor
Girls Who Code
October 1, 2022-Present
Undergraduate Advisor
EXE Computer Science Club
2015-Present
Chair
Political Action Committees promoting DSISD bond elections and packages.
2006-Present