Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Computer Science
Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 2023
Master's Degree
MS in Computer Science
Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 2023
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Computer Science
Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 2016
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Fernandez, A., Patrick, D. L., Cornell, K., & Gomez, M. (2025). Incorporating LLM Activities into Established CS1 Curriculum: An Experience Report.
- Payne, E., Patrick, D. L., & Fernandez, A. (2024). Visualizing-and-Generalizing-Integrated-Attributions.
- Payne, E., Patrick, D. L., & Fernandez, A. (2024). Explaining Model Parameters Using the Product Space.
- Snyder, C., Montoya, K., Patrick, D. L., Stone, J., Sooby, E., & Fernandez, A. (2023). Semantic Segmentation of Micrographs for Nuclear Fuel Analysis and Degradation Quantification. IEEE Access. Retrieved from https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10287929
- Patrick, D. L., Tran, R., Geyer, M., & Fernandez, A. (2022). Reconstructive Training for Real-World Robustness in Image Classification. Retrieved from https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content/WACV2022W/DNOW/papers/Patrick_Reconstructive_Training_for_Real-World_Robustness_in_Image_Classification_WACVW_2022_paper.pdf
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Nominee: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors for 2025, Alpha Chi. October 28, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: MIDAS Future Leader Award, University of Michigan. 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award, University of Texas at San Antonio Computer Science. 2019

Featured service activities
- Member
TXST 1100 - Engineering
- Member
GIA Search Committee
- Member
Embracing AI Committee
- Member
CS Undergraduate Committee
- Chair
Undergraduate Credit Transfer Coordinator
- Reviewer / Referee
Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision
