Audrey St. John is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Mount Holyoke College. Motivated by computational challenges arising in robotics, biology and computer aided design, her research focuses on building theoretical foundations and developing efficient algorithms for geometric problems. She has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to support her work on autonomous multi-robot formations. St. John also works on activities to broaden participation in computer science and STEM, including creating low-risk hardware experiences through the Fimbel Maker & Innovation Lab and helping to develop MaGE: Megas & Gigas Educate, an inclusive academic peer mentorship program (funded by Google’s CS Capacity program).
Office hours (Fall 2019)
Monday 12:30pm - 1:30pm [11/11 from 12:45pm - 1:30pm]
Wednesday 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 10:30am [11/9 from 9:30am - 10am and 2pm - 2:30pm]
(by appointment via Pathways)
Courses
This semester (Fall 2019), I am teaching:
- COMSC 311: Theory of Computation (Clapp 206)
- COMSC 312: Algorithms (Kendade 303)
Scholarship
- Combinatorial rigidity theory
- Broadening participation in CS and STEM
- MaGE: Megas and Gigas Educate & Curriculum: inclusive peer mentorship
- iDesign Studio & Curriculum: hands-on intro for demystifying tech and jumpstarting innovation
Awards and Honors
- Google (March '15) -- MaGE (Megas and Gigas Educate): Growing Computer Science Capacity at Mount Holyoke College (Google's CS Capacity program, PI Heather Pon-Barry, co-PIs Becky Wai-Ling Packard and Audrey St. John)
- Mount Holyoke College (March '15) -- Mount Holyoke College Faculty Award for Teaching
- NSF (October '13) -- CAREER: A Rigidity Theory for Multi-robot Formations
- SPM '12: Symposiuim on Solid and Physical Modeling -- Best Paper Award (Combinatorics and the Rigidity of CAD Systems with Jessica Sidman)
- NSF ('02-04, '06-07) -- Graduate Research Fellowship