Dr. Parimala Thulasiraman received a Students Teacher Recognition Award. She was nominated by Ying Ying Liu, an undergraduate student in Computer Science at the time of the nomination, and now an PhD student.

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I have taught a variety of courses at all levels: service level, first year, second year, third year, fourth year undergraduate courses and graduate level courses. I have taught both theoretical and applied courses at all levels. Full listings of courses are provided here.

2000-2001
CS434: Graph Theory Algorithms I (Winter 2001)
CS785 (Grad course) : Advances in Parallel Computing (Winter 2001)

2001-2002
On Maternity Leave

2002-2003
CS102: Introduction to computer science II (Summer 2002)
CS785: Advances in Parallel Computing (Fall 2002)

2003-2004
CS102: Introduction to computer science II (Summer 2003)
CS4560: Undergraduate Industrial Project (1 student, Summer 2003)
CS451: Introduction to Parallel Computation (Fall 2003)
CS785:Advances in Parallel Computing (in conjunction with 451) (Fall 2003)
CS126: Computer Usage I (Winter 2004)

2004-2005
CS126: Computer Usage I (Summer 2004)
CS451: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2004)
CS208: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2005)

2005-2006
On Sabbatical leave from June 2005-Dec2005 to University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, Indian Institute of Science (IISC, Banglore), India
CS101: Introduction to computer science I (Winter 2006)
CS208: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2006)

2006-2007
COMP4560: Undergraduate Industrial Project (1 student, Summer 2006)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing(Fall 2006)
COMP1260: Computer Usage I(Fall 2006)
CS208: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2007)

2007-2008
COMP208: Analysis of Algorithms (Summer 2007)
COMP1260: Computer Usage I(Fall 2007)
COMP1260: Computer Usage I(Winter 2008)

2008-2009
COMP451: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2008)
COMP1260: Computer Usage I(Winter 2009)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Comuting(Winter 2009)
COMP4520:Undergraduate Honors Project (3 students, Winter 2009)

2009-2010
COMP451: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2009)
COMP4690: Computer Systems and Architecture (Fall 2009)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Comuting(Winter 2010)
COMP4520:Undergraduate Honors' Project (3 students, Winter 2010)

2010-2011
COMP451: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2010)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Comuting(Fall 2010)
Sabbatical from January 2011-June 2011, University of Melbourne, Australia

2011-2012
COMP3370: Computer Organization (Fall 2011)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing(Fall 2011)
COMP7570: Nature Inspired Computing (Winter 2011)-New course introduced
COMP2080: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2011)
COMP 4560: Undergraduate Industrial Project (1 student, Winter 2012)

2012-2013
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing(Fall 2012)
COMP 4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (1 student, Fall 2012)
COMP2080: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2013)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honors' Project (2 students (Ugrad, Grad.), Winter 2013)

2013-2014
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2013)
COMP4690: Computer Systems and Architecture (Fall 2013)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing(Winter 2014)
COMP 4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (2 students, Winter 2014)

2014-2015
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2014)
COMP2080: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2015)
COMP2130: Discrete Mathematics (Winter 2015)
COMP4560: Undergraduate Industrial Project (1 student, Fall-Winter 2015)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (1 student, Winter 2015)

2015-2016
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2015)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing (Fall 2015)
COMP2080: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2016)

2016-2017
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2016)
COMP2130: Discrete Mathematics (Fall 2016)
Summer Internship: NSERC USRA, MITACS Globalink, Computer Engg. Honor's Projects
COMP2080: Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2017)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Fall 2016)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Winter 2017, 2 students)

2017-2018
COMP3370: Computer Organization (Fall 2017)
COMP4520/Comp4560: Undergraduate Co-coordinator for Honour’s and IndustrialProjects (Fall 2017-Winter 2018)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing (Winter 2018)

2018-2019
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Fall 2018)
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2018)
COMP3370: Computer Organization (Winter 2019)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing (Winter 2019)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Winter 2019, 2 students)

2019-2020
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computing (Fall 2019)
COMP3370: Computer Organization (Winter 2020)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Winter 2020, 2 students)

2020-2021
Summer Internship: Undergraduate USRA and URA (2 student)
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computung (Fall 2020)
Sabbatical Half Year

2021-2022
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computung (Fall 2021)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Fall 2021, 1 student)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing (Winter 2022)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Winter 2022, students)

2022-2023
Summer Undergraduate Intern (UG Research Award, 2 students)
COMP4510: Introduction to Parallel Computung (Fall 2022)
COMP7850: Advances in Parallel Computing (Fall 2022)
COMP4520: Undergraduate Honor's Project (Winter 2023, 1 student)