Tony Allevato is an instructor in the Computer Science Department and Virginia Tech. His research interests are in computer science education, where much of his work focuses on test-driven development and developing tools for improving student learning in early CS1 and CS2 courses. Most recently he retooled part of the CS2 course to switch from Swing-based assignments to instead use Android, in an effort to increase student interest and engagement in the programming process. He is also a senior developer on Web-CAT, the automated grading system used by Virginia Tech and over 50 other institutions.

Tony has his BS and MS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.

Please see projects at: http://people.cs.vt.edu/allevato

1000 Level Courses

• CS1044: Introduction to Programming in C

2000 Level Courses

• CS2114: Software Design & Data Structures