Education

• Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing [ Aug 2021- May 2026(expected) ]
  University of Florida, FL, U.S.A. 
• M.S. in Computer Science  [ Aug 2021- May 2024(expected)]
  University of Florida, FL, U.S.A.
• B.S. in Computer Science [ July 2017- May 2021]
  University of Florida, FL, U.S.A.

Research Interests

• Computer Science Education Research
• Game-based Learning

Projects

• SimCoast (Project Lead)
• Artificial Intelligence for Georgia (Research Assistant, Past)
• Remote Proctoring – Side-facing Camera Arrangement (Research Assistant, Past)

Grants and Scholarships

• NSF Graduate Research Fellow, the National Science Foundation. [September 2023] 
• Generation Next Recipient, Cohort 3, University of Florida. [October 2021]
•  GEM Full Fellow, the National GEM Consortium.[August 2021]
• McKnight Fellow, the Florida Education Fund.[August 2021]
• Google CS Research Mentorship Program, Google. [January 2021]
• Snelling Scholarship, CISE Department, University of Florida.  [August 2020]
• Cotterymyer Scholarship, CISE Department, University of Florida.  [August 2020]

Teaching Experience

As Teaching Assistant (TA)

• CEN 4930, Performant Programming, University of Florida (Japan Study Abroad) [Summer 2023]
• CAP4053 / CEN4930, AI for Virtual Environments and Games, University of Florida [Spring 2023]
• COP 4600, Computer Organization, University of Florida [ Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020]
• CDA 3031, Introduction to Computer Organization, University of Florida [ Spring 2019]

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Full Conference Papers

2022

• Patriel Stapleton and Jeremiah Blanchard. (2022). Work In Progress: Examining a Side-Facing Camera Arrangement to Increase Remote Proctoring Integrity. In ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE 22). Link to paper.

2021

•  Emily Strube, Daniel Cooksey, and Patriel Stapleton. Improved Small Unit Maneuver Via Pre-Operation Simulation, In Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I’ITSEC 2021). Link to paper.

Peer Reviewed Conference Posters

2023

• David Touretzky, Christina Gardner-McCune, Bryan Cox, Judith Uchidiuno, Janet Kolodner, and Patriel Stapleton. 2023. Lessons Learned from Teaching Artificial Intelligence to Middle School Students. In Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’23) https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3576315

2021

• Patriel Stapleton and Jeremiah Blanchard. 2021. Remote Proctoring: Expanding Reliability and Trust. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 21) https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3439671

Peer Reviewed Thesis Papers

2021

• Patriel Stapleton. Expanding the View of the Camera in Remote Proctoring. University of Florida Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA