Wendy D. Fisher

Director of CS Professional Programs and Teaching Professor
Department of Computer Science

ABOUT

Hello! I am a Professor and a proud alumna of the Colorado School of Mines. My interdisciplinary research focuses on applying Machine Learning to Geophysical data to detect anomalous events in earth dams and levees. The understanding and utilization of the massive amounts of data we collected were critical and have applications across various aspects of computer science.

I have a deep love for teaching and traveling abroad. During my PhD, I had the opportunity to study levee systems in Amsterdam and collect valuable data. My undergraduate studies were also in computer science, and one of the coolest industry experiences I’ve had was working for Ball Aerospace, where I wrote flight code for a NASA-sponsored project. When I’m not teaching or attending meetings at the university, I enjoy spending time outdoors with friends and family, taking in the beauty of Colorado.

I am dedicated to guiding you on your journey as you expand your knowledge and skills.

Education

• B.S. Computer Science Wright State University 1996
• M.S. Computer Science Colorado School of Mines 2014
• Ph.D. Computer Science Colorado School of Mines 2017

COURSES

• Advanced Data Science
• Advanced Software Engineering (CS Field Session)
• Data Structures (C++)
• Machine Learning
• Programming Concepts (C++)
• Python Computing: Building a Sensor System
• Software Engineering

Publications

• W. Fisher (Belcher) and T. Camp, Unsupervised Learning: Detecting events in earth dam and levee data, Proceedings of the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC 15), CD proceedings, 2015.
• W. Fisher (Belcher), T. Camp, and V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Detecting erosion events in earth dam and levee passive seismic data with clustering, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2015.
• W. Fisher, T. Camp, and V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Crack detection in earth dam and levee passive seismic data using support vector machines, Procedia Computer Science, vol. 80, pp. 577-586, 2016.
• W. Fisher, C. Rader, and T. Camp, Online Programming Tutors or Paper Study Guides?, Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2016.
• W. D. Fisher, T. K. Camp, and V. V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Anomaly detection in earth dam and levee passive seismic data using support vector machines and automatic feature selection, Journal of Computational Science, vol. 20, pp. 143-153, 2017.
• W. Fisher, B. Jackson, T. Camp, and V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Multivariate Gaussian anomaly detection in earth dam and levee passive seismic data, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2017.