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Mark Petrick

Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream
mdtpetri@uwaterloo.ca
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Office: MC 6467 (while DC 3109 is under construction)
Mark Petrick

In Winter 2014, after being a sessional lecturer for a few years, I accepted a full-time faculty position as a Lecturer at UW. This position focuses on teaching and CS academic advising with committee work.

CS 135 Files
CS 246 Files
CS 341 Files

Teaching


If my count is correct, as of the completion of S26, I have reached 100 courses at UW and 115 overall.

CourseTerms Taught (sections)Total TermsTotal Sections
CS 115W11 (2)12
CS 135F25 (3), F24 (3), F23 (2), F16 (3), W16 (3), F13 (3), F12 (1)718
CS 136W21 (2), W18 (3), S17 (3), W15 (2), F14 (2), W13 (2), S12 (2), W12 (2), S11 (1)919
CS 230W10 (1)11
CS 240W26 (1), S24 (3), S22 (2), W22 (2), F21 (2), S21 (2), F20 (2), W20 (1), W19 (1), F17 (3), W17 (1), S16 (2), S13 (3)1325
CS 241S26 (3), W26 (1), W20 (1), F19 (2), S19 (2), W19 (1), F18 (2), F10 (1), S10 (1)914
CS 246S25 (2), S23 (2)24
CS 341W26 (1), W25 (2), F22 (2), S15 (2), S14 (2), W14 (2)611
CS 360W17 (1), F12 (1), S12 (1), S11 (1), W06 (1)55
CS 466/666S16 (1)11
WLUCP 213, CP 264 CP 102811
LakeheadUCS 1431, Math 1281 I & II, CS 031534
Totals for UW45100
Total for all universities115
Other intersting stats: 18 terms of 3 or more courses (most was 5 in F13 - 3 at UW, 2 at WLU), 2 terms with 3 different courses (W26, F12).
Spring 2026 Winter 2026 Fall 2025 Spring 2025 Winter 2025 Fall 2024 Spring 2024 Fall 2023 Spring 2023 Fall 2022 Spring 2022 Winter 2022 Fall 2021 Spring 2021 Winter 2021 Fall 2020 Winter 2020 Fall 2019 Spring 2019 Winter 2019 Fall 2018 Winter 2018 Fall 2017 Spring 2017 Winter 2017 Fall 2016 Spring 2016 Winter 2016 Spring 2015 Winter 2015 Fall 2014 Spring 2014 Winter 2014
Starting Winter 2014 I have accepted a Faculty Lecturer position in the School of Computer Science at UW.
Fall 2013 Spring 2013 Winter 2013 Fall 2012 Spring 2012 Winter 2012 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Winter 2011 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Winter 2010 Fall 2009 Winter 2006 Fall 2002 Fall 2000 Summer 1999 Winter 1999

Research

My primary research area is computational geometry with a focus on algorithms for morphing planar graph drawings. This area is also closely related to other areas such as graph drawing, computer graphics, and medical imaging.

Published in Refereed Journal