Mark Petrick

Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream
mdtpetri@uwaterloo.ca
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Office: DC 3109

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 246 Files

Teaching

Fall 2024

CS 135 Designing Functional Programs (3 sections)

If my count is correct, I believe (as of the end of Spring 2024) I have now reached 100 university courses (85 at UW).

Spring 2024

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (3 sections)

Fall 2023

CS 135 Designing Functional Programs (2 sections)

Spring 2023

CS 246 Object-Oriented Software Development (2 sections)

Fall 2022

CS 341 Algorithms (2 sections)

Spring 2022

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (2 sections)

Winter 2022

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (2 sections)

Fall 2021

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (2 sections)

Spring 2021

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (2 sections)

Winter 2021

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (2 sections)

Fall 2020

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (2 sections)

Winter 2020

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management
CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs

Fall 2019

CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs (2 sections)

Spring 2019

CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs (2 sections)

Winter 2019

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management
CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs

Fall 2018

CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs (2 sections)

Winter 2018

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (3 sections)

Fall 2017

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (3 sections)

Spring 2017

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (3 sections)

Winter 2017

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management
CS 360 Theory of Computing

Fall 2016

CS 135 Designing Functional Programs (3 sections)

Spring 2016

CS 466 Algorithm Design and Analysis
CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (2 sections)

Winter 2016

CS 135 Designing Functional Programs (3 sections)

Spring 2015

CS 341 Algorithms (2 sections)

Winter 2015

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (2 sections)

Fall 2014

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (2 sections)

Spring 2014

CS 341 Algorithms (2 sections)

Winter 2014

CS 341 Algorithms (2 sections)

Fall 2013

CS 135 Designing Functional Programs (3 sections)
CP 102 Information Processing with Microcomputers (2 sections at WLU)

Spring 2013

CS 240 Data Structures and Data Management (3 sections)

Winter 2013

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (2 sections)
CP 102 Information Processing with Microcomputers (2 sections at WLU)

Fall 2012

CS 360 Theory of Computing
CS 135 Designing Functional Programs
CP 102 Information Processing with Microcomputers (at WLU)

Spring 2012

CS 360 Theory of Computing
CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (2 sections)

Winter 2012

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction (2 sections)
CP 102 Information Processing with Microcomputers (2 sections at WLU)

Fall 2011

CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction
CP 102 Information Processing with Microcomputers (at WLU)

Spring 2011

CS 360 Theory of Computing
CS 136 Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction

Winter 2011

CS 115 Introduction to Computer Science 1 (2 Sections)
CP 102 Information Processing with Microcomputers (at WLU)

Fall 2010

CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs

Spring 2010

CS 241 Foundations of Sequential Programs

Winter 2010

CS 230 Introduction to Computers and Computer Systems

Fall 2009

CP 213 Object Oriented Programming in Java (at WLU)

Winter 2006

CS 360 Theory of Computing

Fall 2002

CP 264 Data Structures in Java

Fall 2000

CS 0314 Introduction to Computers for Engineers (at Lakehead University)

Summer 1999

Math 1281 Discrete Mathematics I & II

Winter 1999

CS 1431 Data Structures in C

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

Morphing orthogonal planar graph drawings, with Therese C. Biedl, Anna Lubiw, and Michael J. Spriggs, ACM Transactions on Algorithms 9.4 (2013), 29.
Morphing planar graph drawings with bent edges, with Anna Lubiw, J. Graph Algorithms Appl. 15.2 (2011), 205-227.
Disjoint clique cutsets in graphs without long holes, with E.M. Eschen, C.T. Hoang, and R. Sritharan, Journal of Graph Theory 48, 2005, 277-298.