Fall 2025: CSE 2600 Introduction to Digital Logic and Computer Design

Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
1010F McKelvey Hall and/or 204F Lopata Hall
1 Brookings Drive
Saint Louis, MO 63130
E-mail: bsiever [AT] wustl.edu

Computing Education
Internet of Things (IoT) & Mobile Development
Parallel / High Performance Computation
Simulation & Modeling
Artificial Intelligence

Curriculum Vitae & Publications

Ph.D., Computer Engineering
Missouri University of Science & Technology- Rolla
Dissertation: Power Grid Flow Control Studies and High Speed Simulation
Bill’s Matlab loadflow: loadflow.m

M.S., Computer Science
University of Missouri – Rolla
Thesis: A Robot Soccer System for Research & Education

B.S., Computer Science
University of Missouri – Rolla

• July 22, 2025: An Introduction to Physical Computing and A.I. Integrations (S&T Regional STEM Conference 2025)
• April 21, 2024: Micro:bit, MakeCode, & Extensions
• December 26, 2023: SIGCSE 2021: Game On! Inspired CS Education with MakeCode Arcade
• August 3, 2023: Bringing Computation to Life: Data, Sensors, Data Collection (Streaming & Logging)
• July 31, 2023: Micro:bit: A classroom-friendly tool for sensors and data collection (MST Regional STEM Conference 2023)
• December 4, 2021: micro:bit Live: A sprint through graphing & data collection
• August 5, 2021: NJ CSTA: Programming the Micro:bit with Python
• February 25, 2021: Micro:bit: Graphing & Visualization
• August 8, 2020: 2020 CCSC Midwest Conf Workshop: Micro:bit Magic
• August 3, 2020: Tablet Testing
• August 3, 2020: Recording & Broadcasting the iPad Screen from a Mac
• July 27, 2020: Document Camera as Chalkboard Substitute
• October 7, 2019: MOREnet 2019: More Micro:bit Magic: Wires & Wireless!
• February 28, 2019: SIGCSE 2019 Micro:bit Magic Workshop
• July 17, 2018: Micro:bit workshop for WashU's Institute for School Partnership
• April 1, 2018: CCSC:CP 2018 Workshop --- An IoTa of IoT: micro:bit Magic and Photon Phun
• February 23, 2018: SIGCSE 2018 Micro:bit Magic Workshop
• February 11, 2018: Mini-Garage Project
• June 21, 2017: PXT for the Micro:Bit locally on macOS
• March 11, 2017: SIGCSE 2017 IoT Workshop
• January 16, 2017: Tech on the Farm (FFA) Projects
• March 2, 2016: SIGCSE 2016 IoT Workshop
• March 6, 2015: Experiments with JavaScript in Swift Playgrounds
• January 15, 2015: Logging events with on Nordic's nRF series via Seger's J-Link Real-Time Terminal