Stephen Zilora
Professor
School of Information
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
585-475-7643
Office Hours
No office hours in the Spring semester
Office Location
Office Mailing Address
70-2659
Stephen Zilora
Professor
School of Information
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Education
BS, University of Rochester; MS, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Published Conference Proceedings
Zagar, Martin and Stephen Zilora. "Developing the Gamification Approach for STEM Learning." Proceedings of the 17th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain. Ed. IATED. Valencia, Spain: n.p., 2023. Print.
Zilora, Stephen. "Applying Aviation Training Techniques in the IT Classroom." Proceedings of the SIGITE’21, October 6-9, 2021, SnowBird, UT, USA. Ed. ACM. New York, NY: ACM, Print.
Zilora, Stephen J, Martin Zagar, and Ali Raza. "Communication Challenges in International Education." Proceedings of the IEEE Educon 2018. Ed. IEEE. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain: n.p., 2018. Print.
French, Bryan, Daniel Bogaard, and Stephen Zilora. "Shaping a Wearable and Ubiquitous Computing Curriculum." Proceedings of the SIGITE 2017 Annual Conference, October 2017, Rochester NY. Ed. ACM. New York, NY: ACM, 2017. Print.
Davis, Hollis G. and Stephen J. Zilora. "A Tale of Two Capstones." Proceedings of the ACM SIGITE’16, Boston, MA. Ed. ACM. New York, NY: n.p., Web.
Morgan, David, Zilora, Stephen, and Bogaard, Daniel. "urHL7: An HL7 Parsing and Manipulation Library." Proceedings of the IEEE Healthcom '15, Boston, October 14-17, 2015. Ed. Joel Rodrigues. Boston, MA: IEEE, Print.
Zilora, Stephen. "Industry - Emulated Projects in the Classroom." Proceedings of the SIGITE '15: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on IT Education, Chicago, Sep. 30- Oct 3, 2015. Ed. ACM. New York, NY: ACM, Print.
Zilora, Stephen and Jim Leone. "A Mature Approach to Assessment." Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference. Ed. ASEE. Indianapolis, IN: n.p., 2014. Web.
Zilora, Stephen, Daniel Bogaard, and Jim Leone. "The Changing Face of Information Technology." Proceedings of the SIGITE/RiIT 2013 ACM Conference on IT Education. Ed. ACM. New York, NY: n.p., Web.
Zilora, Stephen J. "Informatics Minor for Non-Computer Students." Proceedings of the Computing in Cardiology, Hangzhou, China, September, 2011. Hangzhou, China: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2011. Print.
Zilora, Stephen J. "STEM Collaboration Cubed." Proceedings of the 41st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Rapid CIty, SD: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011. Print.
Zilora, Stephen J. "STEM Integration with Informatics." Proceedings of the Integrated STEM Education Conference. Ewing, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011. Print.
Journal Paper
Zheng, Ervine, et al. "Tag-aware Dynamic Music Recommendation." Expert System with Applications 106. (2018): 244-251. Print.
Friedel, Vicki, et al. "Five-year Prospective Study of Pediatric Acute Otitis Media in Rochester, NY: Modeling Analysis of the Risk of Pneumococcal Colonization in the Nasopharynx and Infection." Journal of Epidemiology and Infection. December (2013): 1-9. Print.
Currently Teaching
ISTE-330
Database Connectivity and Access
3 Credits
In this course, students will build applications that interact with databases. Through programming exercises, students will work with multiple databases and programmatically invoke the advanced database processing operations that are integral to contemporary computing applications. Topics include the database drivers, the data layer, connectivity operations, security and integrity, and controlling database access.
ISTE-764
Project Management
3 Credits
Information technology projects require the application of sound project management principles in order to be developed on time, on budget, and on specification. This course takes students through the nine knowledge areas of modern project management and the utilization of project management principles in both traditional and agile environments.
NSSA-370
Project Management
3 Credits
This course teaches students essential project management principles and prepares them to be effective members of a project team. Topics include business drivers for project selection, project management methodologies, and practical implementation of project management principles across the Information Technology spectrum.