Kevin Gary Ph.D.

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Starting Fall 2026, I have retired from a tenured position at Arizona State University (ASU) and joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University. I will also be working with the Center for Software Innovation on experiential innovative software projects with our students. I am excited for this new opportunity and invite you to connect with me at OSU. Go Buckeyes!

Prior to retiring from ASU, I was on the faculty since 2004, tenured in 2010. I served the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering as Associate Director of Academic and Student Affairs, and was a past program chair and ABET coordinator of the undergraduate and graduate software engineering programs. I created challenging learning experiences for my students that prepares them for industry, the profession, and life. I was one of the founding members of the program faculty of Software Engineering at ASU, the nation's first ABET-accredited software engineering program offered in an online modality. I have developed dozens of courses and am primarily responsible for the curricular design of both the Bachelor's and Master's programs in software engineering.

I conduct use-inspired applied research, and apply industry best practices in the classroom. My primary area is "Software Engineering", but my interests vary from enterprise computing to edTech to Agile/Lean and open source software engineering. I created challenging learning experiences for my students that prepares them for industry, the profession, and life. I do this through hands-on, project-based teaching in the Software Enterprise. Currently I am most active in the areas of Agile/Lean Software Engineering, and Open Source Software, Software Engineering for education and healthcare, and Software Engineering Education. Active research projects are described on my research page. I welcome motivated students to come by and speak with me about ways to get involved.

Academics always refer to their duties as "Teaching, Research, and Service", and so you will find the customary navigation titles to your left. But that is never how I view my activities. Rather, I try to always be Innovating and Learning, whether doing so in the context of research, teaching, entrepreneuring, consulting, (walking, talking, breathing...). And I greatly enjoy doing these with others; in fact I find it a necessary component of reaching my goals for these activities.

Academic Positions

  • present 2026

    Professional Practice Associate Professor

    The Ohio State University
    Department of Computer Science
    College of Engineering

  • 2026 2025

    Associate Director, Academic and Student Affairs

    Arizona State University
    School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI)
    The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

  • present 2014

    Associate Professor (tenured/retired/Emeritus)

    Arizona State University
    School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI)
    The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

  • 2026 2024

    Faculty Affiliate, Learning Engineering

    Arizona State University
    Learning Engineering Institute
    The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

  • 2023 2020

    ABET Coordinator, Software Engineering

    Arizona State University
    School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (SCIDSE)
    The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

  • 2019 2016

    Program Chair, Software Engineering

    Arizona State University
    School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (SCIDSE)
    The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

  • 2014 2010

    Associate Professor

    Arizona State University
    Department of Engineering and Computer Systems
    College of Technology & Innovation

  • 2012 2011

    Chief Software Architect (sabbatical)

    The Sheik Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation
    Children's National Health System (Washington, D.C.)

  • 2011 2010

    Associate Chair, Computing Programs

    Arizona State University, Department of Engineering and Computer Systems

  • 2010 2004

    Assistant Professor

    Arizona State University, Division of Computing Studies

  • 1999 2000

    Assistant Professor

    The Catholic University of America, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Industry Experience

  • Consultant 2004-present

    Various opportunities

    Primarily in Web, Mobile, Agile, and OSS

  • Sr. Software Architect 2000-2004

    Unicon, Inc.

    Arizona

  • Software Engineer 1993-1995

    Global Associates, Ltd.

    Virginia

Education

  • Ph.D. Computer Science 1999

    Arizona State University

    Dissertation: "Open Process Components"

    Area: Software Engineering

  • M.S. Computer Science 1993

    Arizona State University

    Thesis: "RABIT: A Spreading Activation Approach for Commonsense Reasoning"

    Areas: Artificial Intelligence

  • B.S. Comp Sci & Applied Math 1989

    SUNY at Albany

    summa cum laude

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Contact Info

I am always interested in meeting self-motivated students seeking opportunities to participate in use-inspired research in software engineering. Please see my research page, and make an appointment to come discuss opportunities

Kevin A. Gary
Professional Practice Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Center for Software Innovation
The Ohio State University
Office 585 Dreese Laboratories