Teaching

Dr. Mitchell is active in innovative pedagogy. He was awarded a “One Year Plus Teaching Fellowship” at New Mexico State University in 2015 and has been elevated to be a Distinguished Member of the NMSU Teaching Academy. He previously received the “Striving for Excellence in College and University Teaching” award from the University of Notre Dame. He was also the recipient of the 2019 New Mexico EPSCoR Mentor Award.

Short Courses/Workshops

For academic community outreach, I have developed several short courses based on my research interests that have been delivered to a variety of academics from different backgrounds and geographical locations. Please get in touch if you would like me to deliver such a course at your institution.

  • “Introduction to Probability,” 2 day short workshop (online), New Mexico EPSCoR STEM Advancement Program (STEMAP), June 2020.
  • “Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes: From Theory to Practice,” 1 day short course, 2017 European School of Information Theory, Mardid, Spain, May 2017.
  • “GIAN Short Course: Advanced Topics in Coding Theory,” 3 day short course, IIT Kanpur, India, October 2016.
  • “Spatially Coupled Sparse Codes on Graphs: A Convolutional Coding Perspective,” 1 day conference workshop, IEEE Military Communications Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2013.

Regular Classes

2015-Present New Mexico State University, USA

Assistant Professor
  • EE 490/590 Quantum Computing (NMSU now has no numerical evaluation)
  • EE 571 Random Signal Analysis (NMSU now has no numerical evaluation)
  • EE 200 Linear Algebra and Probability (NMSU now has no numerical evaluation)
  • EE 586/MATH 509 Information Theory (NMSU now has no numerical evaluation)
  • EE 571 Random Signal Analysis (Eval: 3.68/4.0)
  • EE 200 Linear Algebra and Probability (Eval: 3.51/4.0)
  • EE 572 Modern Coding Theory (Eval: 3.76/4.0)
  • EE 571 Random Signal Analysis (Eval: 3.63/4.0)
  • EE 586/MATH 509 Information Theory (Eval: 3.96/4.0)
  • EE 571 Random Signal Analysis (Eval: 3.78/4.0)
  • EE 572 Modern Coding Theory (Eval: 4.0/4.0)
  • EE 571 Random Signal Analysis (Eval: 3.59/4.0)

2012-2015 University of Notre Dame, USA

Visiting Assistant Professor
  • EE 80654 Coding Theory (Eval: 4.5/5.0)
  • MATH 10360 Calculus B (Eval: 4.5/5.0)
  • MATH 10250 Elements of Calculus I (Eval: 4.3/5.0)
  • MATH 10360 Calculus B (Eval: 4.2/5.0)

2011 San Diego State University, USA

Adjunct Faculty
  • MATH 521b Abstract Algebra
  • MATH 522 Number Theory

2008-2009 The University of Edinburgh, UK

Teaching Assistant
  • U01678 Applicable Mathematics 1
  • U01679 Mathematical Methods 1
  • U01689 Mathematics for Elec/Mech Eng 3
  • U01690 Mathematics for Elec/Mech Eng 4

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