Clifford A. Shaffer

Virginia Tech

Full Professor(heuristic)

Teaching and Learning Programming · Computer Science Applications

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h-index33
i10-index98
Publications246
Citations4,071

Grants

10 total · 0 active

NSF #2213790

Collaborative Research: CCRI: New: An Infrastructure for Sustainable Innovation and Research in Computer Science Education

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2022-08-01 → 2026-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #1740765

Collaborative Research: Community-Building and Infrastructure Design for Data-Intensive Research in Computer Science Education

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2021-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #1432008

Collaborative Research: Assessing and Expanding the Impact of OpenDSA, an Open Source, Interactive eTextbook for Data Structures and Algorithms

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2015-01-01 → 2019-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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All Grants

10 total · 0 active

NSF #2213790

Collaborative Research: CCRI: New: An Infrastructure for Sustainable Innovation and Research in Computer Science Education

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2022-08-01 → 2026-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #1740765

Collaborative Research: Community-Building and Infrastructure Design for Data-Intensive Research in Computer Science Education

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2021-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #1432008

Collaborative Research: Assessing and Expanding the Impact of OpenDSA, an Open Source, Interactive eTextbook for Data Structures and Algorithms

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2015-01-01 → 2019-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #1139861

Collaborative Research: Integrating the eTextbook: Truly Interactive Textbooks for Computer Science Education

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2012-06-01 → 2014-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #0937863

The AlgoViz Portal: Lowering the Barriers for Entry into an Online Educational Community

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2010-01-01 → 2012-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #0946644

Algoviz Project Steering Committee Workshop

Amount
<$100K
Period
2009-09-01 → 2010-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #0836940

Building a Community and Establishing Best Practices in Algorithm Visualization Through the Algoviz Wiki

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2009-01-01 → 2010-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #0839837

Steering Committee Workshop to Build a Community for Algorithm Visualization

Amount
<$100K
Period
2008-10-01 → 2009-09-30
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #9455403

The GeoSim Interface Library for Introductory Programming Courses

Amount
<$100K
Period
1995-02-01 → 1996-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NSF #9155943

GeoSim: A GIS-Based Simulation Laboratory for Introductory Geography

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
1992-05-01 → 1993-10-31
PIs
4

Awarded at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: SBML Level 3: an extensible format for the exchange and reuse of biological models (Molecular Systems Biology)2020-08-01

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  • Publications as of 2026-07-09
  • Grants as of 2026-09-03

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