Marion Lang

Rhodes College

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Dr. Marion Lang

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• Email: langma@gmail.com
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Update 6/23

I am departing Rhodes at the end of summer ‘23. If you would like to keep in touch, please use my personal email address (see above).

Research

The broad area of my research is distributed systems.

I am currently interested in distributed data processing systems, specificially how modern, high-performance networks challenge architectural assumptions in streaming data processing systems.

Work with Students

I enjoy including students in my research. Please contact me if you would like to talk about what I’m working on right now, what you’re interested in, and if there are opportunities for you to contribute to my work.

Teaching

I love teaching computer science because I love sharing my passion for computing with others, particularly those who have had no or little prior experience with it. CS is an especially exciting field of study because it enables creativity—with a foundational background in Computer Science, people can build amazing and world-changing things.

My teaching style is informed by my belief that students learn best when they want to learn. My role in a student’s education is to not just to expose them to new ideas, but to show them why these ideas are exciting and interesting and to serve as guide in their discovery of knowledge.

Courses

• Spring 2023:
  • COMP251: Intro to Systems
  • COMP486: Senior Seminar
• Fall 2022
  • COMP485: Senior Seminar
  • COMP251: Intro to Systems
• Fall 2021-Spring 2022:
  • On leave as Visiting Research Scientist at Google.
• Spring 2021:
  • COMP385: Distributed Systems
  • COMP141: Computer Science I
• Fall 2020:
  • COMP142: Computer Science II
• Spring 2020:
  • COMP365: Software Engineering
  • COMP141: Computer Science I
• Fall 2019:
  • COMP385: Distributed Systems
  • COMP141: Computer Science I

Referrals + Recommendations

If you would like a letter of recommendation from me or a referral from me, there’s some things I need from you first:

• We need to talk about at least three weeks before the deadline. Writing a good letter of recommendation takes time, and I need to be able to schedule myself at least an hour or two to write a good letter for you. Part of this conversation should be about why I should be writing the letter–why do you think that I am the best person to write a letter for you or refer you?
• You must have had me in class or have done work with me; if I don’t know you at all, I can’t recommend you for anything. If you haven’t talked with me outside of class at all (e.g., during office hours or 1:1), then I am also probably not the best person to ask.
• You have to give me a current version of your resume or CV, any filled-out paperwork that’s required for the letter, and any information that you think will help me write a letter.

Note about LinkedIn: I only connect with students on LinkedIn that I have some sort of working relationship with. If I don’t know who you are, I’ll ignore your request to connect.

Inclusive + Ethical Computing

Making Computer Science education (and technology in general) inclusive is an important priority for me.

Here’s a list of resources/articles related to justice, diversity, and inclusion in CS that I will try to maintain/update.

Outside the Classroom

I am originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and received my Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Before coming to Rhodes, I was a software engineer at Google, where I built streaming data analytics platforms for both internal and Cloud customers. Though it was exciting to work on Google-scale distributed systems, I missed the fulfillment that teaching undergraduates provides me, and joined Rhodes in 2019.

I live in Midtown Memphis and outside of the classroom I enjoy food and cooking, roller skating, ice hockey, running, and photography, among other hobbies.

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University

Feedback

In order to provide you with an opportunity to give me feedback in semi-real-time, I’ve created this form. Comments are totally anonymous; only the date and time of the submission is recorded in addition to your feedback.

I will take all comments seriously, and try to do the best that I can to make sure that you are heard through my actions.