CDM Tutoring

Mission

The CDM Tutoring Center provides services to support the academic success of undergraduate students and graduate students in introductory courses of their program in CDM. Tutoring is provided through foundation courses.

Services / Location

Free tutoring services are available during the fall, winter and spring quarters for undergraduate students and graduate students through foundation courses of their program.

The primary location of the Tutoring Center is on the Lobby Level of the CDM building. The tutor for networking courses is located in room 348, the networking lab.

Appointments / Walk-in Services

An appointment with a specific tutor can be scheduled through MyCDM. Online students can schedule a virtual session using this system. Tutoring is also available on a walk-in basis. Sessions are ½ hour in length and may be individual or in a small group session if there are other students from the same class. Students are limited to one ½ hour session per day with a tutor. If you need to cancel a tutor appointment, go to myCDM.

Student Guidelines

Go to class, listen attentively, take notes and ask questions to clarify misunderstandings.
Review notes, practice problems and read textbooks
Attempt problems on your own. If help is needed, contact the Tutoring Center.

Find a Tutor

Related Information

Tutoring at CDM

Study Tables Schedule

Study Tables are walk-in tutoring sessions that meet at a specific time and location.

Area of Expertise:

Karthik Arunachalam

Skills: Discrete Mathematics, Python, Java

Tutoring Hours

M 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM 100

Tu 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM 100

Bio

Karthik is currently a graduate student in Computer Science at DePaul. He received his bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2015. He has experience with Python and Java. Karthik will tutor Discrete Mathematics, Python, and Data Structures in Java.

Tutoring Location

CDM 100

Trynn Check

Skills: Game Design, Graphic Design, Illustrator, Unity, Gamemaker

Tutoring Hours

M 11:00AM - 4:00PM in CDM102

Tu 11:00AM - 4:00PM in CDM102

Bio

Trynn is pursuing her MFA in Game Design. She is a DePaul alum with a BS in Game Development. Prior to her masters she worked as an IT Project Manager for an asset management firm in the loop. Trynn is a solo game developer and primarily focuses on VR/AR games along with purposeful design or "deep games". Trynn is available for tutoring in design, Unity, Gamemaker, and any Project Management items.

Tutoring Location

CDM102

Jiahao Deng

Skills: Discrete Mathematics, Python, Algorithms, Data Structures

Tutoring Hours

M 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM100

Tu 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM100

Bio

Jiahao Deng is a graduate student majoring in Computer Science. He received his Bachelor’s degree at University of Iowa majoring in Accounting and Information Systems. He had research experience in the fields of Machine Learning and Data mining. He is available for tutoring in Python Programming, Discrete Mathematics, Data Structures and R programming.

Tutoring Location

CDM100

Eric Haerr

Skills: Python

Tutoring Hours

Bio

Eric is pursuing his Master of Computer Science at DePaul. He received a Master of Information Systems from DePaul in 2005. Eric has over 15 years of experience managing software development projects and resource teams. He is available for tutoring in Python.

Yizi Huang

Skills: Python, R Programming

Tutoring Hours

Bio

Yizi (Winnie) is a graduate student in Data Science concentrating on computational methods. She gained her bachelor degree in Hospitality Management and MICE Management at Macau University of Science and Technology in Macau. She has hands-on experience in data analysis in the hospitality industry. Currently, she is Data Analyst Intern at Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. She is available for tutoring Python, basic SQL, R.

Kari Palmier

Skills: Statistics, SQL, R Programming

Tutoring Hours

M 4:30PM - 8:30PM in CDM 100

Tu 4:30PM - 8:30PM in CDM 100

Bio

Kari is a 3rd year graduate student pursuing an Masters in Data Science with a Computational Methods concentration. She received her Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineer from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her main areas of focus are statistical modeling, machine learning, and data mining. She is looking forward to helping other students with tutoring in statistics and modeling (classification, clustering, regression, ensemble methods, etc), SQL (not PL/SQL), R, SPSS, Python with numpy, pandas, and sklearn libraries, Matlab (not image processing toolkit), and SAS (CSC 324 linear regression only for SAS).

Tutoring Location

CDM 100

Zhen Qin

Skills: Java, Python, SQL

Tutoring Hours

M 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM 100

Tu 11:00AM - 4:00PM in CDM 100

Bio

Zhen is currently pursuing an MS in Computer Science at DePaul. He has received a bachelor degree in Network Engineering. Zhen has more than four years working experience in data ETL and developing web applications. He is available for tutoring in different programming languages include Python, Java, Shell and SQL.

Tutoring Location

CDM 100

Bowen Qiu

Skills: Java

Tutoring Hours

M 11:00AM - 4:00PM in CDM 100

Tu 11:00AM - 4:00PM in CDM 100

Bio

Bowen is a graduate student majoring in Computer Science. He received his Bachelor's degree at University of Miami, majoring in Computer Science as well. He worked as a back-end Java Developer focusing on web application. He is looking forward to help with any Java Data Structure questions.

Tutoring Location

CDM 100

Muntaser Qutub

Skills: C#, Java, Python, Ruby, SQL

Tutoring Hours

Tu 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM 100

Bio

Muntaser has been in software development for over 6 years both in academia and in various industries. Early on in his career at Relativity, he worked on the Relativity platform, building out the Application Deployment System (ADS) that developers use to build custom solutions and workflows on top of Relativity. He also was part of the team that developed the telemetry framework for collecting metrics in Relativity and some other components of the platform like the authentication framework and service host. Muntaser currently works on developing solutions for RelativityOne and building out the SQL shared service. His team is working on features to enhance the RelativityOne experience and ensure the backbone of the application is as strong and performant as can be. Muntaser is a computer science graduate student at DePaul University. He loves all sorts of technologies and loves to teach others. In his personal time, he enjoys exploring different technologies and has particular interests in algorithms and software design.

Tutoring Location

CDM 100

Nicholas Stanley

Skills: Java, Python, SQL

Tutoring Hours

M 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM 100

Tu 4:00PM - 9:00PM in CDM 100

Bio

Nicholas is a graduate student studying Software Engineering. He received his bachelor's in Computer Science from DePaul University last year. Currently, he works for Discovery Education has a member of their I.T. Infrastructure team. He is available for tutoring Java, Python, basic SQL and Data Structures.

Tutoring Location

CDM 100

Prashant Jivanlal Varia

Skills: Network Protocols

Tutoring Hours

M 12:00PM - 5:00PM in CDM 348

Bio

Prashant Varia is a graduate student pursuing Network engineering and security. He provides tutoring in Networking concepts which include Routing and Switching, TCP/IP, Subnetting and Supernetting, Firewalls, Troubleshooting, Level 1 cabling.

Tutoring Location

CDM 348

Kaicheng Yan

Skills: Discrete Mathematics, Java, JavaScript, Python

Tutoring Hours

Bio

Kaicheng is currently a graduate student in the Computer Science program at Depaul. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science as well. He has experience is developing software and web application. Kaicheng is available for tutoring in Java, Python, JavaScript and Discrete Math.

Tzu-Yang Yueh

Skills: Python, R Programming, SQL

Tutoring Hours

M 11:00AM - 4:00PM in CDM 100

Tu 11:00AM - 4:00PM in CDM 100

Bio

Tzu-Yang is a graduate student in Predictive Analytics concentrating on computational methods. He received his B.B.A degree in Management Science at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He has experience in data analysis and predictive modeling. He is available for tutoring R, python and basic SQL.

Tutoring Location

CDM 100

Policies

A tutor can be defined as a helper, advisor and instructor, but never as a grader. A tutor helps the student become a better scholar in the subject area, helps the client learn to catch his or her own mistakes and addresses academic difficulties on various levels. This may mean solving outstanding issues first and addressing more detailed issues in later visits and/or other assignments. Tutors employ interaction strategies and/or focus the discussion to the assignment’s level and the student’s needs.

Students need to provide the tutors with enough information and attention to let them do their jobs successfully and be willing to cooperate with the tutor and abide by the Tutoring Center policies. This includes providing the instructor’s name and class, a copy of the assignment or directions, and specific questions and concerns to be discussed. The DePaul CDM tutors are dedicated to helping students understand the key concepts necessary for success in their courses. While tutors are able to help you with your homework, tutors absolutely will not write code or complete homework assignments. Both students and tutors are required to follow the guidelines of the Academic Integrity Policy of DePaul University.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or complaints about a tutor or the CDM tutoring program, please email Dr. Terry Steinbach, Director of Student Learning.