Rate My Professor Steve Zeil

Zeil's research specializations include software testing and reliability, software engineering, and tools for computer science education. His earlier work focused on software testing and reliability measurement, while more recent efforts have addressed distance learning and digital libraries, with projects such as the AlgAE algorithm animation engine for instruction and metadata extraction tools from large document collections. Key publications include "A Scalable Backward Chaining-based Reasoner for a Semantic Web" (International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, 2014, with Hui Shi and K. Maly), "Optimized Backward Chaining Reasoning System for a Semantic Web" (WIMS 2014), "Trust and Hybrid Reasoning for Ontological Knowledge Bases" (BigScholar 2014), and "Query Optimization in Cooperation with an Ontological Reasoning Service" (SERVICE COMPUTATION 2013). His scholarship has garnered over 1,000 citations on Google Scholar. Zeil has received the Outstanding Teacher award from the ODU College of Sciences in 2017, the College of Sciences Above & Beyond Award in 2020, and the Broderick Award for Excellence in Promoting Educational Accessibility in 2022. He is a member of the CS Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, ODU Information Technology Advisory Council, and serves as CS ABET Coordinator. Professional affiliations include ACM and IEEE Computer Society.