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Stanley Pieda is a Professor at Algonquin College and the Coordinator of the Computer Programming Diploma program for the Ottawa campus. He holds a Bachelor of Science Honors Degree in Biology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, as well as a Master of Information Technology Education Degree from Dalhousie University.

With an emphasis on teaching, Professor Pieda has twenty-six years of experience collectively in industry and teaching post secondary students in Diploma and Degree programs in the field of Information Technology both in Canada and abroad. His favorite subject areas are user interface design and business system development as well as a curiosity into the blending of biological systems and knowledge, into the realm of computing.

I am a full-time Professor in the School of Advanced Technology here at Algonquin College. Before joining Algonquin College, I worked as a Lead Developer and Programmer Analyst (Advisory) at the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Prior to Scotiabank, I was with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where I taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in Computer Science. In December 2009, I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California in Riverside (UCR), California, under the supervision of Dr. Christian Shelton. My main areas of research are Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Mobile Robotics. Prior to UCR, I was with De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines, where I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and where I also worked as a full-time faculty member for the Software Technology Department of the College of Computer Studies. Finally, I also worked as a research assistant for the Program for Research into Intelligent Systems (PRIS) at the National University of Singapore from 1999 to 2000.