Dr. Vanessa Cooper

Adjunct Professor
Dr. Vanessa Cooper
Dr. Vanessa Cooper is a Verification Engineer and the Director of Operations of Verilab, Inc., a professional services firm focusing on hardware design verification. Dr. Cooper is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of the Cumberlands and CSU Global.
Her research interests include Programming Languages, Artificial Intelligence, and Hardware Design Verification. In her spare time, she enjoys spending quality time with her family and volunteering with the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps.

PhD Computer Science, Nova Southeastern University, 2023
MS Computer Science, Columbus State University, 2015
MBA Marketing, LeTourneau University, 2003
BS Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2000 

  • Publications/Presentations/Lectures: Cooper, V. R. (2023). Optimizing Constraint Selection in a Design Verification Environment for Efficient Coverage Closure (Doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University).
  • Cooper, V. R. (2013). Getting started with UVM: A beginner's guide. Verilab Publishing.
  • Programming Languages
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software Engineering
  • Hardware Design Verification

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