Christina Trotter

Hi, I'm Christina.

I'm currently an Instructional Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Mississippi.
My current research focus is finding ways to mitigate race and sex-based bias caused by machine learning models and their training data.

Trotter, C., Chen, Y., Walter, C. (2026). "Enhancing Fairness in Image Classification: Modified Loss Functions for Mitigating Race and Sex Bias". Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Burger, C., Talley, K., Trotter, C. (2026). "Can AI Recognize Its Own Reflection? Self-Detection Performance of LLMs in Computing Education". Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Trotter, C., Chen, Y. (2024). "Exploring Fairness-Accuracy Trade-Offs in Binary Classification: A Comparative Analysis Using Modified Loss Functions". Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Southeast Conference.

CSCI 191 - Office Applications
Introduction to the use of computers with emphasis on the Windows platform and the Microsoft Office suite of application tools.
CSCI 203 - Introduction to Computational Media
Introduces computing and programming with emphasis on interactive media, including graphics, images, animation, and sound.
CSCI 256 - Programming in Python
Problem solving, algorithm development, and programming techniques, including applications from a range of disciplines.
CSCI 343 - Fundamentals of Data Science
Explores data collection, integration, and analysis, descriptive statistics, prediction, regression, and evaluating results.
CSCI 387 - Software Design and Development
Study of techniques for the construction of large, complex software systems.
CSCI 375/475 - Introduction to Database Systems
Introduces data models, normalization, SQL, security and privacy, and web-to-database application programming.

University of Mississippi
Instructional Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Science, 2024-present
University of Mississippi
Graduate Instructor, Computer and Information Science, 2024
Graduate Mentor, LSMAMP, 2020-2021
Tutor, LSMAMP, 2020-2021
Hyperion Technology Group, Inc.
Applications Software Engineer, 2019-2020
C Spire
Software Development Intern, 2018
University of Mississippi
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Computer and Information Science, 2017-2019
Graduate Mentor, LSMAMP, 2017-2019
Tutor, LSMAMP, 2017-2019
University of Mississippi
Lab Teaching Assistant, Computer and Information Science, 2015-2016
Tutor, LSMAMP, 2015-2016

University of Mississippi- Ph.D., Engineering Science with an emphasis in Computer Science, 2024
Dissertation:Modified Loss Functions for Algorithmic Bias Mitigation
University of Mississippi- M.S., Engineering Science with an emphasis in Computer Science, 2019
Project:A Study on Transfer Learning's Effects on Training Efficiency
University of Mississippi- B.S., Computer Science, 2016