Jason O'Kane

Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of South Carolina

Storey Innovation Center 2229
550 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29208
+1-803-777-1791 (office)

Curriculum vitae

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Information for USC Students

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Research

• Publications
• A Gentle Introduction to ROS (free book)
• The Robot Design Game
• Events:
  • Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) 2022
  • Workshop on Minimality and Trade-offs in Automated Robot Design (at RSS 2017)
  • Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems in Automation: Topics in Planning and Control (at CASE 2016)
  • Workshop on Minimality and Design Automation (at RSS 2016)
• Current graduate students:
  • Hazhar Rahmani
  • Marios Xanthidis
• Former graduate students:
  • Laura Boccanfuso
  • Yang Song
  • Nick Stiffler
  • Jeremy Lewis
  • Shervin Ghasemlou
  • Trevor Olsen
• We are grateful for funding from:
  • National Science Foundation
  • DARPA
  • South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council
  • Southeastern Conference
  • USC Office of Research

Teaching

• CSCE 215 (UNIX/Linux Fundamentals)

• CSCE 350 Data Structures and Algorithms: [Fall 2020] [Fall 2019] [Fall 2018] [Summer 2016] [Summer 2015] [Spring 2015] [Spring 2014] [Fall 2010] [Fall 2007]
• CSCE 374 Introduction to Robotics: [Fall 2013] [Fall 2012]
• CSCE 574 Robotics: [Spring 2014] [Spring 2013] [Spring 2012] [Spring 2011] [Spring 2010] [Spring 2009] [Spring 2008]
• CSCE 750 Analysis of Algorithms: [Fall 2020] [Fall 2019] [Fall 2018] [Fall 2017] [Fall 2016] [Fall 2015]
• CSCE 774 Robotic Systems: [Fall 2011] [Fall 2009] [Fall 2008]
• CSCE 790 Special Topics: [Spring 2016] [Fall 2016]
• CSCE 791 Seminar on Advances in Computing: [Fall 2011]

News

2020-06-20	Shervin Ghasemlou successfully defended his dissertation. Algorithmic Robot Design: Label Maps, Procrustean Graphs, and the Boundary of Non-destructiveness Congrats, Shervin!
2019-04-16	Our new project on structured narrative observation was featured in a recent new story. [Scienmag] [U. Houston] [Science X] [ECN]
2019-03-21	It's an honor to receive the Distinguished Research Service Award from the UofSC Office of Research. [Story]
2018-11-16	Jeremy Lewis successfully defended his dissertation. Algorithms for Robot Coverage under Movement and Sensing Constraints Congratulations!
2017-12-12	A recent article from the SECU highlights my research with Dylan Shell.
2017-12-06	I was invited to address the USC Faculty Senate, to discuss my experience writing A Gentle Introduction to ROS specifically, and the creation of open education resources generally.
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