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Trevor Olsen

(Ph.D.)2

Columbia, SC

tvolsen@email.sc.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Sections

About Me

Publications and Preprints

Current Teaching

Past Teaching

Keywords

Graph Theory

Robotics

Probability

Programming

Programming Experience

Python (+SageMath)

C++

Visual Basic

Java

HTML (+CSS)


About Me

Ph.D. in Computer Science
August 2018 - December 2021

I completed my Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Jason O'Kane advised me in discovering more about Visibility-Based Multi-Robot Pursuit-Evasion problems, including innovative sampling ideas and robustness.

Ph.D. in Mathematics
August 2016 - May 2020

I earned a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in the Department of Mathematics. Éva Czabarka and László Székely co-advised me in exploring graph invariants in triangulations and quadrangulations of the sphere.

Other Education
August 2009 - May 2015


Publications and Preprints

Computer Science

  1. Robust-by-Design Plans for Multi-Robot Pursuit-Evasion (submitted, ICRA 2022)
  2. Rapid Recovery from Robot Failures in Multi-Robot Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion (accepted, IROS 2021)
  3. A Visibility Roadmap Sampling Approach for a Multi-Robot Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion Problem (accepted, ICRA 2021)

Mathematics (Note: Authors are typically ordered alphabetically in Mathematics)

  1. Minimum Wiener Index of Triangulations and Quadrangulations (submitted)
  2. Proximity in Triangulations and Quadrangulations (submitted)
  3. Wiener Index and Remoteness in Triangulations and Quadrangulations (accepted, Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science)

Miscellaneous

  1. Increasing Nicotine Dependence Treatment Encounters Through Nursing Education (in preparation)
  2. Clinical Characteristics of Suspected COVID-19 in Pediatric Patients (accepted, International Journal of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine)


Most Recent Teaching (Finite Math, Sp 20)

Where am I?

  • Lecture: T, H: 4:25 pm - 5:40 pm (in LC 101)
  • Office Hours: M: 1 pm - 2 pm & H: 3:25 pm - 4:25 pm (in LC 104)
  • Tutor Center: M: 2 pm - 3 pm & F: 12 pm - 1 pm (in LC 105)


Tentative Exam Dates

  • Exam 1: 2/18/20
  • Exam 2: 3/24/20
  • Exam 3: 4/23/20
  • Final Exam (cumulative, same classroom): 5/5/20 at 4 pm


Grade Breakdown

  • Homework: 14%
  • Exam 1: 19%
  • Exam 2: 19%
  • Exam 3: 19%
  • Final: 29%


Syllabus


Past Teaching

Term Class Institution Evaluation
Fall 2020 CSCE 750 Analysis of Algorithms (TA) U of SC N/A
Fall 2020 CSCE 350 Data Structures and Algorithms (TA) U of SC N/A
Spring 2020 MATH 170 Finite Mathematics U of SC 4.46/5
Fall 2019 MATH 122 Business Calculus U of SC 4.56/5
Summer 2019 MATH 142 Calculus II U of SC 4.55/5
Spring 2019 MATH 122 Business Calculus U of SC 4.45/5
Fall 2018 MATH 141 Calculus I (TA) U of SC 4.86/5
Fall 2018 MATH 141 Calculus I (TA) U of SC 5/5
Summer 2018 MATH 241 Vector Calculus U of SC 4.86/5
Spring 2018 MATH 122 Business Calculus U of SC 4.64/5
Fall 2017 MATH 111i Intensive Basic College Math U of SC 4.79/5
Summer 2017 MATH 142 Calculus II U of SC 5/5
Spring 2017 MATH 142 Calculus II (TA) U of SC 4.93/5
Spring 2017 MATH 142 Calculus II (TA) U of SC 5/5
Spring 2017 MATH 142 Calculus II (TA) U of SC 4.75/5
Spring 2017 MATH 142 Calculus II (TA) U of SC 4.84/5
Fall 2016 MATH 142 Calculus II (TA) U of SC 4.82/5
Fall 2016 MATH 142 Calculus II (TA) U of SC 4.44/5
Summer 2016 MAC 1114 Trigonometry MDC 4.89/5
Spring 2016 MAC 1105 College Algebra MDC 4.89/5
Spring 2016 MAC 1114 Trigonometry MDC 4.89/5
Fall 2015 MAC 1105 College Algebra MDC 4.89/5
Fall 2015 MAC 0057 Developmental Mathematics III MDC 4.87/5
Fall 2015 MGF 1107 Math for Liberal Arts II MDC 4.97/5
Summer 2015 MAC 1147 Precalculus MDC 4.95/5
Fall 2015 MAC 2312 Calculus II MDC 4.85/5