• Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
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Jason O'Kane

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
  • M.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
  • B.S., Computer Science, Taylor University, 2001

Research Interests

    • Autonomous robots
    • Planning algorithms
    • Computational geometry

Awards & Honors

  • Distinguished Service Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2020
  • Distinguished Research Service Award, University of South Carolina Office of Research, 2019
  • National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2010

Selected Publications

  • Hazhar Rahmani, Dylan A. Shell, Jason M. O’Kane. ‘Planning to Chronicle: Optimal Policies for Narrative Observation of Unpredictable Events.’ International Journal of Robotics Research, 2022.
  • Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O’Kane. ‘Complete and Optimal Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion.’International Journal of Robotics Research, 36:923–946, July 2017.
  • Jeremy S. Lewis, Jason M. O’Kane. ‘Planning for provably reliable navigation using an unreliable, nearly sensorless robot.’ International Journal of Robotics Research, 32(11):1339–1354, September 2013.
  • Jason M. O’Kane, Steven M. LaValle. ‘On comparing the power of robots.’ International Journal of Robotics Research, 27(1):5–23, January 2008.
  • Jason M.O’Kane, StevenM. LaValle. ‘Localization with limited sensing.’ IEEE Transactions onRobotics, 23(4):704–716, August 2007.
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