- Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-6851
- Email: jokane@tamu.edu
- Office: PETR 318
- Website: Personal Website
![Jason O'Kane](../_files/_images/_profile-images/OKane-Jason-Profile-24August2022.jpg)
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
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- 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.