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Skidmore College
Computer Science Department

Thomas O'ConnellThomas O'Connell portrait

associate Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science

Office: CIS 230D
Telephone: (518) 580-5293
Email: toconnel@skidmore.edu
Personal Web Page: Thomas O'Connell

Professor O'Connell received his Ph.D. in computer science from The University at Albany, completing a thesis that applied ideas from theoretical computer science to problems in game theory. Prior to coming to Skidmore, Prof. O'Connell worked as a software developer at IBM and a visiting professor at Dartmouth College. Prof. O'Connell's current research interest is in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prof. O'Connell teaches computer science courses at all levels, especially in the areas of algorithms and the theory of computation.