Dean F. Hougen

Full Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma
Joined
July 2019

Names

Dean F. Hougen
, 
Dean Frederick Hougen
, 
Dean Hougen

Emails

****@ou.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Full Professor
School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma (ou.edu)
2025 – Present
Associate Professor
School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma (ou.edu)
2007 – 2025
Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma (ou.edu)
2001 – 2007
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (umn.edu)
1998 – 2001

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos
1998 – 2001
PhD Advisor
Maria Gini
1989 – 1998
PhD Advisor
James Slagle
1989 – 1998

Expertise

neural architecture search
2012 – Present
evolutionary computation
2002 – Present
reinforcement learning
1990 – Present
artificial intelligence
1989 – Present
machine learning
1989 – Present
robotics
1989 – Present

Publications

View all 86 publications

Co-Authors

View all 72 co-authors