Rhett Olson
he/him
Computer Scientist
he/him
Computer Scientist
I am a computer scientist, currently in the first year of my PhD at the National University of Singapore School of Computing
In December 2024 I graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering
.For six semesters (January 2022-December 2024), I worked as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in the UMN Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Historical maps contain rich information about the past, and serve as vital sources for scholars in many different fields. Through this project, I have developed a novel approach to facilitate scholarly analysis of place names on historical maps. This approach enables scholars to conduct queries for instances of a given place (e.g. "Istanbul") that retrieve dated, scanned historical maps of that place, which reveal when different names for that place were used over time (e.g. when "Istanbul", "Constantinople", and "Byzantium" were used on many different maps). Read more
As a participant in the 2024 DIMACS REU Program hosted by Rutgers University, I research the problem of truth learning in social networks. Specifically we aim to characterize when it is possible for large networks to collectiely learn some truth with high probability, despite the presence of adversarial agent who try to spread misinformation. Read more
For my work on these projects, I was named an Honorable Mention for the 2024-2025 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards Program.
For this paper, I won 3rd prize in the undergraduate category of the 2024 ACM Student Research Competition Grand Finals, and 1st prize in the ACM SIGSPATIAL Student Research Competition.
Check out my CV! (updated January 22, 2025)