Prof. Jon George Rokne
Professor · DANSA Lab
Jon Rokne is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary where he chaired the department from 1989 to 1996. He obtained an M. Sc. from the University of Alberta and a Ph. D. from the University of Calgary, both in applied mathematics with a numerical analysis emphasis. His main applied mathematics interests have been interval analysis and global optimization where he has co-authored three books. In computer science the focus has been computer graphics and physically and biologically based computer simulations with publications on the visual simulation of leaves, auroras, sky, Chinese calligraphy, seismic visualization, ball lightening, social networks and data science. He has published one jointly authored computer science book entitled "Light Interaction with Plants". He has also published papers in the areas of computational geometry, and computer-aided design. He has been actively involved in IEEE including chairing the IEEE-PSPB 2011-2012. He has been a co-organizer of ASONAN. He is a co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Networks and Mining. the publicity chair for ASONAM. His extracurricular activities have included skiing, hiking and mountaineering. He is married and his wife teaches in the Faculty of Education of the University of Calgary. He has two sons.