Jacob Schrum
Associate Professor Of Computer Science
Georgetown, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Schrum is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and chair of Mathematics & Computer Science at Southwestern University, with 11 years of academic experience and a PhD from UT Austin. He researches artificial intelligence focused on neuroevolution, multiobjective optimization, and procedural content generation for games and robotics, and consults on applying evolutionary methods to automated model-building in industry. A committed educator who believes students learn best by doing, he teaches across the curriculum from introductory CS to AI and fosters close one-on-one and peer interactions. Based in Georgetown, TX, he blends rigorous research with practical applications—often exploring multimodal agent behaviors across board, video, and robotic domains—bringing both scholarly depth and hands-on problem solving to students and collaborators.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science (Honors), Mathematics, and German (Honors), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science (Honors), Mathematics, and German (Honors) at Southwestern University
English, German
Github Skills (86)
differentiation10
hyper10
neat10
modular10
math-library10
crossword10
artificial-intelligence10
deploying10
java10
evolution10
zelda10
dl4j10
intelligent10
keras-tensorflow10
intellij10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nazaruka/gym-http-api
May 2019 - Aug 2019
NSGA2-based Sonic agent + experimental code
Contributions:131 commits, 2 PRs, 127 pushes in 2 months
nsga2sonicagent
schrum2/EvoCraft-SCOPE
May 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 167 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
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