Mathematics & Computer Science Department

Denison

R. Matthew Kretchmar

Dean of First-Year Students
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Office: 119 Higley Hall
Phone: (740) 587-6224
Email: kretchmar@denison.edu
Fax: (740) 587-5651
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Current Classes

FYS102 First-Year Seminar
I currently teach a first-year seminar. My most recent courses have focussed on the field of equity.

Previous Classes

cs110: A multimedia-based introduction to computing.
cs173: An intermediate programming course focussing on object oriented design.
cs174: A discrete math course for CS majors.
cs271: Data Structures.
cs281: Computer Organization, systems and systems programming.
cs334: Theory of Computation.
cs339: Artificial Intelligence with an emphasis on maching learning and pattern recognition.
cs371: Algorithm Design and Analysis
cs391: Robotics.

Research Interests

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, reinforcement learning, evolutionary computation, games and game theory, combinatorics.

Personal Interests

My daughter Dylan and my son Eli. I also enjoy competitive distance running (17 marathons, 2:38PR), competitive road and mountain biking, games.