Nathan Cordner, PhD

Utah Valley University Department of Computer Science

Curriculum Vitae

RESEARCH

Current Interests: Data Mining and Clustering Algorithms with Dr. George Kollios

Previous Work: Algebraic Geometry with Dr. Tyler Jarvis of Brigham Young University


TEACHING

Utah Valley University

  • Fall 2023: CS 3310, Analysis of Algorithms
  • Fall 2023: CS 1410, Object Oriented Programming (Python)

Boston University

  • Summer 1 2022: Teaching Fellow for CS 565, Data Mining
  • Fall 2021, Spring 2022: Teaching Fellow for CS 330, Algorithms Analysis
  • Summer 2 2021, Summer 2 2022: Instructor for BU Summer Challenge, Computer Science Seminar (Python)
  • Summer 1 2021: Teaching Fellow for CS 112, Introduction to Computer Science 2 (Java)
  • Fall 2020: Teaching Fellow for CS 455, Computer Networks
  • Summer 2 2020, Spring 2020: Teaching Fellow for CS 132, Geometric Algorithms (Linear Algebra)
  • Summer 1 2020: Teaching Fellow for CS 237, Probability in Computing
  • Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018: Grader for CS 332, Theory of Computation
  • Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017: Teaching Fellow for CS 111, Introduction to Computer Science 1 (Python)

Brigham Young University

  • Spring 2016: Graduate Student Instructor for Math 116, Business Calculus
  • Spring 2016: Graduate Teaching Assistant for Math 290, Foundations of Mathematics (an introductory proofs course)
  • Winter 2016: Graduate Student Instructor for Math 112, Calculus I
  • Fall 2015: Graduate Student Instructor for Math 113, Calculus II
  • Summer 2015: Graduate Student Instructor for Math 314, Calculus III
  • Winter 2015, Fall 2014: Graduate Teaching Assistant for Math 112, Calculus I
  • Fall 2014: Grader for Math 541, Graduate Real Analysis
  • Winter 2010: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for CS 142, Intro to Computer Programming (Java)

HOBBIES

Check out my YouTube channel where I post original compositions and arrangements of songs for french horn and piano

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October 2023

I officially graduated from BU with my PhD in August 2023, specializing in algorithms for data mining. My previous degrees are in mathematics, with emphasis in algebraic geometry. Before coming to BU, I also worked for a year as a software engineer at Vecna Technologies in Cambridge, MA. I currently teach at Utah Valley University.

When not working on academic things, I enjoy playing music and spending time with my wife and kids.