Chris Okasaki

Dr. Chris Okasaki, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

chris.okasaki [at] westpoint.edu

Chris has been teaching at West Point long enough that some of his former cadets are now Colonels.

Chris Okasaki (aka "Dr O") is best known externally for his work on purely functional data structures. Internally, he is best known for teaching algorithms and programming languages to generations of CS majors, and for wearing Hawaiian shirts.

Ph.D. in Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University