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General Information

Full Name Dr. Matthew C. Fontaine

Education

  • 2019 - 2024
    PhD Computer Science
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    • Advisor - Dr. Stefanos Nikolaidis
  • 2011 - 2013
    M.S. Computer Science
    University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
    • Advisor - Dr. Glenn A. Martin
  • 2007 - 2011
    B.S. Computer Science
    University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
    • Advisor - Dr. Glenn A. Martin

Employment

  • 2019 - 2024
    Research Assistant
    ICAROS Lab, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California
  • 2017 - 2019
    Author
    France's International Olympiad in Informatics, Remote
  • 2017 - 2018
    Software Engineer in Simulation
    Drive.ai, Mountain View, CA
  • 2014 - 2017
    Instructor
    Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida
  • 2013
    Intern
    Font and Text Team, Google, Mountain View, CA
  • 2012 - 2017
    Problem Author
    Topcoder
  • 2008 - 2014
    Research Assistant
    Interactive Realities Lab, Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida

Awards and Honors

  • 2025
    • USC PhD Achievement Award
      (awarded to 6 students university-wide)
  • 2024
    • Spotlight Presentation at ICLR
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
    • Oral presentation at NeurIPS
  • 2012
    • ACM ICPC Southeast USA Regional Programming Contest 2nd place
    • ACM ICPC World Finals 36th place
  • 2011
    • ACM ICPC Southeast USA Regional Programming Contest 2nd place
    • Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society Inductee
    • Best AI Award, Ken Stanley's AI for Game Programming Course
    • IEEE Southeast Conference Programming Contest 1st place
  • 2010
    • ACM ICPC Southeast USA Regional Programming Contest 3rd place