Torstein J. F. Strømme

Associate Professor

Department of Informatics
University of Bergen
Postboks 7800, 5020 Bergen, NORWAY

office: 404P2 Høyteknologisenteret
email: torstein.stromme@uib.no
phone: 92652405

Currently teaching:

INF100 Introduction to programming

Teaching log:

INF100 Introduction to programming (S24, F23, F22)
INF101 Object-oriented programming (S23, S22)
INF102 Algorithms and data structures (F18)
INF237 Algorithms engineering (S19, S18, S17)
INF219/INF319 Project in informatics (Bergen Open 2018, Bergen Open 2021)
INFDID210 Informatics didactics (S24)

Other stuff related to CS education I to various extents have contributed to or take an interest in:

Competitive programming: NIO, NCPC, contests at UiB, solved kattis problems
Simple Python graphics library: uib-inf100-graphics

Looking for an advisor for your master thesis? I am interested in supervising projects related to education and didactics, computer science communication, algorithmic thinking or interdisciplinary topics. Some thesis ideas I'd be interested in supervising:

Why care to learn programming? An investigation into motivators for studying computer science and how they differ between study programs.
Why would you code like that? A peek into common mistakes in CS1 and why they were made.
How to make a computer game in 5 hours: a Python library tailored for subject immersion days in computer science for K-12.
NP-hardness for everone: great theoretical ideas in computer science for K-12
Recursion vs looping in introductory CS
Interdisciplinary topics: can a piece of software make a difference in an area such as medicine, law, management, policy-making or business?

My current research interests are in computer science education and algorithmic thinking.

Phd thesis: Exploiting graph structures for computational efficiency (pdf)
Master thesis: Kernelization of Vertex Cover by Structural Parameters (pdf)

See also my orcid profile.

Time permitting, I am available for minor consulting jobs. I have experience as an expert witness in court on source code plagiarism, as well as some minor development jobs for data science applications. Please contact me for more information or references.

Education:

2015–2020: PhD, Computer Science, University of Bergen
2013–2015: Msc, Computer Science, University of Bergen
2009–2013: Bsc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
2004–2008: Electronics and General Studies (TAF), Knarvik Vidaregåande Skule

Experience:

2021– Associate Professor, University of Bergen
2020–2021 Senior Software Engineer, Vizrt
2018–2019 Assistant Professor, University of Bergen
2013–2015 Systems Engineer, ABB
2010–2012 Maintenance Management Engineer (summers/part time), Bybanen AS
2008–2009 Compulsory military service, Norwegian Army
2004–2008 Apprentice in electronics (50% part time), Roxar (later aquired by Emerson)

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