Associate Professor
Computer Science
Department Donnelly Science, Room 127f
mmolsen@loyola.edu
410-617-2852

Research Site

Office Hours

Walk-in or by appointment

Computing Interests

• Complex Systems
• Self-organizing Systems
• Computational Biology
• Artificial Intelligence
• Simulation Validation

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2011
• M.S., Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2009
• B.S., Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2005

Selected Publications

• G. Fay, M. Olsen, J. Gran, O. Carja, J. Granka, A. Johnson, V. Weinberger. Agent-based model of Tasmanian Devils examines spread of Devil Facial Tumor Disease due to road construction. International Conference on Complex Systems. June 2011.
• M. Olsen, N. Siegelmann-Danieli, H.T. Siegelmann. DynamicComputational Model Suggests that Cellular Citizenship isFundamental for Selective Tumor Apoptosis. PLoS One. 5(5):e10637. May 2010.
• M. Olsen, N. Siegelmann-Danieli, H. Siegelmann. RobustArtificial Life via Artificial Programmed Death.Artificial Intelligence 172:884-898. 2008.