Kent Jones is a Professor in the Department of Math/Computer Science at Whitworth University since 1995. His academic career includes roles as site director for the ACM Intercollegiate Pacific Northwest Programming Competition and judge/problem writer since 2000. He has collaborated on medical technology grants and taught over 15 courses ranging from introductory programming to advanced topics in computer architecture and graph theory. Education: Ph.D./M.S. from Washington State University, B.S. from Walla Walla College Research focuses on machine learning applications in medical technology, genetic algorithms, and computational networks. His work includes developing an endoscopic guidance system for neurosurgery and exploring fuzzy retrieval systems in spatial databases. Jones emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, demonstrated through international presentations in India and Australia. Grants include $15K for neurosurgery technology (2000) and $4.4K for hardware/software (2001). He co-organized computing outreach seminars for high-school students (2007) and maintains industry ties through prior roles at Boeing and McDonald's.








