UM Directory
Jesse Johnson
Professor
Contact Information
- Department:
- Computer Science
- Email:
- jesse.johnson@umontana.edu
- Phone:
- (406) 243-2356
- Office Hours:
-
Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 11:00-12:00 Interdisciplinary Science Building 406A
Get there by going to the 4th floor, entering the door numbered 406 in the north west corner near the bathrooms, then walking through the student area and to the hallway. I'm the first office on the right.
Or, by appointment. Just send an email. Afternoons will be better than mornings. Please note the location.
Updated January 2026
Office Address
Social Science 417 or Interdisciplinary Science Building 406A
32 Campus Dr MS 5256
Missoula MT, 59812
Current Position
Professor of Computer Science
Courses Taught
Spring 2026 Weekly Schedule:
CSCI 477/577 Simulation Modeling TTh 9:30-10:50
CSCI 361 Computer Architectures TTh 12:30-13:50
Teaching Experience
I have taught:
- C++
- A First Couse in FInite Elements
- Data Structures
- Computer Modeling for Science Majors
- Introduction to Computer Science
- Computer Architectures
- Computer Graphics
- Data Visualization
- Programming Languages
- Computer Simulation and Modeling
- Internet of Things
- Statistical, Dynamical, and Computational Models
- Mathematics and physics at the high school level, taught to students whos first language is not English
Research Interests
Numerical modeling of ice sheet dynamics. Forest fire behavior.
Field of Study
Ice sheet dynamics and numerical modeling.
Publications
International Experience
United States Peace Corps volunteer 1994-1996 in Malawi, Central Africa.
University of Montana faculty exchange program in Cape Town, South Africa, 2010 - 2011. I was at Univeristy of Cape Town, and kept a blog.
Fulbright Fellow to Namibia, 2016 calendar year. I kept a blog that can be viewed here.
Fulbright Specialist in South Africa, December 2022 - January 2023. Worked on information and communication technologies used at the Southern African Wildlife College. Some photos of fun things can be viewed here.
Sabbatical the United States Military Academy, West Point New York 2023-24
Honors / Awards
2016 Fulbright Scholar to Namibia
Hobbies
I like to try and bike, ski, hunt, travel to new places, listen to music, camp, cook, and read fiction.
Home Department
Computer Science
Area of Expertise
Fire Dynamics; Dynamic Response of Large Ice Masses to Climate Forcing; Use of Mathematical Tools to Move from the Continuous to the Discrete; Optimization; In-Situ, Remote Sensed and Model Generated Data Sets
Chair Director Departments
Computer Science