Avishay Tal

Research Bio

Avishay Tal has been a member of Berkeley's Theory Group since 2019. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from the Weizmann Institute of Science under the guidance of Ran Raz. Afterwards, he held postdoctoral appointments at the Institute for Advanced Study (2015-2017, hosted by Avi Wigderson), the Simons Institute (Fall 2018), and Stanford University (2017-2019, hosted by Omer Reingold).

His research interests include computational complexity theory, analysis of Boolean functions, quantum computing, circuit complexity, pseudorandomness, and learning theory.

 

 

Research Expertise and Interest

theory(THY), complexity theory, analysis of Boolean functions, randomness in computation, quantum computation

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Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring
  • Supervised Independent Study  [COMPSCI 199]  

  • Individual Research  [COMPSCI 299]  

  • Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Computer Science  [COMPSCI 399]  

2025 Fall
  • Computability and Complexity  [COMPSCI 172]  

  • Group Studies Seminars, or Group Research  [COMPSCI 298]  

  • Individual Research  [COMPSCI 299]  

  • Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Computer Science  [COMPSCI 399]  

  • Senior Honors Thesis Research  [COMPSCI H196A]  

2025 Summer
  • Field Studies in Computer Science  [COMPSCI 297]  

2025 Spring
  • Supervised Independent Study  [COMPSCI 199]  

  • Special Topics  [COMPSCI 294]  

  • Group Studies Seminars, or Group Research  [COMPSCI 298]  

  • Individual Research  [COMPSCI 299]  

  • Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Computer Science  [COMPSCI 399]  

  • Senior Honors Thesis Research  [COMPSCI H196B]