Avishay Tal | Research UC Berkeley

Research Expertise and Interest

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

Research Description

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.

In the News

A photo collage featuring headshots of Yvette Fisher, Grace Gu, Avishay Tal and Ruixiang Zhang

Four Early-Career Scholars Named Sloan Research Fellows

Four UC Berkeley assistant professors have been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honors given to early-career scientific researchers.

Avishay Tal Named 2022 Sloan Research Fellow in Computer Science

CS Assistant Prof. Avishay Tal has been selected as a 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Computer Science. This award recognizes outstanding early-career faculty for their "potential to revolutionize their fields of study."