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headshot of Jelani Nelson Jelani Nelson
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theory, algorithms, streaming algorithms, dimensionality reduction, randomized algorithms, machine learning, privacy
headshot of Alistair Sinclair Alistair Sinclair
Dept of Statistics
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
algorithms, applied probability, statistics, random walks, Markov chains, computational applications of randomness, Markov chain Monte Carlo, statistical physics, combinatorial optimization
Picture of Professor Gray outside the physics department. Heather Gray
Dept of Physics
particle physics, machine learning, algorithms, quantum algorithms, general purpose computation on the GPU (GPGPU)
Prasad Raghavendra in outdoor setting Prasad Raghavendra
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theory(THY), optimization, complexity theory, approximation algorithms
Satish Rao Satish Rao
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
combinatorial optimization, design and analysis of algorithms
Rajan Udwani Rajan Udwani
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
algorithms, optimization under uncertainty, Revenue Management, pricing, online platforms
John Wright John Wright
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
quantum state learning, quantum complexity theory, property testing, approximation algorithms
headshot of Amanda Coston Amanda Coston
Dept of Statistics
causal inference, machine learning, nonparametric statistics, responsible AI, algorithmic fairness
Umesh Vazirani Umesh Vazirani
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
quantum computation, hamiltonian complexity, analysis of algorithms, computer security
Martin P. Head-Gordon Martin P. Head-Gordon
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics
headshot of Huiwen Jia Huiwen Jia
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
stochastic and robust optimization, machine learning, online learning algorithms, transportation, Revenue Management, service system design
Stuart Russell in outdoor environment Stuart J. Russell
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
artificial intelligence, computational biology, algorithms, machine learning, real-time decision-making, probabilistic reasoning
Kirk Bansak Kirk Bansak
Dept of Political Science
causal inference, experimental design and analysis, algorithmic decision-making, refugee resettlement and asylum politics, public opinion, survey methodology
Kathy Yelick Katherine A. Yelick
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
high performance computing, partitioned Global Address Space programming, communication-avoiding algorithms, automatic performance tuning, high performance data analytics, computational biology
headshot of Dan Klein Daniel Klein
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
unsupervised language acquisition, efficient algorithms for NLP, linguistically rich models of language, integrating symbolic and statistical methods for NLP, organization of the web, machine translation, information extraction
Olga Holtz Olga Holtz
Dept of Mathematics
numerical analysis, matrix and operator theory, approximation theory, wavelets and splines, orthogonal polynomials and special functions, analysis of algorithms and computational complexity
Shafi Goldwasser Shafi Goldwasser
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
cryptography, computational number theory, complexity theory, fault tolerant distributed computing, probabilistic proof systems, approximation algorithms, theory(THY)
Shmuel S. Oren Shmuel S. Oren
Dept of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
economics, algorithms, financial engineering, risk management, planning, optimization, operation of electric power systems, market based coordination of network systems, trading instruments
Headshot of James Pitman James Pitman
Dept of Statistics
fragmentation, statistics, mathematics, Brownian motion, distribution theory, path transformations, stochastic processes, local time, excursions, random trees, random partitions, processes of coalescence
Vadim Gorin Vadim Gorin
Dept of Mathematics
Dept of Statistics
integrable probability, random matrices, asymptotic representation theory
Nikhil Srivastava Nikhil Srivastava
Dept of Mathematics
theoretical computer science, random matrices, geometry of polynomials
photographed in front of the blackboard in his office Dan-Virgil Voiculescu
Dept of Mathematics
operator algebras, free probability theory, random matrices, K-theory of operator algebras, single operator theory
Venkatesan Guruswami Venkatesan Guruswami
Dept of Mathematics
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theoretical computer science, coding theory, approximate optimization, randomness in computation, computational complexity
Philip Marcus Philip Marcus
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
algorithms, fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, atmospheric flows, convection, ocean flows, numerical analysis, wind energy, Bayesian optimization, neural networks, turbulence, planet formation, internal gravity waves, inertial waves, desalination, protoplanetary disks
Avishay Tal Avishay Tal
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theory(THY), complexity theory, analysis of Boolean functions, randomness in computation, quantum computation
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