Office phone: (213)-740-6438
e-mail:
Robert G. and Mary G. Lane Endowed Early Career Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science,
University of Southern California
Previous affiliations:
2003-2004: Postdoc,
University of Washington
(Advisor: Anna Karlin)
1998-2003: PhD, Cornell
University
(Advisor: Jon
Kleinberg)
Office: SAL 232
Office phone: (213)-740-6438
e-mail:
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Algorithms and theoretical computer science, specifically applications to networks, auctions and mechanisms design, algorithms on graphs, randomized algorithms, and information flow through networks. My publications can be found on the publications page.
Mini-Symposium on The Formation and Function of Social Networks at the SIAM Annual Conference 2008. Thursday, July 10, 2008, 10:30am-12:30am.
I am one of the organizers of the USC Programming Contest. Follow the link for more information on past and future contests, and instructions for registering.
I am blessed to work with several smart students. Several of them have their own web sites, which you may want to check out.
You can also see a list of my former students.
At the moment, the CS department does not have an official theory seminar series. However, I am announcing here interesting theory speakers whom I have invited, or who come as part of our colloquium or distinguished lecture series. If you want to obtain e-mail announcements about theory talks at USC (and occasional talks outside USC), you can subscribe to the Google list USC-Theory at http://groups.google.com/group/USC-Theory. This list is moderated, and the only one posting is me. You can also see a list of past theory talks.