Ph.D. students and postdocs
I was gratified to receive the campus-wide Graduate Mentoring Award in 2020. To find more information about my broader “academic family,” visit my genealogy entry.
current
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Xing GaoPh.D. in Mathematics, in progress (co-advised with Yu Cheng) |
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Saeed HajizadehPh.D. in Mathematics, in progress (co-advised with Haihao Lu) |
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Thomas MaranzattoPh.D. in Mathematics, in progress |
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Neshat MohammadiPh.D. in Computer Science, in progress (co-advised with Anastasios Sidiropoulos) |
former
in reverse chronological order
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Aditya PotukuchiResearch Assistant Professor (postdoc), 2020 -- 2022 (co-mentored with Will Perkins)discrete mathematics, probability theory, analysis of algorithms, coding theory, data science current position: Assistant Professor at York University (York University was Aditya's first employer after UIC.) |
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Shelby HeineckePh.D. Mathematics, 2020"Resilient Structures and Robust Machine Learning Algorithms" current position: Research Scientist at Salesforce (Salesforce was Shelby's first employer after UIC.) |
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Mano Vikash JanardhananPh.D. in Mathematics, 2019"Algorithms for Learning Networks and Learning from Networks" current position: Quantitative Researcher in Balyasny Asset Management first position: Applied Research Scientist at Lifion by ADP |
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Benjamin FishPh.D. in Mathematics, 2018"New Models and Algorithms for Data Analysis" current position: Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan first position: Postdoctoral Researcher at MSR Montréal and the Mila-Quebec AI Institute |
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Yi HuangPh.D. in Mathematics, 2017"Problems in Learning under Limited Resources and Information" current position: Scientific Staff at Brookhaven National Laboratory first position: Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Chicago |
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Ádám D. LelkesPh.D. in Mathematics, 2017 (co-advised with György Turán)"Algorithms and Complexity Results for Big Data" current position: Software Engineer at Google Research (Google Research was Ádám's first employer after UIC.) |
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Li WangResearch Assistant Professor (postdoc), 2015 -- 2017mathematical optimization, tensors, large-data, machine learning current position: Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington was Li's first employer after UIC.) |
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Jeremy KunPh.D. in Mathematics, 2016"Graphs, New Models, and Complexity" current position: Software Engineer at Google first position: Bitcoin Protocol Engineer at 21 Inc. |