Aleksandrs Slivkins
Researcher
Microsoft Research, Sillicon Valley (SVC)
Mountain View, CA 94043
Research interests: Algorithms and theoretical computer science. Specific areas include: large networks, metric spaces, learning theory, and algorithmic mechanism design.
Education
- Postdoc at Brown University, 2006-2007, with Eli Upfal.
- Ph.D. Computer Science, Cornell University, 2000-2006.
Thesis committee: Jon Kleinberg (advisor), Gun Sirer and Eva Tardos.
Thesis: Embedding, Distance Estimation and Object Location in Networks. - B.S. Mathematics (with distinction), California Inst. of Technology, 1996-2000.
Current MSR projects: Multi-Armed Bandits, Computational Game Theory.
Publications: by year and by topic.
Contact info: Microsoft Corporation, 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View, CA 94043
Email: [lastname] [AT] microsoft dot com
Phone: (650) 693-1195
Fax: (650) 693-3329, "Attn: slivkins at (650) 693-1195"
