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Alex 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 BanditsComputational 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"