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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996; B.S. in Computer Science, Cornell University, 1993.

Research Interests: Algorithms, social and information networks, data mining, and machine learning, with a focus on the combinatorial structure of networks and information.

Appointments: Tisch University Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University; Interim Dean, Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (2020–2022).

Awards: MacArthur Fellowship (2005); Nevanlinna Prize (2006); ACM Prize in Computing (2008); National Academy of Sciences member (2011).

Publications:

• Algorithm Design (with Éva Tardos, Pearson, 2005).
• Author of over 200 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Nature, Science, and Journal of the ACM.

Editorial Contributions: Editorial board member, Journal of the ACM; Associate Editor, Networks.

Additional Contributions: Delivered keynote addresses at conferences like WWW and KDD; consultant for tech firms on network analysis.