Rate My Professor Paul Ginsparg

Ginsparg's research interests include theoretical elementary particle physics, quantum field theory, and digital knowledge networks. He has employed techniques from statistical mechanical models, particularly the Potts spin glass, to study community detection in networks. These methods have led to new algorithms for clustering arXiv.org subject areas using full-text similarities, co-author networks, citation networks, and co-readership collaborative filtering. Additionally, Ginsparg has contributed to quantum computing and quantum information, including simulations of statistical mechanical models on 20- and 65-qubit machines. His distinguished career has been recognized with several honors: Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1986-1990), DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator (1986-1991), Fellowship of the American Physical Society, MacArthur Fellowship (2002), Radcliffe Institute Fellowship (2008-2009), Einstein Foundation Berlin Award, and Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics. Ginsparg is also a fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Radcliffe Institute.