Columbia University in the City of New York

Theory

Christos Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis Awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize

Christos H. Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis Honored by INFORMS for their Significant Contributions to the Field of Operations Research and Analytics.

Transforming Uncertainty: A New Path for Quantum Computing

Co-led by Henry Yuen, a new multi-university grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research will examine whether larger quantum operations could reduce errors and make future quantum computers more practical.

Columbia Engineering Professor Leads New Crypto Research Center of A16z

While continuing to teach at Columbia Engineering, Tim Roughgarden will serve as head of research at a16z Crypto Research.

About

The group does research on the fundamental capabilities and limitations of efficient computation.

In addition, they use computation as a lens to gain deeper insights into problems from the natural, social, and engineering sciences.

The group is highly collaborative, both within Columbia and among peer institutions. They hold a weekly Theory Lunch and a bi-weekly Student Seminar. Most graduate students have (at least) two advisors and collaborate with several professors and other students. Some of the faculty are cross-listed with the IEOR department and the Data Science Institute.