Piotr Indyk
Piotr Indyk | |
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Residence | Poland, United States |
Nationality | Polish |
Fields | Computer Scientist, Mathematician |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Alma mater |
Stanford University Uniwersytet Warszawski |
Doctoral advisor | Rajeev Motwani |
Known for | Computational geometry, Streaming algorithms, Computational learning theory |
Notable awards |
Packard Fellowship from the Packard Foundation (2003) Sloan Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2003) Career Award from the National Science Foundation (2002) Best Student Paper Award at FOCS (2000) |
Piotr Indyk is a Professor in the Theory of Computation Group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Academic biography
Indyk received the Magister degree from the Uniwersytet Warszawski in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2000 under the supervision of Rajeev Motwani.[1] In 2000, Indyk joined MIT where he currently holds the title of Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.[2]
Research
Indyk's research focuses primarily on computational geometry in high-dimensions, streaming algorithms, and computational learning theory. He has made a range of contributions to these fields, particularly in the study of low-distortion embeddings, algorithmic coding theory, and geometric and combinatorial pattern matching. He has also made contributions to the theory of compressed sensing.
Awards and honors
In 2000, Indyk was awarded the Best Student Paper Award at FOCS. In 2002 he received the Career Award from the National Science Foundation, and in 2003 he received a Packard Fellowship from the Packard Foundation and a Sloan Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He was a cowinner of the 2012 Kanellakis Award for his work on Locality Sensitive Hashing.