I am an assistant professor in University of Texas at San Antonio Mathematics and Computer Science Departments.
Reasonable person policy I like (some quotes ) and CMU SCS reasonable person policy :
Everyone will be reasonable
Everyone expects everyone else to be reasonable
No one is special
Do not be offended if someone suggests you are not being reasonable
Teaching Interests My goal is to empower students with modern mathematical and computational skills, and cultivate algorithmic thinking.
So far I'm involved in designing the following courses:
(1) a probability theory course delivered in algorithmic context,
(2) an undergrad level introduction to optimization (with Claire Walton),
(3) a course on algorithmic foundations of data science
(4) s seminar style course on Reinforcement Learning
(5) abstract algebra series from a computational point of view (with Henry Chimal Dhuzul-under development),
Seminar
I am involved in organizing our two freshly starting seminars: Algorithms Seminar, and Optimization seminar. For the moment, I am also part of Math Dept Colloquium organization.
In the past, with Grigoris Paouris and Petros Valettas we had a student friendly research seminar
on Geometry, Probability, and Computing. Details about the seminar can be found here .
Creative Math Circle With Suleyman Tek and Rodrigo Velez we started a creative/competitive math circle for middle schoolers. Currently we only take 6th graders. Contact S. Tek if you are interested.
Mentoring I very much enjoy working with undergraduate researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. If you find the topics below interesting; stop by my office to chat.
Research Interests I am interested in real algebraic geometry, convex geometry, randomized numerical algorithms,
algebraic algorithms, optimization, theory of computing, and reinforcement learning. I love Combinatorics since high school :).
My publications are divided into broad categories below.
Here are two podcasts that summarize my research according to AI: Summary 1 - Real Algebraic Geometry Focused , Summary 2 - Probability Focused Overview