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) two course abstract algebra series from a computational point of view (still under development),
(4) a course on algorithmic foundations of data science
Seminar With Grigoris Paouris and Petros Valettas we run 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 above interesting feel free to stop by my office and chat.
Research Interests I am interested in real algebraic geometry, convex geometry, randomized numerical algorithms,
optimization, theory of computing, combinatorics, and reinforcement learning. My publications are divided into broad categories below.