Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Chicago
The Theory group sprung up with the founding of the Department in 1983 and has thrived ever since. In the intellectual environment of the University of Chicago, a university dedicated to fundamental research in all areas, our Theory group graduated a number of outstanding doctoral students. Our faculty, as well as current and former graduate students have produced widely cited results and won major awards in Theory.
Our group is enhanced by close collaboration with TTI-C, a relatively new institution on the University of Chicago campus with several faculty members and postdocs in Theory.
Both the Department and TTI-C continue to hire in a variety of areas, including Theory, so we expect our group to further expand in the next several years.
In the News
New! Recently we began videotaping lectures given at our Theory Seminar. Some of them are already available here.
New! YouMing Qiao, a student at the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science at Tsinghua University will be visiting us during the spring quarter (tentatively arriving March 10).
Our group has won one of the Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships, beginning 2012.
We are starting weekly brown-bag lunches for everyone interested. Please join us on Fridays, 12:45pm, Ryerson 255.
The normal meeting time of our seminar has been changed to Tuesdays, 3pm—mark your calendar.
On May 26, the year of intense activity was concluded by the First Annual UC Theory Seminar Dinner, held at Fogo de Chao. Have a great summer, and see all of you on September 15!
Results of graduate admission in 2009: Pooya Hatami, Denis Pankratov, Pratik Worah. Welcome aboard, folks!