Applied Computing News
Ian Mertz joins the department as a Research Fellow
Ian Mertz completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in 2022 under the supervision of Toniann Pitassi, with stints at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing (UC Berkeley) and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Ian's primary research area is computational complexity theory. His interests at the moment include catalytic computing, lifting theorems, arithmetic circuit complexity, and proof complexity.
Shuichi Hirahara joins the department as a Research Fellow
We're happy to announce that Shuichi Hirahara has joined the department as a Research Fellow.
Shuichi completed his PhD at the University of Tokyo in 2019. He is currently an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo.
Shuichi's primary research area is computational complexity theory. During his stay at Warwick, he will be involved in the activities of a joint project with the University of Oxford on the limits and possibilities of efficient algorithms.
Latest two academic promotions
We are happy to announce two promotions in the department.
Dr Fayyaz Minhas has been promoted to Associate Professor from 1 July 2022.
Dr Rossella Suma has been promoted to Assistant Professor from 1 August 2022.
Many congratulations to our colleagues for all their achievements!