Professor in Management Science and Engineering, and (by courtesy) Computer Science, Stanford University
Leads the Social Algorithms Lab
Member of the Stanford Crowdsourced Democracy Team
Participates in the RAIN seminar
Affiliated with the Operations Research group in MS&E, Theoretical Computer Science, and the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering
Background
Research focuses on the design, analysis, and applications of algorithms
Uses techniques from optimization, probability, stochastics, and game theory
Emphasizes tangible real-world impact over mere practitioner collaborations or applied venue publications
Current application interests: Social Networks and Social Algorithms; Social Choice and Crowdsourced Democracy; Dating platforms; Internet Commerce; Reputation, Recommendation, and Trust Systems; Algorithms for large-scale data processing
Passionate about developing algorithms that improve human interaction and engagement with the networked world
Extensive industry experience at Twitter, Teapot (acquired by Stripe), and Stripe
Affiliated with Stanford University's Department of Management Science and Engineering (primary) and Department of Computer Science (courtesy)