Lijie Chen
Scholar

Lijie Chen

Google Scholar ID: T_OhvOsAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Computational ComplexityTheoretical Computer ScienceAI safety
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,714
 
H-index
23
 
i10-index
40
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
20
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published papers include 'Polynomial-Time Pseudodeterministic Construction of Primes' and more. Organized several workshops including the explicit construction workshop at FOCS23.
Research Experience
  • Currently an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, previously a Miller Research Fellow there, hosted by Avishay Tal and Umesh V. Vazirani. During the Spring of 2016, visited MIT, working under the supervision of Prof. Scott Aaronson.
Education
  • Ph.D. from MIT, advised by Ryan Williams; Bachelor's degree from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences at Tsinghua University, advised by Prof. Jian Li.
Background
  • Research Interests: Broad interest in theoretical computer science, especially in fundamental questions in complexity theory, and also in applying the ideas of theoretical computer science to other scientific fields such as quantum physics and AI safety. Briefly: Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.
Miscellany
  • Teaching CS 278: Computational Complexity Theory this Fall!