Justin Y. Chen
Scholar

Justin Y. Chen

Google Scholar ID: X_myU1YAAAAJ
MIT
AlgorithmsMachine LearningTheoretical Computer Science
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
424
 
H-index
10
 
i10-index
10
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
7
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and MathWorks Engineering Fellowship; research featured in Quanta Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and highlighted in a Google Research blog post.
Research Experience
  • Worked at Google Research and AWS; collaborated with Chris Polashenski at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.
Education
  • Undergraduate at Stanford University; PhD student at MIT, advised by Piotr Indyk.
Background
  • A PhD student in the final year at MIT, studying computer science with a focus on the intersection of algorithm design and machine learning. Specializes in designing algorithms that interact with powerful but untrustworthy AI models, are stable to small changes in their inputs, and learn efficiently with minimal data and compute.
Miscellany
  • Looking for postdoc positions starting in Fall 2026; email: justc@mit.edu