Gregory Sorkin
Scholar

Gregory Sorkin

Google Scholar ID: lJCOQ1cAAAAJ
London School of Economics and Political Science
random graphsrandom structuresalgorithmscombinatorial optimizationphase transitions
Citations & Impact
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Citations
906
 
H-index
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Publications
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Co-authors
10
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - Publications listed on dblp
  • - Full CV including publications and patents
Research Experience
  • - 2010–present: Professor, Department of Mathematics (formerly, Management), LSE
  • - 1992–2010: Research Staff Member, IBM Research (Yorktown Heights, New York)
  • - 1991–1992: Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh (with Mark Jerrum)
  • - 1983–1986: Senior Associate Engineer, IBM Research (Hawthorne, New York)
Education
  • - 1986–1991: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley
  • - 1983–1987: A.B. in Mathematics, Harvard
Background
  • - Combinatorial optimization
  • - Phase transitions in random structures including random graphs and random formulae
  • - Average-case analysis of algorithms
  • - Exponential-time algorithms
  • - Graph theory, combinatorics, and the probabilistic method
  • - Applications in operations research, auctions, biology, physics, and other areas
Miscellany
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