mahdi.ch
Theoretical Computer Science professor @ U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Opinions are mine and may evolve over time. repost ≠ endorsement. Policy: I don't interact with anonymous profiles. Join AAUP. he/him/his.
👤 Joined on 12 October 2023
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@mahdich.bsky.social@mahdich.bsky.social → @mahdi.chLet's hope they don't scar everything too badly before moving on. Communities, cultures, and ecosystems grow slow, burn quickly. (So let's do our best to shield as much and as many as possible in the meantime, esp. young researchers)
Show PostAnd the 4-to-1 conjecture also implies the approximate graph colouring conjecture!
Show PostNikhil Bansal and I wrote a book-length survey of algorithmic and geometric methods in discrepancy theory, and a draft of it is online arxiv.org/abs/2608.00140. This book has been years in the making, and I’m excited to share it. More 👇
Show PostFor Shayan Oveis Gharan, research has always been a struggle: “It has a lot of ups and downs, mostly downs. You always think, ‘Can I ever come up with something that doesn’t fail?’” He’s now a IMU Abacus Medal winner. www.quantamagazine.org/shayan-oveis...
Show Post(I know. I just really, really like Monty Hall jokes)
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