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Avi Wigderson

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Avi Wigderson (אבי ויגדרזון; born 9 September 1956) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist. [1]

32 relations: Computational complexity theory, Computer scientist, Cryptography, Distributed computing, Dorit Aharonov, Expander graph, Gödel Prize, Graph theory, Haifa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IBM Research - Almaden, Institute for Advanced Study, Israel, Israelis, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Mathematician, National Academy of Sciences, Neural network, Nevanlinna Prize, Omer Reingold, Parallel algorithm, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Ran Raz, Richard Lipton, Salil Vadhan, San Jose, California, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, The Jerusalem Post, Theoretical computer science, University of California, Berkeley, Zig-zag product.

Computational complexity theory

Computational complexity theory is a branch of the theory of computation in theoretical computer science that focuses on classifying computational problems according to their inherent difficulty, and relating those classes to each other.

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Computer scientist

A computer scientist is a person who has acquired the knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application.

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Cryptography

Cryptography or cryptology (from κρυπτός|translit.

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Distributed computing

Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems.

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Dorit Aharonov

Dorit Aharonov (דורית אהרונוב; born 1970) is an Israeli computer scientist specializing in quantum computing.

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Expander graph

In combinatorics, an expander graph is a sparse graph that has strong connectivity properties, quantified using vertex, edge or spectral expansion as described below.

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Gödel Prize

The Gödel Prize is an annual prize for outstanding papers in the area of theoretical computer science, given jointly by European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computational Theory (ACM SIGACT).

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Graph theory

In mathematics, graph theory is the study of graphs, which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects.

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Haifa

Haifa (חֵיפָה; حيفا) is the third-largest city in Israel – after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv– with a population of in.

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, Ha-Universita ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim; الجامعة العبرية في القدس, Al-Jami'ah al-Ibriyyah fi al-Quds; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second oldest university, established in 1918, 30 years before the establishment of the State of Israel.

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IBM Research - Almaden

IBM Research - Almaden is in Almaden Valley, San Jose, California, and is one of IBM's twelve worldwide research labs that form IBM Research.

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Institute for Advanced Study

The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent, postdoctoral research center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry founded in 1930 by American educator Abraham Flexner, together with philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Israelis

Israelis (ישראלים Yiśraʾelim, الإسرائيليين al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds.

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Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) is an independent nonprofit mathematical research institution in Berkeley, California.

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Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in his or her work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

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National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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Neural network

The term neural network was traditionally used to refer to a network or circuit of neurons.

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Nevanlinna Prize

The Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (named in honor of Rolf Nevanlinna) is awarded once every 4 years at the International Congress of Mathematicians, for outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences including.

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Omer Reingold

Omer Reingold (עומר ריינגולד) is a faculty member of the Computer Science Department at Stanford University.

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Parallel algorithm

In computer science, a parallel algorithm, as opposed to a traditional serial algorithm, is an algorithm which can be executed a piece at a time on many different processing devices, and then combined together again at the end to get the correct result.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township.

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Ran Raz

Ran Raz (רָן רָז) is a computer scientist who works in the area of computational complexity theory.

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Richard Lipton

Richard Jay Lipton (born September 6, 1946) is an American-British computer scientist who has worked in computer science theory, cryptography, and DNA computing.

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Salil Vadhan

Salil Vadhan is Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University.

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San Jose, California

San Jose (Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California.

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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל Ha-Tekhniyon — Makhon Tekhnologi le-Yisrael) is a public research university in Haifa, Israel.

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The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post.

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Theoretical computer science

Theoretical computer science, or TCS, is a subset of general computer science and mathematics that focuses on more mathematical topics of computing and includes the theory of computation.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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Zig-zag product

In graph theory, the zig-zag product of regular graphs G,H, denoted by G \circ H, takes a large graph (G) and a small graph (H), and produces a graph that approximately inherits the size of the large one but the degree of the small one.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Wigderson

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