Barna Saha

Barna Saha is the Harry E. Gruber Endowed Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego holding a joint appointment with the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute. Her research interests are in algorithm design & analysis, probability, and large scale data analysis. She is a recipient of numerous awards including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2019 which is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early career researchers. Other awards include a Sloan fellowship, IIT Kanpur Young Alumnus Award, Kavli Fellowship from the National Academy of Sciences, a NSF CAREER Award among others.

Program Visits

Logic and Algorithms in Database Theory and AI, Fall 2023, Visiting Scientist

Data Structures and Optimization for Fast Algorithms, Fall 2023, Visiting Scientist

Satisfiability: Theory, Practice, and Beyond, Spring 2021, Visiting Scientist

Theory of Reinforcement Learning, Fall 2020, Visiting Scientist

Probability, Geometry, and Computation in High Dimensions, Fall 2020, Visiting Scientist

Online and Matching-Based Market Design, Fall 2019, Visiting Scientist

Foundations of Data Science, Fall 2018, Visiting Scientist

Fine-Grained Complexity and Algorithm Design, Fall 2015, Research Fellow