Shayan Oveis Gharan

Professor,

University of Washington

Shayan Oveis Gharan is a professor in the Paul Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Washington. He received his PhD from the Management Science and Engineering department at Stanford University in 2013. Shayan's research exploits several tools in Mathematics such as theory of real stable and log-concave polynomials, spectral graph theory and probability theory to design and analyze algorithms for discrete objects.

Program Visits

Geometry of Polynomials, Spring 2019, Visiting Scientist and Program Organizer

Bridging Continuous and Discrete Optimization, Fall 2017, Visiting Scientist

Counting Complexity and Phase Transitions, Spring 2016, Visiting Scientist

Algorithmic Spectral Graph Theory, Fall 2014, Visiting Scientist