Mohammad Hajiaghayi
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| Born |
Persian: محمد تقی حاجی آقائی 1979 Qazvin, Iran |
| Alma mater |
Sharif University of Technology (BSc) University of Waterloo (MSc) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Awards |
EATCS Nerode Prize (2015) ONR Young Investigator Award (2011) NSF CAREER Award (2010) |
| Website | www |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Doctoral advisor |
Erik Demaine F. Thomson Leighton |
| Doctoral students | Rajesh Chitnis, Vahid Liaghat, Reza Khani, Anshul Sawant. |
Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi (Persian: محمد تقی حاجی آقائی; born in 1979) is a computer scientist known for his work in algorithms, game theory, social networks, network design, graph theory, and big data. More specifically he has designed numerous algorithms and taught classes in the areas of approximation algorithms, fixed-parameter algorithms, algorithmic game theory, algorithmic graph theory, online algorithms, and streaming algorithms. He has over 200 publications with over 185 collaborators and 10 issued patents.
He is currently the Jack and Rita G. Minker (full) Professor at the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science.
Mohammad Hajiaghayi was born in 1979 in Qazvin, Iran. His parents were both K-12 teachers. He went to high school at Shahid Babaee High School (Qazvin Sampad), National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET).
In 1997, Hajiaghayi won a silver medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics.
Hajiaghayi received his BSc with highest distinction in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2000 (in three years), his MSc in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in 2001, and his PhD in applied mathematics and computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 advised by Erik Demaine and F. Thomson Leighton.
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