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'''Jan Vondrák''' is a Czech applied mathematician and theoretical computer scientist. He is a professor of mathematics at [[Stanford University]] since 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Vondrák |first=Jan |date=August 18, 2022 |title=Curriculum vitae |url=https://theory.stanford.edu/~jvondrak/data/cv.pdf |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref> He was a research staff member in the theory group at the [[IBM Almaden Research Center]] from 2009 to 2015.<ref name=":0" />
'''Jan Vondrák''' is a Czech applied mathematician and theoretical computer scientist. He has been a professor of mathematics at [[Stanford University]] since 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Vondrák |first=Jan |date=August 18, 2022 |title=Curriculum vitae |url=https://theory.stanford.edu/~jvondrak/data/cv.pdf |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref> He was a research staff member in the theory group at the [[IBM Almaden Research Center]] from 2009 to 2015.<ref name=":0" />


Vondrák completed a bachelor's degree in Physics (1995) and a M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2007) in Computer Science at [[Charles University]] under advisor [[Martin Loebl]].<ref name=":0" /> He met mathematician [[Maryam Mirzakhani]] in 2004 in Boston.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Vondrák |first=Jan |date=July 2020 |title=In memoriam: Maryam Mirzakhani |journal= [[Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society]] |language=en |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=357–358 |doi=10.1090/bull/1695 |s2cid=219092002 |issn=0273-0979|doi-access=free | publisher = [[American Mathematical Society]] (AMS) }}</ref> Vondrák completed a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 2005 at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] under advisor [[Michel Goemans]].<ref name=":0" /> He was a postdoctoral researcher in the theory group at [[Microsoft Research]] from 2005 to 2006.<ref name=":0" /> From 2006 to 2009, Vondrák was a postdoctoral teaching fellow at [[Princeton University]].<ref name=":0" /> He married Mirzakhani in 2008 on a mountain in [[New Hampshire]].<ref name=":1" /> They moved to California in 2009.<ref name=":1" /> Their daughter Anahita was born 2011.<ref name=":1" /> His late wife died of breast cancer in 2017.<ref name=":1" />
Vondrák completed a bachelor's degree in physics (1995) and an M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2007) in computer science at [[Charles University]] under advisor [[Martin Loebl]].<ref name=":0" /> He met mathematician [[Maryam Mirzakhani]] in 2004 in Boston.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Vondrák |first=Jan |date=July 2020 |title=In memoriam: Maryam Mirzakhani |journal= [[Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society]] |language=en |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=357–358 |doi=10.1090/bull/1695 |s2cid=219092002 |issn=0273-0979|doi-access=free | publisher = [[American Mathematical Society]] (AMS) }}</ref> Vondrák completed a Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 2005 at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] under advisor [[Michel Goemans]].<ref name=":0" /> He was a postdoctoral researcher in the theory group at [[Microsoft Research]] from 2005 to 2006.<ref name=":0" /> From 2006 to 2009, Vondrák was a postdoctoral teaching fellow at [[Princeton University]].<ref name=":0" /> He married Mirzakhani in 2008 on a mountain in [[New Hampshire]].<ref name=":1" /> They moved to California in 2009.<ref name=":1" /> Their daughter Anahita was born 2011.<ref name=":1" /> Mirzakhani died of breast cancer in 2017.<ref name=":1" />


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Latest revision as of 06:23, 19 December 2023

Jan Vondrák is a Czech applied mathematician and theoretical computer scientist. He has been a professor of mathematics at Stanford University since 2015.[1] He was a research staff member in the theory group at the IBM Almaden Research Center from 2009 to 2015.[1]

Vondrák completed a bachelor's degree in physics (1995) and an M.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2007) in computer science at Charles University under advisor Martin Loebl.[1] He met mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani in 2004 in Boston.[2] Vondrák completed a Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 2005 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology under advisor Michel Goemans.[1] He was a postdoctoral researcher in the theory group at Microsoft Research from 2005 to 2006.[1] From 2006 to 2009, Vondrák was a postdoctoral teaching fellow at Princeton University.[1] He married Mirzakhani in 2008 on a mountain in New Hampshire.[2] They moved to California in 2009.[2] Their daughter Anahita was born 2011.[2] Mirzakhani died of breast cancer in 2017.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Vondrák, Jan (August 18, 2022). "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Stanford University. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vondrák, Jan (July 2020). "In memoriam: Maryam Mirzakhani". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 57 (3). American Mathematical Society (AMS): 357–358. doi:10.1090/bull/1695. ISSN 0273-0979. S2CID 219092002.