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'''Jan Vondrák''' is a Czech mathematician and 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 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" /> |
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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 |issn=0273-0979}}</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" /> She died of breast cancer in 2017.<ref name=":1" /> |
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 |issn=0273-0979}}</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" /> She died of breast cancer in 2017.<ref name=":1" /> |
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Revision as of 00:58, 9 October 2022
Jan Vondrák is a Czech applied mathematician and theoretical computer scientist. He is 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 a 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] She died of breast cancer in 2017.[2]
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