Vahab S. Mirrokni My name is Seyed Vahab Mirrokni. I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Theory Group at Microsoft Research. I received my PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology under supervision of Professor Michel Goemans . Prior to joining Microsoft Research, I was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Theory of Computation Group at MIT Computer Science and AI Laboratory. I was also holding a research scientist position in the strategic planning and optimization group at Amazon.com . I have a B.Sc. from the Computer Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology . During my PhD studies, I worked at Microsoft theory group , visited the theory of computation group in IBM T.J. Watson research center, and worked as an intern at Networking Research Lab. of Bell-Laboratories and visited Fundamental Mathematics Department at Bell-Labs. Teaching Last semester, I cotaught Algorithms and Economics of Networks as a graduate course at University of Washington. Research Interests My research interests include - Algorithmic Game Theory and Computational Economics - Approximation Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimization - Algorithmic and Economic aspects of the Internet - E-commerce and Social Network Analysis - Network Optimization: Mobile Computing and Network Management - Graph Theory and Combinatorics Background - My Publications - My Resume(.pdf) Contact information (617) 6206864 (cell-phone) (425) 704-0109 (Microsoft Research office) Email Address: mirrokni _ at _ theory dot csail Dot mit DOT edu , mirrokni _ at _ microsoft.com Work Address: Theory Group, Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way, Office 99/2933 Redmond, WA 98052. Phone: 425 704-0109 Home Address: 5721 65th AVE NE Seattle, WA 98105. Phone: 617 620 6864

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Last Update: Dec., 2007