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Dana Randall
Professor, School of Computer Science
Adjunct Professor, School of Mathematics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Computer Science,
A.B., Harvard University, Mathematics.
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Research interests:;
- Randomized algorithms
- Markov chain Monte Carlo
- Computational problems from statistical physics
- Combinatorics
- Distributed algorithms and collective computation
Major roles and activities:
- PI on ARO Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) on Formal Foundations of Emergent Computation, 2019--2024.
- Co-founder and co-executive director: Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS), 2016--19.
- Director, Algorithms and Randomness Center, 2014--16.
- ADVANCE Professor of Computing, 2011--2021.
- Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, July 2016.
- Chair of the Progam Committee, ACM/SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, January 2011.
PhD students:
- Russell Martin, Ph.D. 2001, University of Liverpool.
- Nayantara Bhatnagar, Ph.D. 2007, University of Delaware.
- Sam Greenberg, Ph.D. 2008, Department of Defense.
- Amanda Pascoe Streib, Ph.D. 2012, Center for Computing Sciences.
- Sarah Miracle, Ph.D. 2015, University of St. Thomas.
- Prateek Bhakta., Ph.D. 2016, University of Richmond.
- Sarah Cannon, Ph.D. 2018, Claremont McKenna College.
- Matthew Fahrbach, Ph.D. 2019, Google Research.
- Bahnisikha Dutta, Ph.D. 2021.
- Zhanzhan Zhao, Ph.D. expected 2023.
- Shunhao Oh, Ph.D. expected 2024.
In the news:
- I Programmer: There's a new swarming robot on the block, May 2021.
- Georgia Tech News: Simple Robots Smart Algorithms, April 2021.
- Design News: Individually, these robots are dumb. But when they work together? Awesome!", May 2021.
- Georgia Tech News: Researchers awarded 625 million to study collective emergent behavior, April 2019
- Arizona State University News: MURI award brings ASU to the forefront of emergent computation, April 2019.
- Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine : Stronger together (on ADVANCE) , October 2018.
- Scientific American: ''Smarticle'' Robot Swarms Turn Random Behavior into Collective Intelligence">, February 2018.
- Quanta Magazine: Smart Swarms Seek New Ways to Cooperate, Feb 2018.
- The Technique: In the classroom with Dana Randall, June 2017.
- GT Research Horizons: Data Driven: How Traditional Research is Being Rebooted, September 2016.
- Godel's Lost Letter (Dick Lipton's blog): A creeping model of computation, September 2016.
- Verge Magazine:
2009 Arnold Ross Lecture at the Augusta Science Center., October 2009.
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Contact information:
2140 Klaus Advanced Computing Building
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0765
(404)-894-3156 (cs. dept. phone)
(404)-894-6300 (fax)
randall at cc dot gatech dot edu
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