bio - Samet OymakI am an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I am also a visiting researcher at Google Research. I completed my undergraduate education at Bilkent University in 2009. I received my MS and PhD degrees from Caltech (in 2011 and 2015); where I was also awarded the Wilts Prize for the best thesis in Electrical Engineering. My PhD advisor is Babak Hassibi. Before joining UCR, I worked at The Voleon Group and Google. I was also a also a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley hosted by Ben Recht and The Simons Institute. My research lies at the confluence of machine learning, optimization, and statistics. I am broadly interested in finding principled solutions to contemporary problems in AI and data science by using tools from mathematical optimization and statistics. My recognitions include an NSF CAREER award, an Outstanding Achievement Award from U-M EECS, and faculty research awards from Google, Adobe, and Amazon. Find my resume here. Selected Service:
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