About the Authors
![Virginia Vassilevska](vassilevska.jpg)
Virginia Vassilevska
School of Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study
virgi[ta]math[td]ias[td]edu
http://www.math.ias.edu/~virgi
School of Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study
virgi[ta]math[td]ias[td]edu
http://www.math.ias.edu/~virgi
Virginia Vassilevska obtained her Ph.D.
in 2008 from
the computer science department of
Carnegie Mellon University
under the supervision of
Prof. Guy Blelloch.
She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the
Institute for Advanced Study.
Besides working on various theoretical problems, she enjoys
some more practical exercises such as tennis.
![Ryan Williams](williams.jpg)
Ryan Williams
School of Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study
ryanw[ta]math[td]ias[td]edu
http://www.math.ias.edu/~ryanw
School of Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study
ryanw[ta]math[td]ias[td]edu
http://www.math.ias.edu/~ryanw
Ryan Williams got his Ph.D. in computer
science from
Carnegie Mellon University in 2007.
His advisor was
Prof. Manuel Blum.
Ryan is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the
Institute for Advanced Study.
In his spare time he enjoys having coffee and watching
Auburn football.
![Raphael Yuster](yuster.jpg)
Raphael Yuster
Department of Mathematics
University of Haifa
raphy[ta]math[td]haifa[td]ac[td]il
http://research.haifa.ac.il/~raphy/
Department of Mathematics
University of Haifa
raphy[ta]math[td]haifa[td]ac[td]il
http://research.haifa.ac.il/~raphy/
Raphael Yuster is a professor at the mathematics department of the
University of Haifa.
His research interests include combinatorics, graph theory, algorithms,
and probabilistic methods in combinatorics.