About the Author
Ola Svensson
assistant professor
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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assistant professor
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
ola.svensson[ta]epfl[td]ch
theory.epfl.ch/osven
Ola Svensson (not to be confused with the singer
Ola Svensson)
graduated from
IDSIA in 2009; his advisor was
Monaldo Mastrolilli.
His thesis focused on the approximability of graph and scheduling problems.
After spending two years as a postdoc with
Johan H\aa stad at
KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Sweden, he is now back in Switzerland as an assistant professor in the
theory group at
EPFL. Apart from doing
research, he enjoys the Alps that are in complete contrast to the flat
but still beautiful landscape in the south of Sweden where he grew up.