About the Authors
Clément L. Canonne
Clément L. Canonne
Graduate student
Columbia University, New York, NY
ccanonne[ta]cs[td]columbia[td]edu
www.cs.columbia.edu/~ccanonne/
Clément L. Canonne is currently a Motwani Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. He graduated from Columbia University in 2017, where his advisor was Rocco Servedio. His research focuses on the fields of property testing and sublinear algorithms; specifically, on understanding the strengths and limitations of the standard models in property and distribution testing, as well as in related areas. He also really likes elephants.
Elena Grigorescu
Elena Grigorescu
Assistant professor
Purdue University
elena-g[ta]purdue[td]edu
https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/egrigore/
Elena Grigorescu is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department of Purdue University. She graduated from EECS MIT in 2010; her advisor was Madhu Sudan. Her research interests span many aspects of Theoretical Computer Science, with a focus on sublinear algorithms, coding theory, and complexity theory. She likes elephants too, but prefers Boo.
Siyao Guo
Siyao Guo
Assistant professor
NYU Shanghai
siyao[td]guo[ta]nyu[td]edu
https://sites.google.com/site/siyaoguo/
Siyao Guo is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department of NYU Shanghai. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2014 where she was advised by Andrej Bogdanov. Her research interests include pseudorandomness, complexity and cryptography. She loves her softball teams BNU Phoenix and CUHK Phoenix.

Akash Kumar
Akash Kumar
Graduate student
Purdue University
akumar[ta]purdue[td]edu
https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/akumar/
Akash Kumar is a Ph.D. student at Purdue University. He is interested in Property Testing and Hardness of Approximation. He likes to imagine that he is good at the game of cricket. But really, he is a terrible player.
Karl Wimmer
Karl Wimmer
Associate professor
Duquesne University
wimmerk[ta]duq[td]edu
www.mathcs.duq.edu/~wimmer/
Karl Wimmer is an Associate Professor at Duquesne University. He graduated from CMU in 2009; he had the privilege of being the first Ph.D. graduate advised by Ryan O'Donnell. His research interest is, like, math and stuff, with a current focus on property testing and Fourier analysis. He enjoys spending time with his wonderful wife Cassondra and their three children. His family also greatly enjoys pets, but they have not yet taken in any elephants.