About the Authors
Per Austrin
Per Austrin
Associate professor
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
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www.csc.kth.se/~austrin/
Per Austrin graduated from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2008; his advisor was Johan Håstad. The subject of his thesis was hardness of approximation and discrete harmonic analysis. In his spare time he sometimes enjoys algorithmic programming contests.
Petteri Kaski
Petteri Kaski
Associate professor
Department of Computer Science
Aalto University
Finland
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www.aalto.fi/en/people/petteri-kaski
Petteri Kaski graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 2005; his advisor was Patric Östergård. The subject of his thesis was algorithms for classification of combinatorial objects. He enjoys the interplay of algorithms, algebra, and combinatorics.
Kaie Kubjas
Kaie Kubjas
Assistant professor
Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
Aalto University
Finland
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www.kaiekubjas.com
Kaie Kubjas graduated from the Free University of Berlin in 2013; her advisors were Christian Haase and Klaus Altmann. The subject of her thesis was algebraic and combinatorial aspects of group-based models. She enjoys applying algebraic geometry to other fields. Kubjas discovered her love for mathematics in her school years in Tartu, Estonia under the guidance and mentoring of her mathematics teachers Reene Õigus and Hele Kiisel. Thanks to the encouragement and support of her teachers, Kubjas got involved in mathematics competitions.