Prasad V. Tetali | |
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![]() Prasad Tetali,
Oberwolfach 2013 | |
Born | Visakhapatnam, India |
Nationality | USA |
Alma mater | New York University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | probability theory, discrete mathematics, approximation algorithms |
Institutions |
Carnegie Mellon University Georgia Tech |
Doctoral advisor | Joel Spencer |
Doctoral students | Adam Marcus |
Prasad V. Tetali is an Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist who works as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. His research concerns probability theory, discrete mathematics, and approximation algorithms.
Tetali was born in Visakhapatnam, India but is now a United States citizen. He graduated from Andhra University in 1984, earned a master's degree in computer science in 1986 from the Indian Institute of Science, [1] and completed his doctorate in 1991 at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University under the supervision of Joel Spencer. [1] [2] After postdoctoral studies, he joined the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech in 1994, and added a joint appointment in computing in 2001. [1] At Georgia Tech, his doctoral students have included Adam Marcus. [2] He was editor-in-chief of SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics from 2009 to 2011. [1] He moved to Carnegie Mellon University in 2021 to become the head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. [3]
Tetali became a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2009, [1] and one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society in 2012. [1] [4]
Prasad V. Tetali | |
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![]() Prasad Tetali,
Oberwolfach 2013 | |
Born | Visakhapatnam, India |
Nationality | USA |
Alma mater | New York University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | probability theory, discrete mathematics, approximation algorithms |
Institutions |
Carnegie Mellon University Georgia Tech |
Doctoral advisor | Joel Spencer |
Doctoral students | Adam Marcus |
Prasad V. Tetali is an Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist who works as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. His research concerns probability theory, discrete mathematics, and approximation algorithms.
Tetali was born in Visakhapatnam, India but is now a United States citizen. He graduated from Andhra University in 1984, earned a master's degree in computer science in 1986 from the Indian Institute of Science, [1] and completed his doctorate in 1991 at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University under the supervision of Joel Spencer. [1] [2] After postdoctoral studies, he joined the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech in 1994, and added a joint appointment in computing in 2001. [1] At Georgia Tech, his doctoral students have included Adam Marcus. [2] He was editor-in-chief of SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics from 2009 to 2011. [1] He moved to Carnegie Mellon University in 2021 to become the head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. [3]
Tetali became a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2009, [1] and one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society in 2012. [1] [4]