Michael Shindler

To form my email address, concatenate my last name with [at] cs [dot] ucla [dot] edu
Lab/Office: 3771 Boelter Hall

I'm a computer science PhD student at UCLA.
Research interests: Approximation Algorithms, Data Mining

Advisor: Adam Meyerson

Papers

"Approximation Algorithms for the Metric k-Median Problem" - my Written Qualifying Exam paper. [ link ]

Educational Background

PhD in Computer Science from UCLA, 2010 (expected)
Advisor: Adam Meyerson
Master of Science in Computer Science from UCLA, 2008
Advisor: Adam Meyerson
Bachelor of Science in Information and Computer Science from UC Irvine, 2005.
- Undergraduate Specializations in Implementation and Analysis of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Systems.

Selected Graduate Coursework

Theory

Online Algorithms, Fall 2006, Prof. Adam Meyerson
Perfect Graphs and Applications, Spring 2006, Prof. Majid Sarrafzadeh
Game Theory, Winter 2006, Prof. Adam Meyerson
Approximation Algorithms, Fall 2005, Prof. Adam Meyerson

Other

Reasoning with Partial Beliefs, Winter 2008, Prof. Adnan Darwiche
Reconfigurable Architecture, Winter 2007, Prof. Majid Sarrafzadeh
Web Information Management, Fall 2006, Prof. Junghoo Cho
Problem Solving and Search, Winter 2006, Prof. Richard Korf

Resume

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Hobbies and Interests

Duplicate bridge, golf, sports psychology