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American computer scientist
Christian Borgs
NationalityAmerican, German
Alma materUniversity of Munich
SpouseJennifer Chayes
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science, Mathematical Physics
InstitutionsFree University of Berlin
University of Leipzig
Microsoft Research
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorErhard Seiler

Christian Borgs is a German-American computer scientist and mathematical physicist.

Biography

He is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, he was the deputy managing director of Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which he co-founded in 2008. Borgs' research includes developing the theory of graphons, computational analyses of the folk theorem (game theory), the planted clique, and the partition problem. For prior work on phase transitions, he was awarded the Karl Scheel Prize.

Borgs is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

References

  1. "Christian Borgs". Microsoft. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. Microsoft to open first East Coast Research Lab in Cambridge Boston.com. By Robert Weisman. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. Microsoft Research Lab Opens Quietly Next to MIT By Robert Buderi. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  4. The Karl Scheel Award Winners 1998–1989 Berlin Physics Society. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  5. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2019-05-02.
  6. "AAAS Fellows" (PDF). aaas.org. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
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