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Past Member

Assaf Naor

Funding provided by the National Science Foundation

Affiliation

Mathematics

Field of Study

Analysis, Metric Embeddings, Approximation Algorithms
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Assaf Naor is a mathematician who studies analysis and metric geometry. He is also interested in the interaction of these areas with theoretical computer science. At IAS, he intends to work on the Lipschitz extension problem, metric embeddings, harmonic analysis, and their connections to approximation algorithms.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Mathematics

Degrees

Hebrew University
Ph.D.
2002

Appointments

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
2009–2015
Professor
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
2006–2009
Associate Professor
Theory Group, Microsoft Research
2004–2007
Researcher
Theory Group, Microsoft Research
2002–2004
Post-doctoral researcher