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  [### Semester Program on Pseudorandomness and High-Dimensional Expanders

 ](/news/2026/04/semester-program-pseudorandomness-and-high-dimensional-expanders) April 02, 2026 

 Program website (linked left) Program dates: Monday, Aug. 24 – Friday, Dec. 11, 2026 Pseudorandomness is the theory of efficiently generating random-like objects using little or no randomness. Defining “random-like” in different ways gives different... 

 

 

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   [### Luca Trevisan Award Deadline is April 10, 2026

 ](/news/2026/04/luca-trevisan-award-deadline-april-10-2026) April 02, 2026 

 The Luca Trevisan Award, of which I am Committee Chair, is accepting nominations through April 10, 2026. The Luca Trevisan Award for Expository Work is intended to promote and recognize high-impact work expositing ideas and results from the Theory of... 

 

 

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   [### CS 1200 Returns for Fall 2025

 ](/news/2025/08/cs-1200-returns-fall-2025) August 29, 2025 

 This fall I will again be teaching CS 1200: Algorithms and Their Limitations. Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:45-11:00am at the Harvard Science and Engineeering Complex (SEC), 150 Western Avenue, Boston, MA, room 1.321. 

 

 

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   [### Teaching CS 1200, "Algorithms and Their Limitations", This Fall Semester

 ](/news/teaching-cs-1200-algorithms-and-their-limitations-fall-semester) August 30, 2024 

 This Fall Asst. Prof. Anurag Anshu and I will co-teach CS 1200, "Algorithms and Their Limitations". Course Description: An introductory course in theoretical computer science, aimed at giving students the power of using mathematical abstraction and... 

 

 

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   [### CS 229cr: Spectral Graph Theory in Computer Science

 ](/news/computer-science-229cr-spectral-graph-theory-computer-science) January 18, 2023 

 In Spring 2023, I taught CS 229cr: Spectral Graph Theory in Computer Science. See the course website for details. 

 

 

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   [### Computer Science 120: Intro to Algorithms and Their Limitations

 ](/news/new-course-fall-computer-science-120-algorithms-and-their-limitations) August 22, 2022 

 In Fall 2022, I taught CS 120: Algorithms and Their Limitations. Please see the course webpage for more information. 

 

 

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   [### CS 120: Introduction to Algorithms &amp; their Limitations

 ](/news/cs-120-introduction-algorithms-their-limitations) August 16, 2021 

 This fall, I am teaching a new course Computer Science 120: Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations. There will be a live preview of the course on Zoom on Monday 8/23 from 1-2:15pm Eastern time. Please click the linked class title for more... 

 

 

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   [### Computer Science 229r: Spectral Graph Theory in Computer Science

 ](/news/computer-science-229r-spectral-graph-theory-computer-science) August 19, 2020 

 Last fall I taught Computer Science 229r: Spectral Graph Theory in Computer Science. Please click the linked class title for more information, including a detailed course description, announcements, and links. 

 

 

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   [### Computer Science 208

 ](/news/computer-science-208) January 04, 2019 

 I taught Computer Science 208: Applied Privacy for Data Science in Spring 2019. See the Computer Science 208 Course Page for more information. 

 

 

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   [### Travel and Office Hours

 ](/news/travel-and-office-hours) August 08, 2018 

 I will be out of the office August 9 - August 28, with little to no access to voicemail or e-mail. For urgent matters related to my role as Co-chair of the Computer Science Area, please contact Area Director Meg Hastings (<hastings@seas.harvard.edu>). For... 

 

 

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   [### Applied Math 106

 ](/news/applied-math-106) August 21, 2018 

 I taught Applied Math 106: Applied Algebra in Fall 2018. See the Applied Math 106 Course Page for more information. 

 

 

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