
Past Member
Richard Ryan Williams
From
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Many computational problems seem to require exhaustive search, the examination of every possible candidate solution, in order to solve them. Richard Williams will work on discovering more efficient algorithms for such problems, as well as new limitations on how well algorithms can solve these difficult problems.
Visits
von Neumann Fellow
School of Mathematics
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Fall
Member
School of Mathematics
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Degrees
Carnegie Mellon
Ph.D.
2007
Cornell University
M.Eng.
2002
Honors
2024
Goedel Prize
Appointments
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2017–2025
Professor
Stanford University
2011–2016
Assistant Professor
IBM Almaden Research Center
2009–2011
Joseph Raviv Fellow