About me: I am a Computer Science faculty member at Harvard University, where I am a member of the Theory of Computation group.

Current students: Jarosław Błasiok, Vasileios Nakos, Zhengyu Wang.

Current postdocs: Rasmus Kyng, Kyle Luh, Huacheng Yu (co-hosted with Madhu Sudan).

Former postdocs:
Jakub Pachocki (2016-17, now Researcher at OpenAI).
Yi Li (2014-2015, now Asst. Prof. in the Division of Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University).

If you are interested in working with me, click these links to apply as a Ph.D. student (December 15 deadline) or postdoc (page to be updated). All postdoc opportunities in the theory group are listed here.

Other activities: Harvard ACM Programming team, AddisCoder, USVICoder, Workshop on chaining methods in computer science

Notes on sketching and streaming algorithms from the TUM Summer School on Mathematical Methods for High-Dimensional Data Analysis.

Notes on dimensionality reduction from the MADALGO Summer School on Streaming Algorithms.

See also my curriculum vitae.

Here is a list of courses I’ve previously (co-)taught:

• CS 125. Algorithms & Complexity. Fall 2016.
• CS 224. Advanced Algorithms. Fall 2014, Spring 2017.
• CS 124. Data Structures and Algorithms. Spring 2014, 2015, 2018.
• CS 226. Sketching Algorithms for Big Data. Fall 2013, 2015, 2017.
• AddisCoder. Algorithms and Programming for High Schoolers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Summer 2011, 2016, 2018.
• USVICoder. Algorithms and Programming for High Schoolers in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. January 2015.

• minilek@seas.harvard.edu
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