Education Summary

• Supervisor: László Babai
• Thesis: Communication Complexity and Information Complexity

• Supervisor: László Babai
• Thesis: Direct Sum Questions in Classical Communication Complexity

• CGPA: 4.0/4.0
• Conducted multiple undergraduate research projects in systems (supervisor: Eyal de Lara) and theory (supervisor: Allan Borodin) groups

• Graduated with average 98.5% (second highest in North York Region)

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Awards and Achievements

• William Rainy Harper Dissertation Fellowship (2014 – 2015), given to two students annually in Physical Sciences Division, University of Chicago
• Bryan and Catherine Daniels Outstanding Student Fellow (2013), Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago
• Best Paper Award, Computer Science in Russia 2013 conference (CSR 2013)
• Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship (2009)
• The Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal (University level) awarded by Canadian Government to the top 3 graduating students at the University of Toronto
• Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Awards (2007, 2008)
• Awards received from the University of Toronto:
  ◦ University of Toronto Scholar (2005, 2006, 200 7, 2008)
  ◦ Robert Bruce In Course Scholarship (2008)
  ◦ The Kay Baxter Memorial Award (2008)
  ◦ The Embanet Ken Feeney Computer Science Award (2007, 2008)
  ◦ Dean’s List Scholar (Faculty of Arts and Science)
  ◦ New College Scholar (2005)
• The Governor General’s Academic Bronze Medal (High School level) awarded by Canadian Government
• Awards received during high school:
  ◦ First place in York Region District School Board Programming Contest in 2005
  ◦ Ontario Finalist in the ECOO Programming Competition