Prof. Chen Avin

Prof. Chen Avin Profile




Department : Department of Communication Systems Engineering
Room : 416
בניין 37 אלון לטכנולוגיה עילית
Phone : 972-74-7728071
Email : avin@cse.bgu.ac.il
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Education

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, 09/2001 - 03/2006
  • University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.
  • Advisor: Professor Judea Pearl.
  • Co-chair: Professor Deborah Estrin.
  • Dissertation Title: Random Geometric Graphs: An Algorithmic Perspective.
  • M.S., Computer Science, 2001 - 2003
  • University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.
  • B.Sc., Communication Systems Engineering, 1996 - 2000
  • Ben Gurion University of The Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Research Interests

  • Graphs and networks algorithms with emphasis on random graphs. Modeling
  • of real-life phenomena using random graphs, for example sensor networks and
  • small world social networks.
  • Inference in probabilistic graphical models with emphasis on Causality.
  • Logic, Information Theory and Game Theory.

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