Aleksandar Nikolov (computer scientist): Difference between revisions

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Nikolov is the [[Canada Research Chair]] in Algorithms and Private Data Analysis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-gains-34-new-canada-research-chairs|title=U of T gains 34 new Canada Research Chairs|website=University of Toronto News|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref>

== Early Lifelife and Educationeducation ==

Aleksandar Nikolov was born in Varna, Bulgaria to Bulgarian parents of [[Banat Bulgarians|Banat]] origin. After attaining primary and secondary education in Varna, he was awarded a presidential scholarship to St. Peter's University in Jersey City, NJ. There he majored in Computer Science, graduating as the [[valedictorian]] of his class.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJl1Nw1eQho |title=SPC '08 Valedictorian, Aleksandar Nikolov |date=2008-06-10 |last=Saint Peter's University |access-date=2024-07-08 |via=YouTube}}</ref> He later pursued graduate studies at Rutgers University, obtaining his PhD in Computer Science under the supervision of S. Muthukrishnan.

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== Academic and Research Career ==

Following his doctoral studies, Nikolov joined the University of Toronto as an Assistantassistant Professorprofessor in the Department of Computer Science.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aleksandar Nikolov |url=https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~anikolov/index.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.cs.toronto.edu}}</ref> His research interests include differential privacy, optimization, and the design and analysis of algorithms. Nikolov has made significant contributions to understanding the mathematical foundations of privacy and the development of efficient algorithms with strong theoretical guarantees.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Aleksandar Nikolov |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=glV_LWsAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>

== Research Contributions ==