Lorenzo Orecchia
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I have moved to the Computer Science Department at the University of Chicago in September 2019. Before then, I was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Boston University and an affiliate of the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE). My name is pronounced /l o ˈ r ɛ n ʦ o | o ˈ r e k . k ja / |
My research focuses on applying mathematical techniques from discrete and continuous optimization to design algorithms for computational challenges arising in a variety of applications, including Machine Learning, Numerical Analysis and Combinatorial Optimization.
See my Publications page to find out more about my research. You can also see my CV.
I am looking for Ph.D. students that are broadly interested in Algorithms and\or Convex Optimization. Please __contact me directly__ with your application materials if you are interested in this opportunity.
Funding
NSF CCF Algorithmic Foundations award on Continuous Perspectives on Accelerated Methods for Combinatorial Optimization (2017-2020) with Alina Ene
NSF CCF Algorithmic Foundations award on New Perspectives on Spectral Methods for Graph Algorithms (2013-2016)
Mentoring
Current PhD students:
Xin Lu
Erasmo Tani
Current Postdocs:
Adrian Vladu
Former mentees:
Jelena Diakonikolas. Postdoc 2016-2018. Now Microsoft Research Fellow at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Starting in Spring 2020, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Teaching
Spring 2019: https://lorecchia.github.io/convex/ CS507: Introduction to Optimization in Computing and Machine Learning
Fall 2018: CS330: Introduction to Algorithms
Fall 2018: CS591 O1 Iterative Methods for Graphs and Networks
Spring 2018: Convex Optimization Algorithms
Spring 2017: CS131: Combinatoric Structures
Fall 2016: CS591 O1 Iterative Methods for Graphs and Networks
Fall 2015: CS131: Combinatoric Structures
Spring 2015: Iterative Methods for Graph Algorithms and Network Analysis (BU Access Only)