When I decided to move, I was very impressed by Stanford’s computer science department’s plan to hire a new complexity theorist every other year, so that the department would be entirely composed of complexity theorists by 2100.
So far we are on track, and I am very excited to welcome our new colleague Ryan Williams.
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June 4, 2011 at 5:58 pm
anonymous
The math doesn’t look right. Assuming each complexity theorist will work in Stanford for at most 40 years, then there will be at most 20 complexity theorists at any point of time if there is a successful hiring every other year.
June 4, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Anonymous
So far, how many complexity theorists are there in Stanford? Only Trevisan and Williams? It seems that there will be a long way to go.
June 5, 2011 at 6:21 am
Tomas Erlinger
How about Virginia?
June 5, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Elements
This is certainly a great decision for Stanford. I believe that Ryan Williams is going to be a prominent and leading complexity theorist for a long time, tackling fundamental and old questions in the area.
June 6, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Michael Cadilhac
Nice catch, Stanford!
June 8, 2011 at 9:54 am
rjlipton
Great for Stanford. Williams is terrific. Great hire.
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