Johan Håstad

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Johan Håstad is a Swedish theoretical computer scientist renowned for his groundbreaking work in computational complexity theory, particularly optimal inapproximability results and contributions to the PCP theorem.


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instanceOf computer scientist
human
mathematician
theoretical computer scientist
academicDegree PhD in computer science
affiliation School of Computer Science and Communication at KTH
awardReceived ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
ACM SIGACT Gödel Prize
Gödel Prize
Gödel Prize 1994
Gödel Prize 2011
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Gold Medal
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences prize in mathematics
citizenship Sweden
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
doctoralAdvisor Jeffrey D. Ullman
educatedAt KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer KTH Royal Institute of Technology
fieldOfWork approximation algorithms
computational complexity theory
probabilistically checkable proofs
theoretical computer science
gender male
influenced development of PCP-based inapproximability
research on hardness of approximation
knownFor Håstad’s switching lemma
PCP theorem
hardness of approximation for Max-Cut
hardness of approximation for Max-E3-SAT
hardness of approximation for set cover
hardness of approximation for vertex cover
optimal inapproximability results
results on bounded-depth Boolean circuits
results on small-depth circuits
memberOf Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage Swedish
notableConcept Håstad’s optimal inapproximability bounds
Håstad’s switching lemma
notableWork “Almost optimal lower bounds for small depth circuits”
“Clique is hard to approximate within n^{1−ε}”
“Inapproximability results for SAT and other problems”
“Some optimal inapproximability results”
placeOfWork Stockholm
positionHeld professor of theoretical computer science
thesisTitle Computational limitations of small-depth circuits
workplace KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Shafi Goldwasser
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