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Christian Coester received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2020. He has held postdoctoral positions at CWI in Amsterdam and Tel Aviv University, and he had a brief lectureship at the University of Sheffield before returning to Oxford as an Associate Professor in 2022. His research has been funded by an ERC Starting Grant for the project 'Challenges in Competitive Online Optimization' for the period 2025-2029, with a budget of EUR 1.5 million. His interests lie in the theoretical analysis of algorithms, particularly in the area of online algorithms and learning-augmented algorithms. Coester's recent work has focused on problems involving decision making under uncertainty and algorithm design, specifically addressing the k-server problem and related works. He has contributed to various significant publications in the field of computer science and is actively involved in supervising PhD students in his research areas.
University of Oxford • Oxford, United Kingdom
Conducting research and teaching in the area of Computer Science, with a focus on algorithms.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.