Dr. Daniel Kane

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Daniel Kane is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematics at Stanford University, supported by an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. He has a dual appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Kane completed his graduate education at Harvard University where he earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2011 and a Master of Science in 2008. Prior to that, he obtained two Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science, as well as Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. His research encompasses diverse areas within mathematics and theoretical computer science, categorized broadly into number theory, complexity theory, and combinatorics. In 2013, he was recognized with a Paper Award at the Conference on Computational Complexity. Moreover, Kane was a member of the USA team that won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2002 and 2003.

Research Interests

Combinatorics Number Theory Complexity Theory

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).