Dr. Igor Pak

Professor

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Biography

Igor Pak is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. As a member of the renowned Combinatorics Group, he specializes in Discrete Mathematics, focusing on significant research areas including Discrete Polyhedral Geometry, Enumerative Algebraic Combinatorics, and Probability Computations in Groups. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University and has held notable academic positions including Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and Gibbs Instructor at Yale University. Throughout his career, Pak has advised several Ph.D. students and collaborated with prominent mathematicians such as László Lovász and Richard Stanley. He is recognized for his contributions to combinatorial theory and complexity, as well as his commitment to education, teaching a range of courses from Computational Combinatorics to Algorithms. Pak is actively engaged in organizing seminars and conferences, sharing his expertise worldwide and contributing to the advancement of mathematical research.

Research Interests

Courses

Math 206B (Posets, Winter 2024) Math 206A (Convex Polytopes, Fall 2023) Math 206B (Bijective Combinatorics, Winter 2023) Math 285 (Computational Combinatorics, Fall 2022) Math 182 (Algorithms, Summer 2022) Math 184 (Enumerative Combinatorics, Spring 2022) Math 206B (Enumerative Combinatorics, Winter 2021) Math 218 (Probabilistic Method, Fall 2021) Math 285 (Discrete Geometry, Spring 2021) Math 180 (Graph Theory, Winter 2021) IUM (Convex Polytopes, Winter 2021) Math 206A (Posets, Fall 2020) Math 285 (Combinatorics Probability Groups, Spring 2020) Math 19 (Integer Sequences Seminar, Fall 2019) Math 206B (Algebraic Combinatorics, Winter 2018) Math 206A (Discrete Geometry, Fall 2018) Math 206 (Combinatorics integer sequences, Fall 2016) Math 206 (Combinatorics words, Fall 2014) Math 285N (Tilings, Winter 2013) Math 285N (Enumerative Combinatorics, Fall 2010) Math 285N (Discrete Geometry, Spring 2010)

Requirements for University of California Los Angeles

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:160
Analytical Writing
Required:5
Overall
Required:5
TOEFL
Total
Required:87
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Strong background in Economics and Mathematics
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Specialization Notes

Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.