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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.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.