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Matt Weinberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. He specializes in Algorithmic Mechanism Design, focusing on designing algorithms in settings where users have their own incentives. His research interests extend broadly to Economics of Computation, Algorithms Under Uncertainty, and Theoretical Computer Science. Before joining the faculty at Princeton in January 2017, Matt spent several years as a postdoctoral researcher in Princeton's Computer Science Theory group. He was also a research fellow at the Simons Institute during the 2015-2016 academic year, working on projects related to Economics of Computation and Algorithms Under Uncertainty. He completed his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2014, where he was fortunate to be advised by Costis Daskalakis. Matt completed his undergraduate studies at Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics in 2010, where he worked with Bobby Kleinberg. His work combines elements of computer science and economics to develop efficient algorithms for complex systems.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.