Dr. Roberto Solis Oba

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Biography

Roberto Solis-Oba is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University under the supervision of Prof. Greg Frederickson and held a postdoctoral position at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics with guidance from Prof. Kurt Mehlhorn. His research focuses on designing efficient approximation algorithms for NP-hard optimization problems, with extensive work in areas including network scheduling, packing optimization, path planning, genome assembly, and video game optimization. Prof. Solis-Oba is a co-founder of the Workshop on Approximation Online Algorithms (WAOA), which has taken place annually since 2003, and has served on program committees for numerous conferences in algorithm design. He has received the Faculty Scholar Award and the USC Teaching Award from the University of Western Ontario. His research also involves mining information from large networks, predictive caching, and search engine optimization.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

University of Western Ontario • London, Ontario, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in the field of computer science, specifically in algorithms and optimization.

Awards

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Faculty Scholar Award

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USC Teaching Award

Courses

CS 2210A: Data Structures and Algorithms CS2210B: Data Structures and Algorithms CS4438B: Internet Algorithmics CS9668B: Internet Algorithmics

Requirements for Western University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:86
Prerequisites
Four-year degree, honours or the equivalent, in anthropology or equivalent background in social sciences.
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Specialization Notes

Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.