Union College



Matthew Anderson

Assistant Professor

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		Matthew Anderson

Biography

Matthew Anderson started as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Computer Science department of Union College in fall 2014! Before joining Union, Matt spent the summer working on Algebraic Complexity at the The Technion in Haifa, Israel under the supervision of Professor Amir Shpilka. After completing his Ph.D. Matt did post-doctoral research in Descriptive and Algebraic Complexity at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Anuj Dawar for almost two years.

Matthew completed his Ph.D. thesis Advancing Algebraic and Logical Approaches to Circuit Lower Bounds in Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2012 and was advised by Professor Dieter van Melkebeek. Matthew completed his Master's Degree in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to coming to Madison, he received Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Science and Physics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Research Interests

Theory of Computing, Computational Complexity, Algebraic Complexity, Circuit Complexity, Descriptive Complexity, Derandomization, Lower Bounds, High Performance Computing, Virtual Reality