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Subhash Khot (born June 10, 1978) is an Indian born mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who is a Professor of Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He has made unexpected and original contributions to the field of computational complexity. He is best known for his unique games conjecture.〔.〕 Khot was awarded the 2014 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize by the International Mathematical Union, for his work related to the Unique Games Conjecture, as well as for posing the conjecture itself. == Education and career == Khot is a two time silver medalist representing India at the International Mathematical Olympiad in the years 1994 and 1995. In 1995, Khot topped the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination. Khot obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1999. He received his doctorate degree in computer science from Princeton University in 2003 under the supervision of Sanjeev Arora. He also received an honorable mention in the ACM doctoral dissertation award in 2003 for his dissertation, "New Techniques for Probabilistically Checkable Proofs and Inapproximability Results." 〔(ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award 2003 )〕 In 2005, he received the Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship Award.〔(Microsoft Faculty Fellowship Recipients 2005 )〕 The fellowship recognizes innovative, promising new faculty members who are exploring breakthrough, high-impact research that has the potential to help solve some of today’s most challenging societal problems.〔(Microsoft Faculty Fellowship Program Overview )〕 In 2010, Khot received the prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award, which recognizes an early career scientist for their outstanding contributions in their respective field.〔National Science Foundation, (Alan T. Waterman Award ).〕 The National Science Foundation citation for the Waterman award states: "For unexpected and original contributions to computational complexity, notably the Unique Games Conjecture, and the resulting rich connections and consequences in optimization, computer science and mathematics".〔(Alan T. Waterman Award Recipients 2010 )〕 He gave an invited talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2010, on the topic of "Mathematical Aspects of Computer Science".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mathunion.org/db/ICM/Speakers/SortedByCongress.php )〕 He was a visiting associate professor at the University of Chicago for 2 years (2011-2012).〔(University of Chicago News: Computer Science Department reels in new talent )〕 He received the 2014 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize by the International Mathematical Union, for his work related to the Unique Games Conjecture, as well as for posing the conjecture itself. According to the International Mathematical Union citation,〔( 2014 awardees with brief citations )〕 "he is awarded the Nevanlinna Prize for his prescient definition of the “Unique Games” problem, and leading the effort to understand its complexity and its pivotal role in the study of efficient approximation of optimization problems; his work has led to breakthroughs in algorithmic design and approximation hardness, and to new exciting interactions between computational complexity, analysis and geometry". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Subhash Khot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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