Subhash Khot
Subhash Khot FRS (born 10 June 1978 in Ichalkaranji) is an Indian-American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who is the Julius Silver Professor of Computer Science in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Khot has contributed to the field of computational complexity, and is best known for his unique games conjecture.
Subhash Khot | |
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| Born | 10 June 1978 Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, India |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, IIT Bombay |
| Known for | Unique games conjecture |
| Awards | Waterman Award (2010) Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (2014) MacArthur Fellow (2016) Fellow of the Royal Society (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Georgia Tech Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Sanjeev Arora |
Khot received the 2014 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize by the International Mathematical Union and received the MacArthur Fellowship in 2016. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017 and was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.
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