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<b><a href="http://crab.rutgers.edu/%7Erajivg/" target="_blank">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b>, <a href="http://www.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank">Rutgers University, Camden</a>
<br>Wednesday, October 2, 4:30pm<br>Computer Science 105<br>
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In this talk, I will tell the story of our work with some
truly remarkable undergraduate students at Rutgers-Camden, who despite
many odds have achieved success that is unprecedented for the Camden
campus. I will discuss the various challenges that we faced and some
ideas that have worked very well (and some that have not) for us. We
have been applying some of these ideas in our work with high
school students and students at other institutions. This talk should be of
interest to all faculty and students.<br><br>Dr. Rajiv Gandhi is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the
Rutgers University-Camden. He received his Ph.D. in Computer
Science from the University of Maryland, College Park in
2003. He worked as a software engineer at Qualcomm from 1994-96.
His research interests lie in the broad area of theoretical
computer science. Specifically, he is interested in approximation
and randomized algorithms, distributed algorithms,
and graph theory. He has published papers in these areas in leading
journals and conferences. He has been the recipient of several teaching
excellence awards -- at Rutgers-Camden and at other universities.
He was also the recipient of the Chancellor's award for Civic
Engagement at Rutgers-Camden in 2013. He was a Fulbright Fellow from
Jan-June 2011, during which he worked with students in Mumbai. Since
2009, he has also been working with high school students as part of
the Program in Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science.
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