# Alexander Sherstov

PROFESSOR
COMPUTER SCIENCE

Engineering VI - Room 465

Email: sherstov@cs.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 267-0866
Fax: (310) 794-5057

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- Alexander Sherstov

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I am a professor at UCLA, in the Department of Computer Science. My area of specialization is theoretical computer science. I am particularly interested in computational complexity theory, computational learning theory, and quantum computing. Prior to joining UCLA, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England (2009–2011). I completed my Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Texas at Austin in 2009, under the direction of Adam Klivans.

##### RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

- Theoretical computer science

##### EDUCATION

PhD (2009) University of Texas at Austin

##### AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

- Senate Distinguished Teaching Award - March 2021
- Northrop-Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award (the winner in UCLA’s School of Engineering) - August 2014
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship - February 2014
- NSF CAREER Award - November 2011