Po-Shen Loh

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2010

Office: Wean Hall 6208
Phone: (412) 268-2548
Fax: (412) 268-6380
E-mail: ploh@cmu.edu
Personal Website: http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh

Research

Po-Shen's research considers a variety of topics that lie at the intersection of Combinatorics (the study of discrete systems), Probability, and Computer Science. Randomness often manifests itself in the construction of a combinatorial system or algorithm, as in the case of a so-called "random graph", but intriguingly, it may also be artificially introduced as a proof technique to analyze purely deterministic systems, an approach pioneered by Paul Erdős. A full list of publications is available here:

http://www.math.cmu.edu/~ploh/docs.shtml

Outreach / Olympiad

Po-Shen also engages in outreach efforts at the pre-college level, as an organizer of the United States Mathematical Olympiad Program. A former International Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medalist himself, he has coached our national finalists as far back as 2002. He is now the Deputy Leader for the United States delegation, as well as a substantial fundraiser for the organization.