Sam Hopkins
About
I am a theoretical computer scientist and Assistant Professor at MIT, in the Theory of Computing group in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, where I hold the Jamieson Career Development Chair. Previously, I was a Miller fellow in the theory of computing group at UC Berkeley, hosted by Prasad Raghavendra and Luca Trevisan. Before that, I got my PhD at Cornell, advised by David Steurer.
Research Performance Summary
First Recorded Paper
Kolmogorov Complexity, Circuits, and the Strength of Formal Theories of Arithmetic.
Year: 2013
Citations: 16
Venue: Chicago Journal of Theoretical Computer Science 2013
Latest Recorded Paper
Additive Approximation Schemes for Low-Dimensional Embeddings
Year: 2026
Citations: 0
Venue: Proceedings of the 2026 Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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