Professor of Statistics, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (by courtesy), Director of Master's Program (Data Science)
he/him/his
tewaria@umich.edu
Office Information:
270 West Hall
Department of Statistics
University of Michigan
1085 South University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107
phone: 734.615.0928
Statistics;
Department Administration
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., Computer Science with Designated Emphasis in Communication, Computation and Statistics, University of California at Berkeley (2007)
M.A., Statistics, University of California at Berkeley (2005)
B. Tech., Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2002)
About
Dr. Tewari's primary area of research is machine learning. He likes working on the mathematical foundations of machine learning algorithms as well as finding new application areas for machine learning. Topics he has worked on recently include statistical learning theory, online learning, bandit problems, reinforcement learning, high-dimensional statistics, and optimization for large-scale learning. He is also working on applications of machine learning to problems in behavioral sciences, computational chemistry, computational biology, learning sciences and complex networks
A full list of publications is available at Dr. Tewari's personal website.
Affiliations
Professor of Statistics
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (by courtesy)
Fields of Study
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
- Theory of Machine Learning
- Reinforcement Learning and Bandit Algorithms
- High Dimensional Statistics
- Optimization
- AI/ML for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- AI/ML for Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
Award(s)
- IISA Early Career Award in Statistics and Data Sciences, 2023
- IMS Fellow, 2022
- Facebook Research Award, 2021
- Adobe Data Science Research Award, 2020
- Sloan Research Fellowship, 2017
- NSF CAREER award, 2015
- Best Paper Award, Annual Conference on Learning Theory (COLT), 2011
- Student Paper Award, Annual Conference on Learning Theory (COLT), 2005
- Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO) Award, NBHM, Government of India, 1997
- National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholarship, NCERT, Government of India, 1996
