Professor of Statistics, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (by courtesy)
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
Professor Tewari's primary area of research is artificial intelligence (AI) with a focus on machine learning (ML). His research group focuses on rigorous theoretical analysis of AI and ML models and algorithms. They also work on challenging real-world applications especially in chemistry and psychiatry.
A full list of publications is available at Prof. 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)
- Outstanding Paper Award, International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory (ALT), 2025
- First Place*, DREAM Olfactory Mixtures Prediction Challenge, 2024
- IISA Early Career Award in Statistics and Data Sciences, 2023
- Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), 2022
- Facebook Research Award, 2021
- Adobe Data Science Research Award, 2020
- Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science, 2017
- Second Place*, NIDA Challenge: There's an App for That, 2016
- NSF CAREER award, 2015
- Best Student Paper Award Honorable Mention*, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 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
* awarded to a student led paper/project where Prof. Tewari was the faculty supervisor
