Renee Mirka

Hello! I am a first-year Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University . Prior to this I received my M.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego and my B.S. summa cum laude in Computer Science with a second major in Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis where I also received the Outstanding Senior Award in Computer Science and Engineering and Highest Distinction in Mathematics. I was also fortunate to intern with the U.S. Department of Defense and MasterCard in the summers of 2014 and 2015, respectively. You can find a copy of my CV here .

My research interests lie broadly in the area of theoretical computer science and combinatorics. More specifically, I am interested in exploiting combinatorial structures to find efficient approximation algorithms and solve discrete optimization problems.

Office: Gates G23
Email: rem379@cornell.edu

Research and Publications

Reducing Congestion Through Information Design. Sanmay Das, Emir Kamenica, Renee Mirka. (2017) [Paper]
Method and System for Electronic Distribution of Controlled Tokens. William Good, Joshua Fields, Mark Smelcer, Amit Patankar, Renee Mirka. (2017) [Patent]
Generating Functions for Enumerating Chains of Partitions with Distinct Parts Renee Mirka, John Shareshian. (2017) [Unpublished Undergraduate Honor's Thesis]

Teaching

I am currently a teaching assistant for CS 2850 Networks. In the past, I have had the opportunity to serve as a teaching assistant and grader for a variety of courses. I have included the student evaluations for the courses for which I have them.

Course	Session	Role	Evals
Math 184A- Combinatorics (UCSD)	Spring 2019	TA	Evals
Math 187A- Cryptography (UCSD)	Winter 2019	TA	Evals
Math 109- Mathematical Reasoning (UCSD)	Fall 2018	TA	Evals
Math 20B- Calculus II (UCSD)	Summer Session II 2018	TA	Evals
Math 109- Mathematical Reasoning (UCSD)	Summer Session I 2018	TA	Evals
Math 152- Game Theory (UCSD)	Spring 2018	TA	Evals
Math 109- Mathematical Reasoning (UCSD)	Winter 2018	TA	Evals
Math 20E- Vector Calculus (UCSD)	Fall 2017	TA	Evals
CSE 516A- Multi-Agent Systems (WUSTL)	Spring 2017	TA
CSE 347T- Analysis of Algorithms (WUSTL)	Spring 2017	TA
CSE 513T- Theory of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (WUSTL)	Fall 2016	Grader
Math 310- Foundations for Higher Math (WUSTL)	Spring 2016	Grader
Math 309- Matrix Algebra (WUSTL)	Fall 2015	Grader
CSE 132- Computer Science II (WUSTL)	Summer 2015	TA
CSE 131- Computer Science I (WUSTL)	Spring 2015	TA
Physics 192- Physics II (WUSTL)	Spring 2015	Help Desk Tutor
Physics 191- Physics I (WUSTL)	Fall 2014	Help Desk Tutor

Service

Mathematics Graduate Student Council, Chair, 2018-2019 academic year
2020 Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference, Organizing Committee Member , 2018-2019 academic year
San Diego Refugee Tutoring, Tutor , 2018-2019 academic year
Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar, Co-organizer , Fall 2018

Other

In my free time I enjoy hiking with my dog , playing soccer, solving puzzles, reading books, playing board games, and watching movies.

Last updated: 9/9/19