Robert Robere

About

I am a graduate student at the University of Toronto, where I am a member of the Theory Group. My supervisor is Stephen Cook. I'm currently interested in different areas of computational complexity, such as circuit complexity, the complexity of constraint satisfaction, and communication complexity. I have a particular interest in lower bound results. In the past, I have worked in cognitive science with Todd Wareham, applying concepts in computational complexity to metaphor and re-representation in cognition.

Publications

Todd Wareham, Iris van Rooij and Robert Robere. "A Change for the Better? Assessing the Computational Cost of Re-representation". Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin.

Teaching

Winter 2012

TA for CSC165S - Mathematical Expression and Reasoning for Computer Science.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science (Ongoing)
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Science (2012)
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
Minor: Mathematics
Graduated with First Class Distinction

Other

When not doing math I enjoy improv. While in Newfoundland I was a member of the group Stanley Braxton. I have been a trainer with the Canadian Improv Games since 2008. I also love to write. My favorite physical pastime is running, although I'm also partial to swimming, hiking and juggling. I don't really use the Facebook, but I love Twitter. I also maintain a website with three other idiots.

This is my favorite picture.