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Nina Balcan

Cadence Design Systems Professor

Machine Learning

  • Cadence Design Systems Professor
    Machine Learning
  • (412) 268-5295 (Work)
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Machine Learning Department, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States

BIO

Maria-Florina (Nina) Balcan is a Romanian-American computer scientist whose research investigates machine learning, algorithmic game theory, theoretical computer science, including active learning, kernel methods, random-sampling mechanisms and envy-free pricing. She is an associate professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor, Cadence Design Systems Chair in Computer Science
    Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, United StatesJul 2020 - present
  • Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, United StatesJun 2014 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor
    Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing, Atlanta, United States2009 - 2014
  • Instructor
    University of Bucharest, Computer Science Department, Bucharest, Romania2000 - 2002

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Computer Science
    Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science Department, Pittsburgh, United States2002 - 2008
  • M.S., Computer Science
    University of Bucharest, Computer Science Department, Bucharest, Romania2000 - 2002
  • B.S. (Summa Cum Laude)
    University of Bucharest, Computer Science Department, Bucharest, Romania1996 - 2000

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Microsoft Research NE, Cambridge, United States2008 - 2009
    Postdoctoral Research

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 4 Quality Education
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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