CHANSOO LEE

2260 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Email: chansool@umich.edu

EDUCATION
University of Michigan Ann Arbor (2012-Current)
Ph. D. Pre-Candidate, Computer Science and Engineering
Advisors: Jacob Abernethy (Computer Science and Engineering) and Ambuj Tewari (Statistics)
M.S., Computer Science and Engineering, December 2013
Williams College (2008-2012)
B.A., Mathematics and Computer Science, May 2012
PUBLICATIONS
Chansoo Lee, Jacob Abernethy, Abhinav Sinha, and Ambuj Tewari. Learning with Perturbations via Gaussian
Smoothing, In Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Learning Theory (COLT), 2014.
Kihyuk Sohn, Guanyu Zhou, Chansoo Lee, and Honglak Lee. Learning and Selecting Features Jointly with
Point-wise Gated Boltzmann Machines, In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Machine Learning
(ICML), 2013. [pdf]
Chansoo Lee, Krishna Dasaratha, Laure Flapanz, Thomas Garrity, Cornelia Mihailak, Nicholas,
Neumann-Chun, Sarah Peluse, and Matthew Stroffregen. Cubic Irrationals and Periodicity via a Family of
Multi-dimensional Continued Fraction Algorithms, Monatshefte f ur Mathematik, to appear. [arXiv]
Chansoo Lee, Krishna Dasaratha, Laure Flapanz, Thomas Garrity, Cornelia Mihailak, Nicholas,
Neumann-Chun, Sarah Peluse, and Matthew Stroffregen. A Generalized Family of Multidimensional Continued
Fractions: TRIP Maps, International Journal of Number Theory, to appear. [arXiv]
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan (Fall 2013)
Course taught: Introduction to Algorithms (EECS 477)
Teaching Assistant, Williams College (2010-2012)
Courses taught: Math Modeling and Control Theory (MATH 433), Linear Algebra (MATH 211), Advanced
Programming and Data Structures (CSCI 136), Computer Organization (CSCI 237), and Algorithm Design
and Analysis (CSCI 256)
PAST RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Independent Study in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Williams College (Academic Year 2011-2012)
SMALL REU in Mathematics, Number Theory (Summer 2011)
Winter Study in Chemistry, Molecular dynamics simulations, Williams College (Winter 2011)
SMALL REU in Mathematics, Computational Statistics (Summer 2010)
AWARDS
University of Michigan Department Fellowship, Academic Year 2012-2013
Best Poster Award, The 7th Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences, 2014
SERVICE
Student Mathematics and Statistics Advisory Board, Williams College (Academic Year 2011-2012)
Computer Science Student Advisory Committee, Williams College (Academic Year 2010-2011)
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