Luca Trevisan

Luca Trevisan is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Scientist at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. His academic appointments span the College of Engineering and the College of Letters and Science.

He received his education at Sapienza University of Rome under advisor Pierluigi Crescenzi. His career trajectory includes postdoctoral positions at MIT's Theory of Computing Group and DIMACS, followed by assistant professorship at Columbia University and professorship at Stanford University before joining UC Berkeley.

His research centers on Theoretical Computer Science, with emphasis on algorithms, cryptography, computational complexity, and discrete mathematics. Work conducted through the Simons Institute drives foundational advances in computational theory.

No scientific awards or formal advisees are documented in the provided materials. His research infrastructure is anchored at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, where he contributes to collaborative theoretical research initiatives as a Senior Scientist.