Elad Hazan is a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and co-founder/director of Google AI Princeton. His research focuses on algorithmic foundations of machine learning and optimization, with significant contributions to online learning, nonstochastic control, and adaptive gradient methods. Princeton University (Faculty) Google AI Princeton (Co-founder & Director) His work bridges mathematical optimization, control theory, and computational complexity. Key contributions include the AdaGrad algorithm, sublinear-time optimization methods, and spectral filtering techniques for sequence modeling. Recent research emphasizes efficient neural architectures and provable guarantees in online control. Scientific awards include the Bell Labs Prize, IBM Goldberg Best Paper Award (twice), Google Research Award (twice), European Research Council grant, Marie Curie fellowship, and ACM Fellowship. He has served as program chair for COLT 2015 and on the Association for Computational Learning steering committee. His publications highlight trends in online convex optimization, spectral methods for dynamical systems, and adaptive gradient algorithms. Collaborations span Princeton, Google Brain Research, and interdisciplinary projects in robotics and AI safety.









