Éva Tardos

Éva Tardos is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor at Cornell University, affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and multiple colleges including the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, College of Arts and Sciences, and College of Engineering. Her research focuses on algorithm design, particularly in algorithmic game theory, networks, and combinatorial optimization. She explores mechanisms for selfish users, network efficiency, and distributed systems.

Her work bridges theoretical computer science and economics, addressing challenges like congestion games, mechanism design, and social network influence. Key contributions include analyzing selfish routing's inefficiency, bounding equilibrium inefficiencies, and designing approximation algorithms for facility location and network design problems. Tardos collaborates extensively with top researchers in computer science and mathematics, contributing foundational insights into modern algorithmic theory.

Research interests include algorithmic game theory, network optimization, mechanism design, and approximation algorithms. Recent publications emphasize social network dynamics, collusion effects in congestion games, and fair resource allocation strategies. Her work has practical applications in traffic routing, telecommunications, and distributed computing systems.

While no specific awards are listed, her sustained contributions to theoretical computer science have established her as a leading figure in the field. Advising and mentoring are integral to her role, though specific advisee names are not documented here. She is actively involved in Cornell’s academic and research initiatives across multiple interdisciplinary domains.