Jin-Yi Cai#
| Membership Number: | 4500 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | INFORMATICS |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~jyc |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2000 - Present University of Wisconsin at Madison, Professor of Computer Science and Steenbock Professor of Mathematical Sciences
- 2007 - 2008 Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute Fellow (Augustus Anson Whitney Scholar)
- 1999 - 2000 University of Toronto, Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Professor
- 1996 - 2000 State University of New York at Buffalo, Professor
- 1993 - 1996 State University of New York at Buffalo, Associate Professor
- 1989 - 1993 Princeton University, Assistant Professor
- 1986 - 1989 Yale University, Assistant Professor
Fields of Scholarship
- Theoretical computer science
- Computational complexity theory
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Simons Fellowship
- 2022 CCF Award for Overseas Outstanding Contribution
- 2022 Fellow, American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- 2021 Fulkerson Prize in Discrete Mathematics
- 2021 Gödel Prize in Theoretical Computer Science
- 2017 University House Instructor Award
- 2014 Steenbock Professorship, UW Madison
- 2012 Kellett Mid-Career Award, UW Madison
- 2008 Vilas Associate Award, UW Madison
- 2007 Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2001 ACM Fellow
- 1999 Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 1998 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
- 1994 Sloan Fellowship. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- 1990 Presidential Young Investigator Award, USA
