= Nicholas Harvey
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<Nicholas Harvey> is a <computer scientist> whose research includes the theory of <machine learning>, <randomized algorithms> and <convex optimization>. His teaching work includes a draft text on <randomized algorithms>, with separate undergraduate and graduate volumes.<Nicholas Harvey's UBC research homepage>[Research Interests and Book]{ref}
These subjects meet in the analysis of decisions made from limited data or random choices. A <randomized algorithm> specifies both a computational procedure and a distribution over its choices; its analysis can bound expected work or the chance of an incorrect result. Keeping those guarantees distinct is central to understanding what randomness contributes.
Identity source: https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~nickhar/W12/
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