Kate S. Larson is a Canadian computer scientist working as a professor, Pasupalak AI Fellow, and University Research Chair in the Cheriton School of Computer Science of the University of Waterloo.

Education

Larson majored in mathematics at the

Memorial University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and ...

, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics 1997. After earning a master's degree in computer science at

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...

in 1999, she completed a Ph.D. in computer science in 2004 at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

. Her dissertation, ''Mechanism Design for Computationally Limited Agents'', was supervised by Tuomas Sandholm.

Career

Larson returned to Canada as an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo in 2004. There, she was promoted to associate professor in 2009 and full professor in 2017, named as Pasupalak AI Fellow in 2018, and given a University Research Chair in 2019. Larson's research concerns

algorithmic mechanism design Algorithmic mechanism design (AMD) lies at the intersection of economic game theory, optimization, and computer science. The prototypical problem in mechanism design is to design a system for multiple self-interested participants, such that the part ...

, cooperative game theory, and the formation of coalitions in

multi-agent system A multi-agent system (MAS or "self-organized system") is a computerized system composed of multiple interacting intelligent agents.Hu, J.; Bhowmick, P.; Jang, I.; Arvin, F.; Lanzon, A.,A Decentralized Cluster Formation Containment Framework fo ...

Recognition

In 2015 the Canadian Association of Computer Science named her as an outstanding young researcher.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Larson, Kate Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian computer scientists Canadian women computer scientists Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni Academic staff of the University of Waterloo