Tim Roughgarden leads research at a16z crypto and is a professor in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Mathematics. He is on leave from Columbia University and previously spent 15 years on Stanford’s faculty after postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley. His research connects computer science and economics through algorithms, game theory, auctions, and blockchain protocols.
Tim Roughgarden leads research at a16z crypto and is a professor in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Mathematics. He is on leave from Columbia University and previously spent 15 years on Stanford’s faculty after postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley. His research connects computer science and economics through algorithms, game theory, auctions, and blockchain protocols.
Career
Head of Research, a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) from 2022-01 to Present
Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University from 2017-02 to 2018-12Previously Assistant Professor from September 2004 to August 2011 and Associate Professor from September 2011 to January 2017; later Professor until December 2018.