Passed PhD Qualifying Exam

Nov 21, 2023

@Northwestern University

I am thrilled to share that I have successfully passed my PhD qualifying exam! This milestone was not just a test of knowledge, but a journey filled with challenges, learning, and immense support from my mentors, peers, and family.

The form of the qualifying exam is that the committee chooses a paper that is usually fundamental and hard, and may or may not related to the student's research.  The student is given 1 month to read the paper and then prepare a 40-minute presentation about this paper.

The paper chosen by my committee is :

Johari, Ramesh, and John N. Tsitsiklis. "Efficiency loss in a network resource allocation game." Mathematics of Operations Research 29.3 (2004): 407-435.

The paper is interesting and the result is like magic. Great job!

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