Career Overview
I received my BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tufts University in 2003.I worked at UBS Investment Bank until 2008 as Loan Administrator and Business Analyst.
During this time I received my MS in Mathematics from Fairfield University with a focus on Financial Mathematics.
From 2008-2010 I served at the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa Israel as Treasury Analyst.
Since 2011 I have been a private tutor of math, statistics and computer programming in both Katonah, NY and Chicago, IL.
In the fall of 2011 I enrolled at UIC with the aim of a PhD. I am interested in Game Theory and Machine Learning.
My thesis advisor is T.E.S. Raghavan.
My areas of research include: games on networks, feature-effecient machine learning, correlated equilibrium, Final-Offer Arbitration.
My Thesis is entitled An Analysis of Multi-Issue Final-Offer Arbitration. As of October, 2013 my Erdös number is 4.
Other Interests
I am very active in game design. I have been designing both card and board games, as well as some computer games. I have been making stained glass windows for many years. I have been known to dabble in puppetry (puppet making and performing). I enjoy web development and programming. I am a vegan and have been since 2000. I am also a Bahá'í and I am very enthusiastic about discussing and studying religion.I also enjoy bad movies.
I also have a daughter named Carys.
Course Pages
Stat 101 - Stat 381 - Math 160 - Math 170 - Math 180Current Courses
Spring 2016: TA for 2 sections of Math 170: Calculus for the Life SciencesPast Courses
| Session | Position | Course |
| Fall 2015 | Grader | 1 section of Math 310: Applied Linear Algebra |
| Summer 2015 | TA | Stat 101: Introduction to Statistics |
| Spring 2015 | Lecturer | Stat 381: Applied Statistical Methods |
| Fall 2014 | TA | 1 section of Math 180: Calculus I |
| Summer 2014 | TA | 1 section of Stat 101: Introduction to Statistics |
| Spring 2014 | Grader | Stat 381: Applied Statistics Methods and Stat 475: Mathematics and Statistics for Actuarial Sciences |
| Fall 2013 | TA | 4 computer labs of Math 210: Calculus III |
| Summer 2013 | TA | 1 section of Math 160: Finite Mathematics for Business |
| Spring 2013 | TA | 2 sections of Stat 101: Introduction to Statistics |
| Fall 2012 | TA | 3 sections of Math 160: Fininte Mathematics for Business |
| Summer 2012 | TA | 1 section of Math 160: Fininte Mathematics for Business |
| Spring 2012 | TA | 2 sections of Stat 101: Introduction to Statistics |
| Fall 2011 | TA | 3 sections of Math 160: Fininte Mathematics for Business |
Conference Publications
Yi Huang, Brian Powers, Lev ReyzinTraining-Time Optimization of a Budgeted Booster
In Proceedings of the 24th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2015)
pdf poster slides
Jeremy Kun, Brian Powers, Lev Reyzin
Anti-Coordination Games and Stable Graph Colorings
In Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT 2013)
pdf arXiv (Jeremy's) slides bibtex
Refereed Workshop Papers
Yi Huang, Brian Powers, Lev ReyzinTraining-Time Optimization of a Budgeted Booster
In the NIPS Resource-Efficient Machine Learning Workshop (NIPSw 2013)
pdf poster bibtex
- Wyzant.com Profile - includes my rating and feedback from former students
- Brianreedpowers.com - my main website
- Addle Brain Games - my game company
- About the Bahá'í Faith
- Me on The Facebook
- My citations on Google Scholar