Prof. Ashish Goel

(BT/CSE/1994)

Prof. Ashish Goel serves as a Professor at Stanford University.

Profile

Prof. Ashish Goel received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1994. He subsequently went on to earn his doctorate also in Computer Science from Stanford in 1999.

The research group he leads has developed two widely deployed decision making platforms: the Stanford Participatory Budgeting Platform and the Stanford Online Deliberation Platform. He served as technical advisor and research fellow at Twitter from 2010 to 2014 where he designed and prototyped their early personalization and monetization algorithms. His research interests lie in the design, analysis, and applications of algorithms, with a focus on social networks, social choice, and market design. Additionally, he is a member of Stanford's Institute of Computational and Mathematical Engineering and a faculty affiliate at the Institute for Human-centred Artificial Intelligence.

Achievements and Honors


  • Distinguished Alumnus Award IIT Kanpur 2023
  • Alfred P. Sloan Faculty Fellowship
  • Terman Faculty Fellowship from Stanford
  • NSF Career Award
  • Recipient of a 3-COM Faculty Fellowship from the Stanford School of Engineering
  • Recipient of the inaugural Rajeev Motwani Mentorship Award
  • Frederick E. Terman Fellow, Stanford University
  • CAREER Award
  • National Science Foundation in 2002