About
I am a PhD candidate at School of Computer Science and AI, Tel Aviv University where I am fortunate to be advised by Inbal Talgam-Cohen.
I hold a BSc (summa cum laude) and an MSc (magna cum laude) in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University. During my master's studies, I had the privilege of being advised by Inbal Talgam-Cohen and work with Anupam Gupta. Previously, I worked at Google on the development of a distributed, high-scale file system for the cloud.
I have a wide interest in the field of theoretical computer science, including: Beyond Worst Case Analysis, Algorithmic Game Theory, Social Choice, Contract Theory, Learning Theory, Learning-Augmented Algorithms, Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization and Robust Statistics.
Preprints
Stochastic Knapsack: Semi-Adaptivity Gaps and Improved Approximation
Zohar Barak, Inbal Talgam-Cohen

Stochastic Knapsack with Costs: On Adaptivity and Return-on-Investment
Zohar Barak, Asnat Berlin, Ilan Reuven Cohen, Alon Eden, Omri Porat, Inbal Talgam-Cohen

Coming soon
Details will be available soon.
Publications

MAC Advice with Facility Location Mechanism Design
Zohar Barak, Anupam Gupta, Inbal Talgam-Cohen, NeurIPS 2024

Teaching
- 2025-2026 – Algorithms (TA), Tel Aviv University
- 2025-2026 – Python for Engineers (TA), Tel Aviv University
- 2024 – Data Structures and Algorithms (TA), Tel Aviv University
Contact
Email: zoharbarakatmail.tau.ac.il
