I am a Schramm postdoctoral fellow at Microsoft Research /
MIT, and an assistant professor (on leave) at Caltech. My
research is in applied probability, statistics
and probability theory / ergodic theory, including
game theory and group actions.
I got my BSc in Computer Science and Physics from Tel Aviv
University. During my time there I participated in the search
for extrasolar planets with the
brilliant Tsevi
Mazeh.
I received my PhD from the Weizmann Institute in 2013, advised
by Elchanan
Mossel.
I have some experience in the software industry, having
worked on algorithm development
in Schema, Correlix
and RankAbove.
I was a Google Europe Fellow and have attained Gold status in
United Airlines in both 2012 and 2013.
Write me to omertamuz at gmail.
"Stabilizer Rigidity in Irreducible Group Actions" Hartman Y., Tamuz O., 2013, arXiv:1307.7539
"Majority Dynamics and the Retention of Information" Tamuz O., Tessler R.J., 2013, arXiv:1307.4035
"Furstenberg entropy realizations for virtually free groups and lamplighter groups" Hartman Y., Tamuz O., 2013, to appear in the Journal d'Analyse Mathématique
"Asymptotic learning on Bayesian social networks" Mossel E., Sly A., Tamuz O.,
2013, Probability Theory and Related Fields
"A Machine Learning Framework for Programming by Example" Menon A., Tamuz O., Gulwani S., Lampson B., Kalai A., 2013, The International
Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)
"An Abramov formula for stationary spaces of discrete groups" Hartman Y., Lima Y., Tamuz O., 2013, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
"Majority dynamics and aggregation of information in social networks" Mossel E., Neeman J., Tamuz O., 2013, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
"Making consensus tractable" Mossel E., Tamuz O., 2013, to appear in Transactions on Economics and Computation
"A lower bound on seller revenue in single buyer monopoly auctions" Tamuz O., 2013, Operations Research Letters
"Strategic learning and the topology of social networks" Mossel E., Sly A., Tamuz O., 2012, arXiv:1209.5527
"On agreement and learning" Mossel E., Sly A., Tamuz O.,
2012, arXiv:1207.5895
"Lower Bounds on Revenue of Approximately Optimal Auctions" Sivan B., Syrgkanis V., Tamuz O., 2012, The Workshop on Internet and Network Economics (WINE)
"Tractable Bayesian social learning on trees" Kanoria Y., Tamuz O., 2012, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), and 2013, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication
"Testing booleanity and the uncertainty principle" Gur T., Tamuz O., 2012, ECCC TR12-031
"Complete characterization of functions satisfying the conditions of
Arrow's theorem" Mossel E., Tamuz O., 2012, Social Choice and
Welfare
"Social learning in a changing world" Frongillo R. M., Schoenebeck
G., Tamuz O., 2011, The Workshop on Internet and Network Economics (WINE)
"Scenery reconstruction on finite abelian groups" Finucane H., Tamuz
O., Yaari Y., 2011, arXiv:1105.5569
"Adaptively learning the crowd kernel" Tamuz O., Liu C., Belongie
S., Shamir O., Tauman Kalai A., 2011, The International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)
"Truthful fair division" Mossel E., Tamuz O., 2010, The International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT)
"Iterative maximum likelihood on networks" Mossel E., Tamuz O.,
2010, Advances in Applied Mathematics, and The
Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and
Computing
"Efficient Bayesian learning in social networks with Gaussian
estimators" Mossel E., Tamuz O., 2010, arXiv:1002.0747
"PROMO: A method for identifying modules in protein interaction networks" Tamuz O., Singer Y., Sharan R., 2006, European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB)
"The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets. XVI. Discovery of a planetary system around HD 147018 and of two long period and massive planets orbiting HD 171238 and HD 204313" Segransan D., Udry S., Mayor M. et al, 2010, Astronomy & Astrophysics
"The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets. XV. Discovery of two eccentric planets orbiting HD 4113 and HD 156846" Tamuz O., Segransan D., Udry S., Mayor M. et al, 2008, Astronomy & Astrophysics
"A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the
OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182" Pont F., Tamuz O., Udalski A. et al,
2008, Astronomy & Astrophysics
"OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program" Udalski A., Pont F., Naef D. et al, 2008, Astronomy & Astrophysics
"The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. IX. mu Ara, a system with four planets" Pepe F., Correia A. C. M., Mayor M., Tamuz O. et al, 2007, Astronomy & Astrophysics
"Photometric follow-up of the transiting planet WASP-1b" Shporer A., Tamuz O., Zucker S., Mazeh T., 2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Automated analysis of eclipsing binary lightcurves. I. EBAS --- a new Eclipsing Binary Automated Solver with EBOP" Tamuz O., Mazeh T., North P., 2006, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Automated analysis of eclipsing binary light curves. II. Statistical analysis of OGLE LMC eclipsing binaries" Mazeh T., Tamuz O., North P., 2006, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Correcting systematic effects in a large set of photometric lightcurves" Tamuz O., Mazeh T., Zucker S., 2005, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society