Vladimir Braverman is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins University. His main research interests are randomized and streaming algorithms. Vladimir obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and his Ph.D. from UCLA in 2011. Prior to attending UCLA, Braverman has led a research team at HyperRoll, a startup company that has been acquired by Oracle in 2009.