{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/samihassaf\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T23:45:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/samihassaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Sami H. Assaf"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n\n                    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n           \n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <h2><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Gabilan Distinguished Professor<br \/>\nof Science and Engineering<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Professor of Mathematics<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Dean&#8217;s Leadership Fellow for Physical Sciences and Mathematics<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Director of Graduate Studies<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Contact information<\/h2>\n<p><strong>EMAIL :<\/strong> shassaf@usc.edu<br \/>\n<strong>OFFICE :<\/strong> KAP 438C<br \/>\n<strong>PHONE :<\/strong>\u00a0(213) 740-2440<br \/>\n<strong>MAILING ADDRESS :<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Department of Mathematics<br \/>\nUniversity of Southern California<br \/>\n3620 Vermont Avenue<br \/>\nLos Angeles, California 90089-2532<br \/>\nUnited States of America<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/samihassaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/247\/2023\/09\/IMG_0950-Enhanced-NR-2-768x1024.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/samihassaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/247\/2023\/09\/IMG_0950-Enhanced-NR-2-1280x1707.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/samihassaf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/247\/2023\/09\/IMG_0950-Enhanced-NR-2-768x1024.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Sami Assaf\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Education\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li>Ph. D. Mathematics, University of California Berkeley, 2007<\/li>\n<li>B.A. Honors Mathematics and Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 2001<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 1997<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Academic Appointments\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li>Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California, 2022&#8211;present<\/li>\n<li>Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California, 2019&#8211;2022<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Southern California, 2012&#8211;2019<\/li>\n<li>CLE Moore Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008&#8211;2011<\/li>\n<li>NSF Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, 2007 &#8212; 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Selected Publications\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li>Sami Assaf, <i>Nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials and a refinement of Kostka&#8211;Foulkes polynomials<\/i>, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. <strong>370<\/strong> (2018), no. 12, 8777&#8211;8796<\/li>\n<li>Sami Assaf and Dominic Searles, <i>Schubert polynomials, slide polynomials, Stanley symmetric functions and quasi-Yamanouchi pipe dreams<\/i>, Adv. in Math. <strong>306<\/strong> (2017), 89&#8211;122.<\/li>\n<li>Sami Assaf, <i>Dual equivalence graphs I: A new paradigm for Schur positivity<\/i>, Forum Math. Sigma <strong>3<\/strong> (2015), e12, 33 pp.<\/li>\n<li>Sami Assaf, Persi Diaconis, and K. Soundararajan, <i>A rule of thumb for riffle shuffles<\/i>, Ann. Appl. Probab. <strong>21<\/strong> (2011), no. 3, 843&#8211;875.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"\/samihassaf\/curriculum-vitae\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Curriculum Vitae<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      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