Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Assoc Prof Sinai Robins

Associate Professor 
Division of Mathematical Sciences 
School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences 
College of Science 



Email: RSINAI@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)65137468 
Office: SPMS-MAS-05-22 
Education
  • PhD (Mathematics) University of California, Los Angeles 1991
  • MA (Mathematics) University of California, Los Angeles 1987
  • BS (Mathematics) (Hons) University of California, Los Angeles 1986
Biography
Assoc Prof Sinai Robins joined the Division of Mathematical Sciences in January of 2008. He received his Bachelor degree, Master's degree and Ph.d. degree from UCLA. His research interests include Discrete Geometry, Number Theory, and Combinatorics.

He is a world-renowned researcher in the fields of Discrete Geometry and Combinatorial Number Theory, having published over 30 papers as well as a highly successful book by Springer that has been translated into German and Japanese. Professor Robins is often invited to give international lectures, to referee and review books and high quality journals, including Mathematische Annalen, Crelle, the Ramanujan Journal, the Annals of Mathematics, and the Journal of Discrete and Computational Geometry. More information is available at his homepage: http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/RSinai/Site/Home.html
Research Interests
Assoc Prof Robins' research interests include the following fields:
Discrete geometry, combinatorial geometry, combinatorial number theory, polytopes and their discrete volumes, and applications of Fourier analysis to polyhedral questions. His current research focuses on computing various different forms of discrete volumes for polytopes, with some applications to number theory.
Research Grant
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2011-)
  • Start Up Grant (2008-)
Current Projects
  • A New Approach to Multidimensional Inverse Moment Problems
  • Solid Angles and Their Relations
Selected Publications
  • Matthias Beck and Sinai Robins. (2007). Computing the continuous discretely: integer point enumeration in polytopes. Springer.
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