AHAlina Harbuzova
Alina Harbuzova is a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, advised by Prof. Guy Bresler, researching the computational limits of high-dimensional statistical tasks, semi-supervised learning on graphs, and the intersection of statistics, machine learning and computational complexity. She earned her MIT Bachelor of Science in 2023, was named a 2026 Siebel Scholar, and holds the MIT MathWorks Fellowship. She represented Ukraine at the 2018 International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. Employment evidence is index-only (the ClickHouse/LinkedIn index, not independent primary-source confirmation): the index lists Alina Harbuzova at Five Rings as Quantitative Researcher (2023-02 to 2024-06) and Quantitative Research Intern (2021-06 to 2021-08). Identity is supported by primary sources (MIT EECS bio, Bresler group page, MIT 2023 Commencement, IMO 2018 Ukrainian team). Five Rings (fiverings.com, New York) is a genuine quantitative proprietary trading firm - its own site and Greenhouse job posts describe quants, developers and traders designing and executing systematic strategies across global markets - so the employer classification as quantitative finance is supported. However, no independent primary source (company page, LinkedIn profile body, press) was found confirming the actual roles/internship, so the employment itself is not CONFIRMED. The index-only role entries should not be treated as independent confirmation.
- Index-only (ClickHouse/LinkedIn index, not independent primary-source confirmation): current employer listed as Five Rings; headline 'PhD Candidate @ MIT'.
- MIT PhD candidate in EECS advised by Prof. Guy Bresler (Bresler's group page lists her among advised students), working at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, and computational complexity.
- Awarded the MIT MathWorks Fellowship; project uses MATLAB simulations to study average-case equivalence of statistical models and semi-supervised learning on graphs.
- Named a 2026 Siebel Scholar (School of Engineering, computer science), a graduate fellowship recognizing outstanding students at top graduate schools.
- Represented Ukraine at the 2018 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2018) as a member of the Ukrainian team.
- MIT Bachelor of Science, Class of 2023 (name appears in MIT 2023 Commencement degree recipients).
- Google Scholar profile exists under her name, listing research output.
Conducting research on approximation algorithms for graph extremal distances under the supervision of Prof. Vassilevska-Williams and PhD candidate Mina Dalirrooyfard.
Research in additive combinatorics
Conducted research in Complexity Theory with Ph.D Candidate Alex Siegenfeld.
• Developed sets of criteria for the Olympiad problems • Checked and scored the solutions of the participants from 50 countries • Negotiated the scores with the team leaders and fi
Competition record
Ukraine · IMO