{"id":2134,"date":"2026-02-04T11:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/?page_id=2134"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:01:21","slug":"aleksandr-aravkin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/faculty-staff\/aleksandr-aravkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleksandr Aravkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f66f9956 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aravkin_Sasha_D71.16.2020sm.png\" alt=\"Photo of Aleksandr Aravkin\" class=\"wp-image-705\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aravkin_Sasha_D71.16.2020sm.png 500w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aravkin_Sasha_D71.16.2020sm-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aravkin_Sasha_D71.16.2020sm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aravkin_Sasha_D71.16.2020sm-375x375.png 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aravkin_Sasha_D71.16.2020sm-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aleksandr Aravkin<\/h2>\n<p><em>Adjunct Associate Professor; Director, Mathematical Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:saravkin@uw.edu\">saravkin@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours:<\/strong> Tuesday, Thursday 1:30PM-2:30PM. Email to arrange.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aleksandr (Sasha) Aravkin, PhD, MS, is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, Mathematics, and Statistics, and Director of Mathematical Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. At IHME, Dr. Aravkin contributes to the strategic direction of the application, uptake, and expansion of mathematical sciences applied to cross-cutting analytic challenges at IHME and seeks out strategic partnerships and opportunities that would enhance IHME\u2019s ability to create innovative science and solve persistent data and analytic challenges using mathematical sciences. He also leads the Mathematical Sciences and Computational Algorithms team at IHME.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Aravkin\u2019s work focuses on large scale optimization, machine learning and data science. Dr. Aravkin has been working with IHME to develop the Evidence Score model, which requires the development and implementation of entirely new modes and algorithms, as well as emerging methodologies. His work on fusing physics-based and data-driven models allows him to collaborate broadly across campus, as well as with researchers in many universities and in industry.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Aravkin earned a PhD in Mathematics and MS in Statistics from University of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>IHME was established at the University of Washington in Seattle in 2007. Its mission is to improve health through better health evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aleksandr Aravkin Adjunct Associate Professor; Director, Mathematical Sciences Email: saravkin@uw.edu Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 1:30PM-2:30PM. Email to arrange. Aleksandr (Sasha) Aravkin, PhD, MS, is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, Mathematics, and Statistics, and Director of Mathematical Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. At IHME, Dr. Aravkin contributes to the strategic direction of the application, uptake, and expansion of mathematical sciences&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":1999,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-no-title.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2134\/revisions\/2394"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}