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6<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span class=author-highlighted>Vikram Kher</span>, <span>Jane H. Lee</span>, <span>Anay Mehrotra</span>, <span>Manolis Zampetakis</span></span>
7(2026).
8<a href=/publication/sample_selection/>Learning-Enabled Estimation: Tight Characterizations under Sample Selection Biases</a>.
9EC &lsquo;26.<p><a href=# class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm js-cite-modal" data-filename=/publication/sample_selection/cite.bib>Cite</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
10<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span class=author-highlighted>Vikram Kher</span>, <span>Argyris Oikonomou</span>, <span>Manolis Zampetakis</span></span>
11(2025).
12<a href=/publication/part_2025/>Prediction-Augmented Trees for Reliable Statistical Inference</a>.
13Preprint.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16937 target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF</a>
14<a href=# class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm js-cite-modal" data-filename=/publication/part_2025/cite.bib>Cite</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
15<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span class=author-highlighted>Vikram Kher</span>, <span>Manolis Zampetakis</span></span>
16(2025).
17<a href=/publication/testable_learning_2025/>Safely Learning Optimal Auctions: A Testable Learning Framework for Mechanism Design</a>.
18ICML &lsquo;25.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href="https://openreview.net/pdf?id=ihRwpPYoKM" target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF</a>
19<a href=# class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm js-cite-modal" data-filename=/publication/testable_learning_2025/cite.bib>Cite</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
20<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span>Yusuf Hakan Kalayci</span>, <span>David Kempe</span>, <span class=author-highlighted>Vikram Kher</span></span>
21(2024).
22<a href=/publication/representative_committee_2023/>

22Proportional Representation in Metric Spaces and Low-Distortion Committee Selection</a>.
23AAAI &lsquo;24.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.10369 target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF</a>
24<a href=# class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm js-cite-modal" data-filename=/publication/representative_committee_2023/cite.bib>Cite</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
25<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span>Sepehr Assadi</span>, <span class=author-highlighted>Vikram Kher</span>, <span>George Li</span>, <span>Ariel Schvartzman</span></span>
26(2023).
27<a href=/publication/buykmech_2023/>Fine-Grained Buy-Many Mechanisms Are Not Much Better Than Bundling</a>.
28EC &lsquo;23.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3580507.3597662 target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF</a>
29<a href=# class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm js-cite-modal" data-filename=/publication/buykmech_2023/cite.bib>Cite</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
30<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span>Dhruv Patel</span>, <span class=author-highlighted>Vikram Kher</span>, <span>et al</span></span>
31(2021).
32<a href=/publication/2021covidml/>Machine learning based predictors for COVID-19 disease severity</a>.
33<em>Journal of Scientific Reports</em>.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83967-7 target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF</a>
34<a href=# class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm js-cite-modal" data-filename=/publication/2021covidml/cite.bib>Cite</a></p></div></div></div></div></section><section id=talks class="home-section wg-collection"><div class=home-section-bg></div><div class=container><div class=row><div class="section-heading col-12 col-lg-4 mb-3 mb-lg-0 d-flex flex-column align-items-center align-items-lg-start"><h1 class=mb-0>Talks</h1></div><div class="col-12 col-lg-8"><div class="media stream-item view-compact"><div class=media-body><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-0 mt-0"><a href=/talk/fine-grained-buy-many-mechanisms-are-not-much-better-than-bundling/>Fine-Grained Buy-Many Mechanisms Are Not Much Better Than Bundling</a></div><a href=/talk/fine-grained-buy-many-mechanisms-are-not-much-better-than-bundling/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style>This talk, based on joint work with Sepehr Assadi, George Li, and Ariel Schvartzman, investigates the revenue properties of buy-k …</div></a><div class="stream-meta article-metadata"><div><span>Oct 6, 2022 12:00 PM &mdash; 1:30 PM</span>
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36<span>Salvatori Computer Science Center</span></div><div><span>Sepehr Assadi</span>, <span>Vikram Kher</span>, <span>George Li</span>, <span>Ariel Schvartzman</span></div></div><div class=btn-links><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://github.com/vikram-kher/vikram-kher.github.io/blob/master/USC_Theory_Lunch_Presentation_2022.pdf target=_blank rel=noopener>Slides</a></div></div><div class=ml-3></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id=contact class="home-section wg-contact"><div class=home-section-bg></div><div class=container><div class=row><div class="section-heading col-12 col-lg-4 mb-3 mb-lg-0 d-flex flex-column align-items-center align-items-lg-start"><h1 class=mb-0>Contact</h1></div><div class="col-12 col-lg-8"><ul class=fa-ul><li><i class="fa-li fas fa-envelope fa-2x" aria-hidden=true></i>
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