PROFESSORS IN COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION
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L Whitley
Prof. Whitley is a faculty member (and former Chair, 2003-2018) of the Department of Computer Science at Colorado State University. From 1993 to 1997 Prof. Whitley served as Chair of the Governing Board of the International Society for Genetic Algorithms. From 1997 to 2002 Prof. ...
Dingzhu Du
Ding-Zhu Du, Ph.D. is a Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics (with a research focus in theoretical computer science) from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1985. His research interests include theory...
Anil Vullikanti
Anil Vullikanti is a Professor in the Dept of Computer Science and the Biocomplexity Institute. His research interests are broadly in the areas of randomized algorithms, combinatorial optimization, distributed computing, dynamical systems and network science, machine learning, an...
Mukul S. Bansal
I am an associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Connecticut. My research interests are in computational biology and bioinformatics, with an emphasis on computational phylogenetics and comparative genomics. More generally, I am interested in algo...
Philip Klein
Philip Klein is a Professor of Computer Science at Brown University, recognized as a leading figure in the field of algorithms, particularly in graph theory and combinatorial optimization. His work focuses on developing efficient techniques to find optimal or near-optimal solutio...
Marek Chrobak
Professor Marek Chrobak received his M.S. and Ph.D from the University of Warsaw, Poland. Previously he held an assistant professor position at the Warsaw University and a visiting position at Columbia University. Dr. Chrobak's research interests include design and analysis of...
Seth Pettie
Seth Pettie is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the EECS Department at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley and has held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon University and University o...
Lap Chi Lau
Lap Chi Lau is a Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on theoretical computer science, particularly algorithm design and analysis, including algorithmic graph theory, approximation algorithms, combinator...
Aravindan Vijayaraghavan
I am an Associate Professor in the CS department at Northwestern University, and by courtesy, the IEMS department. I'm a member of the Theory CS Group and my research interests are broadly in theoretical computer science. I work on the algorithmic foundations of machine learning,...
Piotr Krysta
I am a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and a member of research groups on Algorithms, Complexity Theory and Optimisation and Economics and Computation. I am interested in the design and analysis of algorithms with an emphasis on: Approximation algori...
Genya Ishigaki
Genya Ishigaki is an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2021, and his B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Soka University, Japan. His research interests include network slici...
Kent Quanrud
My research is about the design and analysis of algorithms in theoretical computer science. I have worked on approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms, combinatorial optimization, continuous optimization, online learning, and discrete geometry. I am particularly interested ...
Matthias Stallmann
Matthias F. Stallmann is a professor emeritus in the Department of Computer Science at NC State University. He joined the department in 1984 and served for 40 years, contributing significantly to its growth and academic excellence. Stallmann’s research focuses on combinatori...
Sharath Raghvendra
Dr. Sharath Raghvendra is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University and his research focuses on designing efficient algorithms — especially in areas such as combinatorial optimizat...
Dale Schoenefeld
Dale Schoenefeld, Ph.D., is professor of computer science and mathematics who currently teaches a broad range of courses in both disciplines. He initially came to The University of Tulsa to provide technology support for curriculum development and teaching in mathematics. Subsequ...
Nicholas Ruozzi
I am currently an associate professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas and a member of the Center for Machine Learning at UT Dallas. I am broadly interested in combinatorial optimization, larg...
Zihan Tan
Zihan Tan joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 2025 as an assistant professor. He received his PhD in computer science from the University of Chicago (2022). Prior to his time at the University, he served as an assistant professor at Rutgers University, as w...
Huaming Zhang
Huaming Zhang, Ph.D. is Interim Chair and Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His areas of expertise include Algorithm Design and Graph Theory.
Mingxian Zhong
Mingxian Zhong is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Lehman College, CUNY, and a member of the doctoral faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center, specializing in the theoretical foundations of computer science. Her research is primarily focused on Graph Theory and the desig...
Sixia Chen
Sixia Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Adelphi University, specializing in the Design and Analysis of Algorithms. His research focuses on Combinatorial Optimization, pseudorandomness, and derandomization, with significant app...