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Kirthevasan (Kirthi) Kandasamy

Machine Learning And Game Theory Statistical Machine Learning Algorithmic Game Theory Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning
University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences

About

Kirthevasan Kandasamy is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working on topics in machine learning. He is also affiliated with the Department of Statistics. He is a recepient of an NSF CAREER Award (2025). His research interests are in the intersection of machine learning and game theory. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the RISE Lab at the University of California, Berkeley working with Ion Stoica, Mike Jordan, and Joey Gonzalez. He completed his PhD in Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was co-advised by Jeff Schneider and Barnabas Poczos. His PhD was supported by a Facebook fellowship (2017/18), a Siebel scholarship (2017/18), and a CMU Presidential fellowship (2015/16). Prior to CMU, he completed his B.Sc in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

Research Performance Summary

67
Total Papers
4561
Total Citations
25
H-Index
2012-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Latent Beta Topographic Mapping

Year: 2012

Citations: 0

Venue: 2012 IEEE 24th International Conference on Tools with Artificial

Latest Recorded Paper

Learning from Biased and Costly Data Sources: Minimax-optimal Data Collection under a Budget

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.17894

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
1
2025
6
2024
6
2023
3
2022
1
2021
5
2020
11
2019
9
2018
6
2017
3
2016
7

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 23
Journal 4
Book 1

Top Coauthors

Kandasamy Schneider

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 7
Citations 2
Avg. Citations / Paper 0.3
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 26
Citations 1176
Avg. Citations / Paper 45.2
H-Index 12

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 30
Citations 3275
Avg. Citations / Paper 109.2
H-Index 18

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 4
Citations 108
Avg. Citations / Paper 27
H-Index 2

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

kandasamy@cs.wisc.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Tuning Hyperparameters Without Hyperparameters Without Grad Without Grad Students Grad Students Scalable Students Scalable Robust Scalable Robust Bayesian Robust Bayesian Optimisation Bayesian Optimisation Dragonfly Offline Contextual Bayesian Contextual Bayesian Optimization