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Department of Computer Science

Theory & Algorithms

Theory & Algorithms

 

 

Lab Locations

  • 3303 Siebel Center

Faculty

Jeff Erickson computational geometry and topology
Lenny Pitt  AI and theoretical computing
Chandra Chekuri algorithms, optimization
Brighten Godfrey networked systems theory, distributed algorithms
Sariel Har-Peled geometric approximation algorithms
Manoj Prabhakaran cryptography
Mahesh Viswanathan algorithm analysis and validation
Steven M. LaValle motion planning, control theory
Michael C. Loui computational complexity theory
Jiming Peng mathematical programming, optimization, approximation algorithms
Dan Roth machine learning
Sheldon Jacobson optimization, operations research
Todd Prentice Coleman network information theory
Martin Wong algorithm analysis and design

  

 

Research in theoretical computer science focuses on the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures, as well as the study of fundamental barriers to efficient computation. Specific research interests include optimization, computational geometry and topology, approximation algorithms, cryptography and secure computation, network design, data mining, machine learning, finite-element mesh generation, and automatic software verification.