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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~barna/ Barna Saha] (Samir Khuller, 2011), currently at AT&T Labs. | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~barna/ Barna Saha] (Samir Khuller, 2011), currently at AT&T Labs. | ||
<br>Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Resource Allocation." | <br>Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Resource Allocation." | ||
| − | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~minkcho/ Minkyoung Cho] (David Mount, 2010) | + | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~minkcho/ Minkyoung Cho] (David Mount, 2010), currently at the National Security Research Institute (NSRI) of [http://www.etri.re.kr/eng/ ETRI] South Korea. |
<br>Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Point Pattern Matching and Searching." | <br>Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Point Pattern Matching and Searching." | ||
| − | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~sorelle/ Sorelle A. Friedler] (David Mount, 2010), currently | + | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~sorelle/ Sorelle A. Friedler] (David Mount, 2010), currently at [http://www.haverford.edu/computerscience/ Haverford College] |
<br>Thesis title: "Geometric Algorithms for Objects in Motion." | <br>Thesis title: "Geometric Algorithms for Objects in Motion." | ||
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~gordon Dov Gordon] (Jonathan Katz, 2010), currently working at [http://www.appcomsci.com/ Applied Communication Sciences] | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~gordon Dov Gordon] (Jonathan Katz, 2010), currently working at [http://www.appcomsci.com/ Applied Communication Sciences] | ||
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~raaghav/ Srinivas Kashyap] (Samir Khuller, 2007), currently at [http://www.watson.ibm.com/index.shtml IBM T.J. Watson] | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~raaghav/ Srinivas Kashyap] (Samir Khuller, 2007), currently at [http://www.watson.ibm.com/index.shtml IBM T.J. Watson] | ||
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mestre/ Julian Mestre] (Samir Khuller, 2007), currently at [http://www.mpg.de/english/portal/index.html Max Planck Institute] | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mestre/ Julian Mestre] (Samir Khuller, 2007), currently at [http://www.mpg.de/english/portal/index.html Max Planck Institute] | ||
| + | <li>Cengiz Celik (David Mount, 2006) currently at [http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/index.php?p=index&l=en Bilkent University] | ||
| + | <br>Thesis title: "New Approaches to Similarity Searching in Metric Spaces." | ||
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ruggero/ Ruggero Morselli] (Jonathan Katz, 2006), currently at [http://www.google.com/ Google] | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ruggero/ Ruggero Morselli] (Jonathan Katz, 2006), currently at [http://www.google.com/ Google] | ||
<br>Thesis title: "Lookup Protocols and Techniques for Anonymity." | <br>Thesis title: "Lookup Protocols and Techniques for Anonymity." | ||
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<li>[http://crab.rutgers.edu/~rajivg/ Rajiv C. Gandhi] (Samir Khuller, 2003), currently at [http://www.cs.camden.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University at Camden] | <li>[http://crab.rutgers.edu/~rajivg/ Rajiv C. Gandhi] (Samir Khuller, 2003), currently at [http://www.cs.camden.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University at Camden] | ||
<li>Michael Murphy (David Mount, 2002) | <li>Michael Murphy (David Mount, 2002) | ||
| − | <br> Thesis title: "Delaunay Triangulations and Control-Volume Mesh Generation." | + | <br>Thesis title: "Delaunay Triangulations and Control-Volume Mesh Generation." |
<li>[http://www.cpe.kmutt.ac.th/~songrit/ Songrit Maneewongvatana] (David Mount, 2001), currently at [http://www.kmutt.ac.th/eindex.html King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi] (Bangkok, Thailand) | <li>[http://www.cpe.kmutt.ac.th/~songrit/ Songrit Maneewongvatana] (David Mount, 2001), currently at [http://www.kmutt.ac.th/eindex.html King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi] (Bangkok, Thailand) | ||
| − | <br> Thesis title: "Multi-Dimensional Nearest Neighbor Searching with Low Dimensional Data." | + | <br>Thesis title: "Multi-Dimensional Nearest Neighbor Searching with Low Dimensional Data." |
<li>[http://www.iona.edu/faculty/ysussmann/ Yoram Sussmann] (Samir Khuller, 1999), currently at [http://www.iona.edu/artsscience/departments/computerscience/ Iona College] | <li>[http://www.iona.edu/faculty/ysussmann/ Yoram Sussmann] (Samir Khuller, 1999), currently at [http://www.iona.edu/artsscience/departments/computerscience/ Iona College] | ||
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~egolub/ Evan Golub] (William Gasarch, Spring 1999), currently at [http://www.cs.umd.edu/ University of Maryland] | <li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~egolub/ Evan Golub] (William Gasarch, Spring 1999), currently at [http://www.cs.umd.edu/ University of Maryland] | ||
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<li>[http://www.bell-labs.com/user/randeep/ Randeep Singh Bhatia] (Samir Khuller, 1998), currently at [http://www.bell-labs.com/ Bell Labs] | <li>[http://www.bell-labs.com/user/randeep/ Randeep Singh Bhatia] (Samir Khuller, 1998), currently at [http://www.bell-labs.com/ Bell Labs] | ||
<li>Fan-Tao Pu (David Mount, 1998), currently at [http://www.infozen.com/index.php Infozen] | <li>Fan-Tao Pu (David Mount, 1998), currently at [http://www.infozen.com/index.php Infozen] | ||
| − | <br> Thesis title: "Data Structures for Global Illumination Computation and Visibility Queries in 3-Space." | + | <br>Thesis title: "Data Structures for Global Illumination Computation and Visibility Queries in 3-Space." |
<li>[http://www.cs.sfu.ca/people/Faculty/Profile/cenk.html Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp] (Uzi Vishkin, 1997), currently at [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University]. University of Maryland Computer Science Department [http://www.cs.umd.edu/alumni/sahinalp/sahinalp.shtml Distinguished Alumnus] in 2012 | <li>[http://www.cs.sfu.ca/people/Faculty/Profile/cenk.html Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp] (Uzi Vishkin, 1997), currently at [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University]. University of Maryland Computer Science Department [http://www.cs.umd.edu/alumni/sahinalp/sahinalp.shtml Distinguished Alumnus] in 2012 | ||
<li>[http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/arya/ Sunil Arya] (David Mount, 1995), currently at [http://www.cs.ust.hk/ Hong Kong University of Science and Technology] | <li>[http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/arya/ Sunil Arya] (David Mount, 1995), currently at [http://www.cs.ust.hk/ Hong Kong University of Science and Technology] | ||
| − | <br> Thesis title: "Nearest Neighbor Searching and Applications." | + | <br>Thesis title: "Nearest Neighbor Searching and Applications." |
<li>[http://www.mssm.edu/biomath/benson.html Gary Benson] (Amihood Amir, 1992), currently at [http://www.mssm.edu/biomath/index.html Mount Sinai School of Medicine] | <li>[http://www.mssm.edu/biomath/benson.html Gary Benson] (Amihood Amir, 1992), currently at [http://www.mssm.edu/biomath/index.html Mount Sinai School of Medicine] | ||
<!--li>[http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~matias/ Yossi Matias] (Uzi Vishkin, 1992, *)--> | <!--li>[http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~matias/ Yossi Matias] (Uzi Vishkin, 1992, *)--> | ||
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<br>Thesis title: "On the quality of queries." | <br>Thesis title: "On the quality of queries." | ||
<li>Thomas Kao (David Mount, 1992) | <li>Thomas Kao (David Mount, 1992) | ||
| − | <br> Thesis title: "Efficient/Practical Algorithms for Geometric Structures: Convex Hulls, Delaunay Triangulations and Voronoi Diagrams." | + | <br>Thesis title: "Efficient/Practical Algorithms for Geometric Structures: Convex Hulls, Delaunay Triangulations and Voronoi Diagrams." |
<li>[http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/people/view/index/topicID/29/itemID/56 Nathan Netanyahu] (David Mount, Azriel Rosenfeld, 1991), currently at [http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/ Bar-Ilan University] | <li>[http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/people/view/index/topicID/29/itemID/56 Nathan Netanyahu] (David Mount, Azriel Rosenfeld, 1991), currently at [http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/ Bar-Ilan University] | ||
| − | <br> Thesis title: "Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Robust Estimators." | + | <br>Thesis title: "Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Robust Estimators." |
<li>[http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~farach/ Martin Farach-Colton] (Amihood Amir, 1991), currently at [http://cs.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University] | <li>[http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~farach/ Martin Farach-Colton] (Amihood Amir, 1991), currently at [http://cs.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University] | ||
<li>[mailto:omer@mta.ac.il Omer Berkman] (Uzi Vishkin, 1991, Ph.D. graduates of Tel Aviv University) | <li>[mailto:omer@mta.ac.il Omer Berkman] (Uzi Vishkin, 1991, Ph.D. graduates of Tel Aviv University) | ||
<li>Mark Pleszkoch (William Gasarch, Spring 1990), currently at IBM | <li>Mark Pleszkoch (William Gasarch, Spring 1990), currently at IBM | ||
<br>Thesis title: "Machine Learning with Queries and Oracles." | <br>Thesis title: "Machine Learning with Queries and Oracles." | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 17 September 2012
Algorithms and Theory Group - Alumni List[edit]
- Ranjit Kumaresan (Jonathan Katz, 2012), currently a postdoc at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Thesis title: "Broadcast and Verifiable Secret Sharing: New Security Models and Round-Optimal Constructions." - Saeed Alaei (Samir Khuller, 2012), currently a postdoc at Cornell.
Thesis title: "Mechanism design with general utilities." - Arkady Yerukhimovich (Jonathan Katz, 2011), currently at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Thesis title: "A Study of Separations in Cryptography: New Results and New Models." - Barna Saha (Samir Khuller, 2011), currently at AT&T Labs.
Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Resource Allocation." - Minkyoung Cho (David Mount, 2010), currently at the National Security Research Institute (NSRI) of ETRI South Korea.
Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Point Pattern Matching and Searching." - Sorelle A. Friedler (David Mount, 2010), currently at Haverford College
Thesis title: "Geometric Algorithms for Objects in Motion." - Dov Gordon (Jonathan Katz, 2010), currently working at Applied Communication Sciences
Thesis title: "On Fairness in Secure Computation." - Azarakhsh Malekian (Samir Khuller, 2009), currently a postdoc at Northwestern University.
Thesis title: "Combinatorial Optimization and Electronic Commerce." - Tsz Wo (Nicholas) Sze (Larry Washington (math), Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently working at Yahoo.
Thesis title: "On Solving Univariate Polynomial Equations over Finite Fields and Some Related Problems." - Guilherme Dias da Fonseca (David Mount, 2007), currently at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UniRio)
Thesis title: "Approximate Range Searching in the Absolute Error Model." - Walid Gomaa (William Gasarch, David Kueker (math), 2007), currently at Alexandria University, Egypt.
Thesis title: "Model Theory and Complexity Theory." - Chiu-Yuen Koo (Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently at Google
Thesis title: "Studies on Fault-Tolerant Broadcast and Secure Computation." - Omer Horvitz (Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently at Techmeme
Thesis title: "Expresiveness of Definitions and Efficiency of Constructions in Computational Cryptography." - Nargess Memarsadeghi (David Mount, 2007), currently at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Thesis title: "Efficient Algorithms for Clustering and Interpolation of Large Spatial Data Sets." - Srinivas Kashyap (Samir Khuller, 2007), currently at IBM T.J. Watson
- Julian Mestre (Samir Khuller, 2007), currently at Max Planck Institute
- Cengiz Celik (David Mount, 2006) currently at Bilkent University
Thesis title: "New Approaches to Similarity Searching in Metric Spaces." - Ruggero Morselli (Jonathan Katz, 2006), currently at Google
Thesis title: "Lookup Protocols and Techniques for Anonymity." - Srinivasan Parthasarathy (Aravind Srinivasan, 2006), currently at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
- Yoo Ah Kim (Samir Khuller, 2005), currently at University of Connecticut
- Yung-Chun Justin Wan (Samir Khuller, 2005), currently at Google
- Nan Wang (Aravind Srinivasan, 2005), currently at Goldman Sachs
- F. Betul Atalay (David Mount, 2004), currently at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia
Thesis title: "Spatial Decompositions for Geometric Interpolation and Efficient Rendering." - Rajiv C. Gandhi (Samir Khuller, 2003), currently at Rutgers University at Camden
- Michael Murphy (David Mount, 2002)
Thesis title: "Delaunay Triangulations and Control-Volume Mesh Generation." - Songrit Maneewongvatana (David Mount, 2001), currently at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Bangkok, Thailand)
Thesis title: "Multi-Dimensional Nearest Neighbor Searching with Low Dimensional Data." - Yoram Sussmann (Samir Khuller, 1999), currently at Iona College
- Evan Golub (William Gasarch, Spring 1999), currently at University of Maryland
Thesis title: "Empirical Studies in Parallel Sorting." - James Glenn (William Gasarch, Fall 1998), currently at Loyola College in Maryland
Thesis title: "Implementing WS1S via Finite Automata." - Andrew Lee (William Gasarch, Summer 1998), currently at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Thesis title: "On queries in computational learning theory and combinatorial problems." - Randeep Singh Bhatia (Samir Khuller, 1998), currently at Bell Labs
- Fan-Tao Pu (David Mount, 1998), currently at Infozen
Thesis title: "Data Structures for Global Illumination Computation and Visibility Queries in 3-Space." - Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp (Uzi Vishkin, 1997), currently at Simon Fraser University. University of Maryland Computer Science Department Distinguished Alumnus in 2012
- Sunil Arya (David Mount, 1995), currently at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Thesis title: "Nearest Neighbor Searching and Applications." - Gary Benson (Amihood Amir, 1992), currently at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Yossi Matias (Uzi Vishkin, 1992, *), currently at Tel Aviv University
- Katia Guimaraes (William Gasarch, Spring 1992), currently at Universdade Federal de Pernambuco (in Brazil)
Thesis title: "On the quality of queries." - Thomas Kao (David Mount, 1992)
Thesis title: "Efficient/Practical Algorithms for Geometric Structures: Convex Hulls, Delaunay Triangulations and Voronoi Diagrams." - Nathan Netanyahu (David Mount, Azriel Rosenfeld, 1991), currently at Bar-Ilan University
Thesis title: "Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Robust Estimators." - Martin Farach-Colton (Amihood Amir, 1991), currently at Rutgers University
- Omer Berkman (Uzi Vishkin, 1991, Ph.D. graduates of Tel Aviv University)
- Mark Pleszkoch (William Gasarch, Spring 1990), currently at IBM
Thesis title: "Machine Learning with Queries and Oracles."
