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<li> [https://sites.google.com/site/davidgharriswebsite/home David Harris] (Aravind Srinivasan 2015)
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~vliaghat/ Vahid Liaghat] (Mohammad Hajiaghayi 2015) currently post-doc at Stanford University
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      <br> Thesis title: "Primal-dual Techniques for Online Algorithms and Mechanisms".
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~khani/ Reza Khani] (Mohammad Hajiaghayi 2015) currently at Microsoft
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      <br> Thesis title: "Revenue Efficient  Mechanisms for Online Advertisement’".
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~kasarpa/ Kanthi Sarpatwar] (Samir Khuller 2015) currently at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
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        <br> Thesis title: "Allocation Algorithms for Networks with Scarce Resources".
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~rchitnis/ Rajesh Chitnis] (Mohammad Hajiaghayi 2014), currently postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science
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      <br> Thesis title: "Directed Graphs:  Fixed-Parameter Tractability and Beyond".
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ehpark/ Eunhui Park] (David Mount 2013) currently at  Goldman Sachs, New York
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      <br> Thesis title: "Dynamic Data Structures For Geometric Search and Retrieval".
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~koyelm/ Koyel Mukherjee] (Samir Khuller 2013) currently at Xerox Labs, Bangalore
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      <br> Thesis title: "Algorithmic Approaches to Reducing Resource Costs in Data Centers".
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~tdubois/ Tom DuBois] currently Chief Technical Officer at Maven Medical
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ghodsi/ MohammadReza Ghodsi] currently at Google
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<li> [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~lijian/ Jian Li] Currently at Tshinghua University
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ranjit Ranjit Kumaresan] (Jonathan Katz, 2012), currently a postdoc at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ranjit Ranjit Kumaresan] (Jonathan Katz, 2012), currently a postdoc at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
<br>Thesis title: "Broadcast and Verifiable Secret Sharing: New Security Models and Round-Optimal Constructions."
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  <br>Thesis title: "Broadcast and Verifiable Secret Sharing: New Security Models and Round-Optimal Constructions."
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~saeed/ Saeed Alaei] (Samir Khuller, 2012), currently a postdoc at Cornell. <br> Thesis title: "Mechanism design with general utilities."
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~saeed/ Saeed Alaei] (Samir Khuller, 2012), currently a postdoc at Cornell.  
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  <br> Thesis title: "Mechanism design with general utilities."
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~arkady Arkady Yerukhimovich] (Jonathan Katz, 2011), currently at [http://www.ll.mit.edu/ MIT Lincoln Laboratory].
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~arkady Arkady Yerukhimovich] (Jonathan Katz, 2011), currently at [http://www.ll.mit.edu/ MIT Lincoln Laboratory].
<br> Thesis title: "A Study of Separations in Cryptography: New Results and New Models."
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  <br> Thesis title: "A Study of Separations in Cryptography: New Results and New Models."
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~barna/ Barna Saha] (Samir Khuller, 2011), currently working at AT&T Labs.  <br>Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Resource Allocation."
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~barna/ Barna Saha] (Samir Khuller, 2011), currently at AT&T Labs.   
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  <br>Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Resource Allocation."
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<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.
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  <br>Thesis title: "Approximation Algorithms for Point Pattern Matching and Searching."
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~sorelle/ Sorelle A. Friedler] (David Mount, 2010), currently at [http://www.haverford.edu/computerscience/ Haverford College]
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  <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]
<br>Thesis title: "On Fairness in Secure Computation."
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  <br>Thesis title: "On Fairness in Secure Computation."
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~malekian/ Azarakhsh Malekian] (Samir Khuller, 2009), currently a postdoc at Northwestern University.  <br>Thesis title: "Combinatorial Optimization and Electronic Commerce."
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~malekian/ Azarakhsh Malekian] (Samir Khuller, 2009), currently a postdoc at MIT.   
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~szetszwo/ Tsz Wo (Nicholas) Sze] (Larry Washington (math), Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently working at [http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo].  <br>Thesis title: "On Solving Univariate Polynomial Equations over Finite Fields and Some Related Problems."
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  <br>Thesis title: "Combinatorial Optimization and Electronic Commerce."
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~fonseca/ Guilherme Fonseca] (David Mount, 2007), currently a postdoc in the department [http://www.cos.ufrj.br/ COPPE - Sistemas] at [http://www.ufrj.br/ UFRJ]
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~szetszwo/ Tsz Wo (Nicholas) Sze] (Larry Washington (math), Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently working at [http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo].   
 
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  <br>Thesis title: "On Solving Univariate Polynomial Equations over Finite Fields and Some Related Problems."
<br>Thesis title: "Approximate Range Searching in the Absolute Error Model."
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<li>[http://www.uniriotec.br/~fonseca/ Guilherme Dias da Fonseca] (David Mount, 2007), currently at [http://www.uniriotec.br/ Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UniRio)]  
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~walid/ Walid Gomaa] (William Gasarch, David Kueker (math), 2007), currently at Alexandria University, Egypt. <br>Thesis title: "Model Theory and Complexity Theory."  
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  <br> Thesis title: "Approximate Range Searching in the Absolute Error Model."
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~walid/ Walid Gomaa] (William Gasarch, David Kueker (math), 2007), currently at Alexandria University, Egypt.  
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  <br>Thesis title: "Model Theory and Complexity Theory."  
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cykoo/ Chiu-Yuen Koo] (Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently at [http://www.google.com/ Google]
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cykoo/ Chiu-Yuen Koo] (Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently at [http://www.google.com/ Google]
<br>Thesis title: "Studies on Fault-Tolerant Broadcast and Secure Computation."
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  <br>Thesis title: "Studies on Fault-Tolerant Broadcast and Secure Computation."
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~horvitz/ Omer Horvitz] (Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently at [http://www.techmeme.com/ Techmeme]
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~horvitz/ Omer Horvitz] (Jonathan Katz, 2007), currently at [http://www.techmeme.com/ Techmeme]
<br>Thesis title: "Expresiveness of Definitions and Efficiency of Constructions in Computational Cryptography."
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  <br>Thesis title: "Expresiveness of Definitions and Efficiency of Constructions in Computational Cryptography."
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~nargess/ Nargess Memarsadeghi] (David Mount, 2007), currently at [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]
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<li>[https://sites.google.com/site/nargess/ Nargess Memarsadeghi] (David Mount, 2007), currently at [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]  
<br>Thesis title: "Efficient Algorithms for Clustering and Interpolation of Large Spatial Data Sets."
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  <br>Thesis title: "Efficient Algorithms for Clustering and Interpolation of Large Spatial Data Sets."
 
<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]
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<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mestre/ Julian Mestre] (Samir Khuller, 2007), currently at [http://www.mpg.de/english/portal/index.html University of Sydney]
 
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<li>Cengiz Celik (David Mount, 2006) currently at [http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/index.php?p=index&l=en Bilkent University]
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  <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."
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  <br>Thesis title: "Lookup Protocols and Techniques for Anonymity."
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~sri/ Srinivasan Parthasarathy] (Aravind Srinivasan, 2006), currently at [http://www.watson.ibm.com/ IBM T.J. Watson Research Center]
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~sri/ Srinivasan Parthasarathy] (Aravind Srinivasan, 2006), currently at [http://www.watson.ibm.com/ IBM T.J. Watson Research Center]
<li>[http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~ccelik/ Cengiz Celik] (David Mount, 2006), currently at [http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/ Bilkent University]
 
 
<li>[http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~ykim/ Yoo Ah Kim] (Samir Khuller, 2005), currently at [http://www.cse.uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut]
 
<li>[http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~ykim/ Yoo Ah Kim] (Samir Khuller, 2005), currently at [http://www.cse.uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut]
 
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ycwan/ Yung-Chun Justin Wan] (Samir Khuller, 2005), currently at [http://www.google.com/ Google]
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ycwan/ Yung-Chun Justin Wan] (Samir Khuller, 2005), currently at [http://www.google.com/ Google]
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~nwang Nan Wang] (Aravind Srinivasan, 2005), currently at [http://www.gs.com/ Goldman Sachs]
 
<li>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~nwang Nan Wang] (Aravind Srinivasan, 2005), currently at [http://www.gs.com/ Goldman Sachs]
<li>[http://www.sju.edu/~fatalay F. Betul Atalay] (David Mount, 2004), currently at [http://macs.sju.edu/ Saint Joseph's University] in Philly
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<li>[http://www.sju.edu/~fatalay F. Betul Atalay] (David Mount, 2004), currently at [http://cs.sju.edu/ Saint Joseph's University] in Philadelphia
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  <br>Thesis title: "Spatial Decompositions for Geometric Interpolation and Efficient Rendering."
 
<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]
 
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<li>Michael Murphy (David Mount, 2002)
<li>Michael Murphy (David Mount, 2002)<br> Thesis title:
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  <br>Thesis title: "Delaunay Triangulations and Control-Volume Mesh Generation."  
"Delaunay Triangulations and Control-Volume Mesh Generation."  
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<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)
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  <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]
 
 
   <br>Thesis title: "Empirical Studies in Parallel Sorting."
 
   <br>Thesis title: "Empirical Studies in Parallel Sorting."
 
<li>[http://www.cs.loyola.edu/~jglenn/ James Glenn] (William Gasarch, Fall 1998), currently at [http://www.cs.loyola.edu/ Loyola College in Maryland]
 
<li>[http://www.cs.loyola.edu/~jglenn/ James Glenn] (William Gasarch, Fall 1998), currently at [http://www.cs.loyola.edu/ Loyola College in Maryland]
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<li>[http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~csl9999/ Andrew Lee] (William Gasarch, Summer 1998), currently at [http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/ University of Louisiana at Lafayette]
 
<li>[http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~csl9999/ Andrew Lee] (William Gasarch, Summer 1998), currently at [http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/ University of Louisiana at Lafayette]
 
   <br>Thesis title: "On queries in computational learning theory and combinatorial problems."
 
   <br>Thesis title: "On queries in computational learning theory and combinatorial problems."
<li>[http://www.bell-labs.com/user/randeep/ Randeep Singh Bhatia] (Samir Khuller, 1998),
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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]
currently at [http://www.bell-labs.com/ Bell Labs]
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<li>Fan-Tao Pu (David Mount, 1998), currently at [http://www.infozen.com/index.php Infozen]  
 
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  <br>Thesis title: "Data Structures for Global Illumination Computation and Visibility Queries in 3-Space."  
<li>Fan-Tao Pu (David Mount, 1998), currently at [http://www.infozen.com/index.php Infozen] <br>
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<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
Thesis title: "Data Structures for Global Illumination Computation and Visibility Queries in 3-Space."  
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<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.sfu.ca/people/Faculty/Profile/cenk.html Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp] (Uzi Vishkin, 1997),
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  <br>Thesis title: "Nearest Neighbor Searching and Applications."
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
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<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.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.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, *)-->
 
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<li>[http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~matias/ Yossi Matias] (Uzi Vishkin, 1992, *),
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<li>[http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~matias/ Yossi Matias] (Uzi Vishkin, 1992, *), currently at [http://www.math.tau.ac.il/ Tel Aviv University]
currently at [http://www.math.tau.ac.il/ Tel Aviv University]
 
 
<li>[http://www.di.ufpe.br/~katia/ Katia Guimaraes] (William Gasarch, Spring 1992), currently at [http://www.cin.ufpe.br/ Universdade Federal de Pernambuco] (in Brazil)
 
<li>[http://www.di.ufpe.br/~katia/ Katia Guimaraes] (William Gasarch, Spring 1992), currently at [http://www.cin.ufpe.br/ Universdade Federal de Pernambuco] (in Brazil)
 
   <br>Thesis title: "On the quality of queries."
 
   <br>Thesis title: "On the quality of queries."
<li>Thomas Kao (David Mount, 1992)<br> Thesis title: "Efficient/Practical Algorithms for Geometric Structures: Convex Hulls, Delaunay Triangulations and Voronoi Diagrams."  
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<li>Thomas Kao (David Mount, 1992)
<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>
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  <br>Thesis title: "Efficient/Practical Algorithms for Geometric Structures: Convex Hulls, Delaunay Triangulations and Voronoi Diagrams."  
 
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<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]
Thesis title: "Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Robust Estimators."
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  <br>Thesis title: "Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Robust Estimators."
<li>[http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~farach/ Martin Farach-Colton] (Amihood Amir, 1991),
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<li>[http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~farach/ Martin Farach-Colton] (Amihood Amir, 1991), currently at [http://cs.rutgers.edu/ Rutgers University]
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."
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<li> Greg N. Frederickson (Matthew Sterling Hecht 1977), currently at Purdue University

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Algorithms and Theory Group - Alumni List[edit]