Mentoring

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Yaqiao Li (co-supervised with Lata Narayanan)
    • January 2023 – December 2023
    • Research topics: online algorithms (graph coloring, renting servers in the cloud) and distributed computing (delivery on a circle by multiple mobile agents)

PhD Students

  • Jesse Racicot (co-supervised with Hovhannes Harutyunyan)
    • In-progress
  • Mahtab Masoori (co-supervised with Lata Narayanan)
    • Defended: February 2025
    • Thesis: Renting Servers in the Cloud
  • Ali Lavasani
    • Defended: December 2024
    • Thesis: Computational Geometry and Online Algorithms

Master’s Students

  • Joey Byrne
    • Defended: April 2025
    • Thesis: Online Steiner Cover Problems in Hypergraphs
  • Arnav Ishaan
    • Defended: December 2024
    • Thesis: Online Bipartite Matching under Markov Chain Model
  • Jesse Racicot (co-supervised with Hovhannes Harutyunyan)
    • Defended: May 2021
    • Thesis: Domination: Offline, Online, Any Time
  • Shadi Taghian (co-supervised with Hovhannes Harutyunyan)
    • Defended: December 2020
    • Thesis: Exploring Temporal Cycles and Grids
  • Kamran Koupayi (co-supervised with Hovhannes Harutyunyan)
    • Defended: December 2020
    • Thesis: Separation and Cover Problems in Temporal Graphs

Undergraduate Summer Research Students

  • Benjamin Kyle (summer 2025) co-supervised with Dr. Tiberiu Popa
    • Project: ML-Based Discovery of Efficient Strategies for Rubik’s-Style Puzzles
  • Tristan Lueger (summer 2023)
    • Project: Greedy Allocation Algorithms for Combinatorial Auctions
  • David Evangelista (summer 2022)
    •  Project: Online Coloring with Bounded Palette
  • Simon Demeule (summer 2019)
    • Project: Improving Accuracy of Pitch Tracking Algorithms