Algorithms and Theory
Algorithms and Theory
Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) is concerned with understanding the very nature of computation: What problems can be solved by computers and how efficiently can such problems be solved? Can "hard" problems be used to our advantage in any way? TCS encompasses research in such diverse areas as complexity theory, algorithms, cryptography and coding theory, distributed and parallel computing, social networks, machine learning, game theory, and more. The common thread is a focus on precise models and rigorous mathematical analysis of particular problems within those models.
Associated Faculty
Andrew Childs
ProfessorLaxman Dhulipala
Assistant ProfessorWilliam Gasarch
ProfessorDaniel Gottesman
ProfessorBrin Family Endowed Professor in Theoretical Computer Science
Mohammad Hajiaghayi
ProfessorJack and Rita G. Minker Professor
Furong Huang
Associate ProfessorJonathan Katz
ProfessorDistinguished Scholar-Teacher
Clyde Kruskal
Associate ProfessorDavid Mount
ProfessorRob Patro
Associate ProfessorHanan Samet
ProfessorDistinguished University Professor
Aravind Srinivasan
ProfessorDistinguished University Professor
Runzhou Tao
Assistant ProfessorXiaodi Wu
Associate ProfessorSamir Khuller
Professor EmeritusDistinguished Scholar Teacher
Matthew Coudron
Adjunct Assistant ProfessorYi-Kai Liu
Adjunct Associate ProfessorCarl Miller
Adjunct Associate ProfessorS. Cenk Sahinalp
Adjunct ProfessorSenior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH