Aravind Srinivasan

Hi, welcome to my home-page. I am a Professor, Computer Science, UMIACS, and AMSC, at the University of Maryland, College Park.

My main research-interests are:

Algorithms and combinatorial optimization;
Probabilistic methods in computer science;
Algorithms in networking (wireless and peer-to-peer), social networks, and distributed computing;
Network science, algorithms, and technology for public health (e.g., networked phenomena in infectious diseases, sensing, optimization, and climatic effects);
Computational approaches to sustainable growth (incl. energy, monitoring and sensing, electric-power and water networks).

Here are my short bio and a link to my CV.

For prospective students: Please read this if you wish to email me about admissions or about working with me.

Education: B.Tech. (Computer Science), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 1989. Advisor: Prof. C. Pandu Rangan
Ph.D. (Computer Science), Cornell University, 1993. Advisor: Prof. David B. Shmoys

Postdoc: Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) and DIMACS (Rutgers), 1993-94.

Publications: My publications and co-authors.

Teaching: I am not teaching in Spring 2012.
I will teach Graduate-level Algorithms (CMSC 651) in Fall 2012: there is no required textbook.
My previous courses.

Students: Current PhD Students: Ioana Bercea, Bo Han, and David Harris.
Mentor (2011-2014) for an undergrad Gemstone team on Reducing Information Overload; please give your comments on their blog.
Former PhD Students:

Dr. Tom DuBois, Lab for Telecommunications Sciences;

Dr. David Levin, HP Labs;

Dr. Srinivasan Parthasarathy, IBM Research;

Dr. Nan Wang, financial-services industry.

(Han co-advised with Bobby Bhattacharjee; Levin co-advised with Bobby Bhattacharjee and Neil Spring.)
Other current/former students with significant collaborations: Dr. Suman Banerjee, Dr. Rajiv Gandhi, Dr. Seungjoon Lee, Dr. Ruggero Morselli, and Dr. Barna Saha.

Editorial Boards: Managing Editor, Theory of Computing (ToC), an open-access journal.
Associate Editor, Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS).
Associate Editor, Networks.
Editor, Journal of Discrete Algorithms (JDA).
Guest Co-editor, special issue of the SIAM Journal on Computing for selected papers from STOC 2010.
Guest Co-editor, special issue of Theory of Computing Systems (2004) for selected papers from SPAA 2004.
Guest Co-editor, special issue of JCSS (2004) for selected papers from STOC 2003.

Program Committees: SODA (2012, 1998), PODC (2012, 2009), INFOCOM (2011, 2010, 2009), FST & TCS (2011, 2007, 2001, 1998), STOC (2010, 2003), DCOSS 2010, GECCO 2009, RANDOM (2007, 2000), SPAA 2004.
Older PCs.

Links: My links are here.

Contact: Room 3263, A. V. Williams Building
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Maryland at College Park
College Park, MD 20742, USA

Phone: 301-405-2695, Fax: 301-405-6707
E-mail: srin AT cs DOT umd DOT edu

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Education:	B.Tech. (Computer Science), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 1989. Advisor: Prof. C. Pandu Rangan Ph.D. (Computer Science), Cornell University, 1993. Advisor: Prof. David B. Shmoys
Postdoc:	Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) and DIMACS (Rutgers), 1993-94.
Publications:	My publications and co-authors.
Teaching:	I am not teaching in Spring 2012. I will teach Graduate-level Algorithms (CMSC 651) in Fall 2012: there is no required textbook. My previous courses.
Students:	Current PhD Students: Ioana Bercea, Bo Han, and David Harris. Mentor (2011-2014) for an undergrad Gemstone team on Reducing Information Overload; please give your comments on their blog. Former PhD Students: Dr. Tom DuBois, Lab for Telecommunications Sciences; Dr. David Levin, HP Labs; Dr. Srinivasan Parthasarathy, IBM Research; Dr. Nan Wang, financial-services industry. (Han co-advised with Bobby Bhattacharjee; Levin co-advised with Bobby Bhattacharjee and Neil Spring.) Other current/former students with significant collaborations: Dr. Suman Banerjee, Dr. Rajiv Gandhi, Dr. Seungjoon Lee, Dr. Ruggero Morselli, and Dr. Barna Saha.
Editorial Boards:	Managing Editor, Theory of Computing (ToC), an open-access journal. Associate Editor, Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS). Associate Editor, Networks. Editor, Journal of Discrete Algorithms (JDA). Guest Co-editor, special issue of the SIAM Journal on Computing for selected papers from STOC 2010. Guest Co-editor, special issue of Theory of Computing Systems (2004) for selected papers from SPAA 2004. Guest Co-editor, special issue of JCSS (2004) for selected papers from STOC 2003.
Program Committees:	SODA (2012, 1998), PODC (2012, 2009), INFOCOM (2011, 2010, 2009), FST & TCS (2011, 2007, 2001, 1998), STOC (2010, 2003), DCOSS 2010, GECCO 2009, RANDOM (2007, 2000), SPAA 2004. Older PCs.
Links:	My links are here.
Contact:	Room 3263, A. V. Williams Building Dept. of Computer Science University of Maryland at College Park College Park, MD 20742, USA Phone: 301-405-2695, Fax: 301-405-6707 E-mail: srin AT cs DOT umd DOT edu