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Rutgers University has an accomplished and active group of researchers in the area of theoretical computer science. Specific research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, algorithms for massive data, combinatorial optimization, complexity theory, machine learning, computational biology, algebraic methods, discrete math, graph theory, and computational geometry. Many members of the group are also associated with Rutgers’ Department of Mathematics, the Rutgers Center for Operations Research (RUTCOR), and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS).
Recent News
| Jun 2026 | The 42nd International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG) will be hosted by Rutgers University. |
| Dec 2025 | The 21st Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE) will be hosted by Rutgers University. |
| Jan 2025 | Prof. Karthik C. S. receives an NSF CAREER Award for his project titled “CAREER: Price of Clustering in Geometric Spaces: Inapproximability, Conditional Lower Bounds, and More.” |
| Feb 2024 | Prof. Aaron Bernstein is named an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. |
| Jul 2023 | Prof. Emeritus Eric Allender presented a keynote talk at the 16th International Conference on Computability, Complexity and Randomness. |
| Jun 2023 | Prof. Aaron Bernstein receives the 2023 EATCS Presburger Award for Young Scientists. |
| May 2023 | Prof. Eric Allender presented a keynote talk at the Iowa Colloquium on Information, Complexity, and Logic. |
| Feb 2023 | Prof. Sepehr Assadi is named an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. |
| Feb 2023 | The opening day of the Simons Institute's workshop on Lower Bounds, Learning, and Average-Case Complexity was designated 'Eric Allender's Day' with a series of talks highlighting his research accomplishments. |
| Feb 2023 | Prof. Eric Allender presented a talk in the Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture Series at the Simons Institute in Berkeley. |
| Jan 2023 | Prof. Peng Zhang receives an NSF CAREER Award for her project titled “CAREER: Fine-Grained Complexity and Algorithms for Structured Linear Equations and Linear Programs.” |
| Oct 2022 | Prof. Sepehr Assadi gives a keynote talk at DISC 2022. |
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