Girish Balakrishnan

I am a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, working under Prof. N S Narayanaswamy. I am currently working on the succinct data structure design for specific graph classes, e.g. path graphs, and in general, I am interested in Theoretical Computer Science.

I have an MS from Case Western Reserve University, where I was interested in Systems Biology and Complex Systems. I was fortunate to work with Prof. Mihajlo Mesarovic and Prof. Sree N Sreenath while at CWRU. My undergrad was in Computer Engineering from the College of Engineering Chengannur (affiliated with the Cochin University of Science and Technology).

I have fourteen years of work experience divided equally between the software industry (Cordys R&D India, TCS, SAP Labs etc.) and academics (Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology and Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science). 

girishb at cse dot iitm dot ac dot in is where you should send me emails.

"There is  nothing more practical than a good theory" - Kurt Lewin