Thatchaphol Saranurak
I am an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Division at the University of Michigan.
I received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2018, where I was fortunate to be advised by Danupon Nanongkai. Between 2018-2020, I was a research assistant professor at Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago.
Research
Fast graph algorithms in different models of computation
Robust algorithms against an adaptive adversary
Continuous optimization for combinatorial problems
My project "CAREER: Theory for Dynamic Graph Algorithms (2238138)" received an NSF CAREER Award.
I got the Presburger Award 2023.
Postdocs
Deeksha Adil, Fall 2022. Now Junior Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Studies @ ETH Zurich
Ohad Trabelsi, 2022. Now Research Assistant Professor @ TTIC.
PhD Students
Benyu Wang (PhD, 2023 - now)
Chaitanya Nalam (PhD, 2021 - now)
Yaowei Long (PhD, 2021 - now)
Undergraduate Advising
Pingbang Hu: research mentor 2022. Now PhD at UIUC.
Cheng-Hao Fu: senior thesis 2021. Now PhD at BU.
Jingyi Gao: senior thesis 2021.
Tian Zhang: research mentor 2021. Now PhD at UPenn.
Han Jiang: research mentor 2021.
Visitors
Benyu Wang, Tsinghua University, February-August 2022.
Zhiyi Huang, Tsinghua University, February-August 2022.
Zhongtian He, Tsinghua University, February-August 2021. Now Ph.D. student @ Princeton University.