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.