Information Sciences Group
Ali Tajer
Professor, ECSE and CS​
​Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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(518) 276-8237
3018 Jonsson Engineering Center (JEC)
110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
Ph.D. Students
Zirui Yan
B.Sc. & B. Tech, University of Science and Technology of China
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I received my B.Sc. degree in Statistics and the B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Technology from USTC in May 2020. I joined RPI as a PhD student in August 2021. My research interests include optimization, machine learning and statistical signal processing.
Homepage: https://ziruiyan.github.io
Emre Acartürk
B.Sc., Bilkent University
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I received my B.Sc. degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey, in January 2022. I joined RPI as a Ph.D. student in August 2022. My research interests include machine learning and optimization.
Meltem Tatlı
B.Sc., Bilkent University
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I earned my B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey, in July 2023. I joined RPI as a Ph.D. student in August 2023. My research interests include machine learning and signal processing.
Raj Bakunchhe
B.Sc., Kathmandu University​
Former Doctoral Students
Anmol Dwivedi
B. Tech, NIT Tricy
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Current affiliation
Amazon
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Awards
Eric T. B. Gross Fellowships (2024)
Baliga Fellowship (2021-2022)
Shiuli Subhra Ghosh
B.Tech., NIT, M.Sc., Chennai Mathematical Institute
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Current affiliation
Dominion Energy
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Awards
Baliga Fellowship (2022-2023)
Burak Varıcı
B.Sc., Bogazici University
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Current affiliation
Carnegie Mellon University
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Awards
IBM AI Horizon Fellowship (2021-2024)
Belsky Award for Computational Sciences and Engineering (2022)
Allen B. DuMont (2024)
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Homepage: https://bvarici.github.io
Arpan Mukherjee
M.Tech., IIT-Kharagpur
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Current affiliation
Imperial College London
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Awards
J. Baliga Fellowship (2019-2020)
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Kamron Fazel
B.Sc., RPI, M.Sc., Penn State University
Saurabh Sihag
B.Tech, M.Tech, IIT-Kharagpur
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Current affiliation
University of Pennsylvania
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Awards
J. Baliga Fellowship (2016-17)
Charles M. Close ‘62 Doctoral Prize (2021)
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Maha Zohdy
B.Sc., Cairo University, M.Sc., Nile University
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Current affiliation
Mathworks
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Awards
Charles M. Close ‘62 Doctoral Prize (2020)
Founders Award of Excellence (2019)
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Javad Heydari
B.Sc, M.Sc., Sharif University of Technology
Current affiliation
Cruise
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Awards:
Charles M. Close ‘62 Doctoral Prize (2019)
Dr. Seyedi Best TA Award (2017)
Founders Award of Excellence (2016)
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Safak Bayram
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
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Current affiliation
Senior Lecturer, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland
Saeed Balaneshin
B.Sc., M.Sc., Iran University of Science and Technology
Current Affiliation
Zillow
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Former MS and BS Students
Mateo Mengis (M.Sc.)
Harris Group
Hsin-Ting Shih (M.Sc.)
Logistic Solutions
Zhongyang Zhao (M.Sc.)
Greenwich Commodities
Andrew Ngyuan (M.Sc.)
MITRE
Henry Rogers
Yingjie Xing
Northwestern University
Rahul Jain
MIT Lincoln Lab
Carl Chen
Cornell University
Haozhe Liu
Yunyun Zhang
Cornell University
Bingjia Wang
Cornell University
Sage Trudeau
Northeastern University
Vincent Cerati
Fidessa
Grant Barron
Wyman Gordon
James hanford
MIT Lincoln Lab
Stanley Cheung
MIT Lincoln Lab
Jesse Greeves
MIT Lincoln Lab
Phil LaGambino
MITRE
Jack Keats
MILCOS
Alex Link
Lockheed Martin
Visitors
Prof. Mohamed Abdallah
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
Zeyu Sun
Graduate Student, University of Michigan Ann-Arbor
Jingqi Huang
Graduate Student, UCSD​
Song Wang
Graduate Student, UCSD
Yifan Zhang
Beihang University