Santosh S. Vempala College of Computing, ISYE (courtesy) Vision Aid, ARC Fall 2012 course: Computing for Good (C4G)

Family (in r.c.o.)	Pablo, Sofia, Rosa, Naresh, Mom and Dad.
Research areas	Algorithms, Geometry, Randomness. (C.V.)
C4G Projects	LifeNet, BLIS, Shelter-to-Home, Vein-to-Vein, O.P.E.A.C.E.
Publications	View all papers or by topic Algorithmic convex geometry (here's a survey and an AIM workshop) Spectral algorithms and representations (a tutorial at SIGCOMM 2008 and a talk from COLT 2007) Optimization (continuous and discrete) Learning theory Network routing and security C4G
Books/Surveys	Spectral Algorithms (NOW, 2009). The Random Projection Method (AMS, 2004; paperback 2006). Algorithmic Convex Geometry (survey), 2010. Geometric Random Walks: A Survey, 2005.
Advisees	Current Ying Xiao Anand Louis Past PhD: Adrian Vetta (Ph.D. 2002) John Dunagan (Ph.D. 2002) Alantha Newman (Ph.D. 2004) Grant Wang (Ph.D. 2006) Luis Rademacher (Ph.D. 2007) Amit Deshpande (Ph.D. 2007) Charlie Brubaker (Ph.D. 2009) Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran (Ph.D. 2012) Daniel Dadush (Ph.D. 2012) MS: David Pritchard (2005) Abhisheak Iyer (C4G 2009) Ruban Monu (C4G 2010) Ashwin Paranjpe (C4G 2010) Hiral Modi (with Rosa Arriaga, CS 2011) Supraja Narasimhan (C4G 2011) Hrushikesh Mehendale (C4G 2011) Amol Shintre (C4G 2012) Postdocs Elena Grigorescu (ARC/CI, with Chris Peikert, 2010-2012) Lev Reyzin (ARC/Simons, 2010-2012) Navin Goyal (ARC, 2007-2008) Adam Kalai (NSF, 2001-2003) Luis Rademacher (2007-2009)
Courses	View course pages High-dimensional Algorithms(Fall 2011) Spectral Algorithms(Fall 2010) Computability and Algorithms(Spring 2010,2012) C4G: Computing for Good (Fall 2009) Algorithmic Convex Geometry (Fall 2008) Combinatorial Optimization Geometric Tools for Algorithms Random Walks and Polynomial-Time Algorithms An Eye for Elegance
Editor	Theory of Computing (a free, electronic journal)
	Algorithmica
UROC	Models for Categorization
Search engine	EigenCluster