Recipient of a MEGA-ACE grant from the Algorand Foundation
Recipient of the NSF CAREER Award
Paper 'Automating Food Drop: The Power of Two Choices for Dynamic and Fair Food Allocation' (with Marios and Paritosh) won Best Student Paper Award at EAAMO 2024
Background
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University
Affiliated with the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Research focuses on the intersection of Computer Science and Economics
Broad interests include algorithmic economics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational social choice, mechanism design, algorithmic game theory, and theoretical computer science
Emphasizes integration of theory with real-world applications; has collaborated with non-profits such as 412 Food Rescue, Indy Hunger Network, and Food Finders Food Bank
Miscellany
Co-organizing a tutorial on applied fair division at EC 2025 with Yair (June 2025)
Guest on Purdue’s official podcast 'This is Purdue' (April 2025)
Gave talks on dynamic fair division and work with Indy Hunger Network at Brown CS Theory Seminar, MIT Algorithms & Complexity Seminar, and Mathematics for Humanity Learning Seminar (April–March 2024)
Launched automated FoodDrop system (March 2024)
AI-driven food insecurity research featured by IOWA PBS and Purdue University News (September 2023)