Nairen Cao
Scholar

Nairen Cao

Google Scholar ID: OiiBPDwAAAAJ
Ph.D., Georgetown University
Graph algorithmsParallel algorithms
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
195
 
H-index
9
 
i10-index
8
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
9
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple papers in conferences such as ESA 2025, ICALP 2025, STOC 2025, and received Outstanding Paper Awards at SPAA 2023 and SPAA 2022.
Research Experience
  • Faculty Fellow at NYU Tandon School of Engineering; former Postdoctoral Researcher at Boston College, advised by Hsin-Hao Su.
Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgetown University, supervised by Jeremy T. Fineman and Ophir Frieder.
Background
  • Research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems, graph algorithms, parallel and distributed algorithms. Currently a Faculty Fellow at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, previously a Postdoctoral Researcher at Boston College.
Miscellany
  • Organizer of the NYC Graduate Student TCS Day and a reviewer for top-tier conferences including SPAA, SODA, STOC, FOCS, ITCS, PODC, and ICALP.