Sayan Bandyapadhyay
Scholar

Sayan Bandyapadhyay

Google Scholar ID: Q4WUsiEAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Clustering ProblemsApproximation AlgorithmsParameterized Algorithms
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
451
 
H-index
12
 
i10-index
13
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
35
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Papers published:
  • - "Polynomial-Time Constant-Approximation for Fair Sum-of-Radii Clustering" accepted at ESA 2025
  • - "Improved FPT Approximation for Sum of Radii Clustering with Mergeable Constraints" accepted at APPROX 2025
  • - "Approximation and Parameterized Algorithms for Covering with Disks of Two Types of Radii" accepted at WADS
  • - "A Constant-Factor Approximation for Pairwise Fair k-Center Clustering" accepted at IPCO 2025
  • - "PTASes for Euclidean TSP with Unit Disk and Unit Square Neighborhoods" accepted at SODA 2025
Research Experience
  • Joined the Dept. of Computer Science at Portland State University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2022; was a postdoctoral researcher in the Algorithms Research Group at the University of Bergen, Norway, where he worked with Prof. Fedor Fomin, Prof. Saket Saurabh, and Prof. Petr Golovach.
Education
  • PhD from the University of Iowa, supervised by Prof. Kasturi Varadarajan; M.Tech (CS) degree from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Background
  • Current research interests are mainly in Algorithms: Algorithmic fairness, Approximation Algorithms, Parameterized Algorithms, Exact (exponential time) Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Discrete Geometry, Graph Algorithms, and Optimization.
Miscellany
  • For more information, check out his LinkedIn and Blog.