Theoretical Computer Science at NYU

We are the Theoretical Computer Science Group at New York University. Researchers in our group are interested in applying mathematical tools to a variety of disciplines in computer science, from security, to systems, to computational geometry, and beyond. Visit our individual webpages to learn more, or join our mailing list. Students interested in applying for a Ph.D. should read the information here.

Faculty

Boris Aronov
Boris Aronov

Computational and combinatorial geometry, algorithms

Aaron Bernstein
Aaron Bernstein

Graph algorithms, streaming, parallel & distributed algos, approx. algos

Ainesh Bakshi
Ainesh Bakshi

Algorithms, quantum info., learning theory, linear algebra

Marshall Ball
Marshall Ball

Cryptography, computational complexity

Nir Bitansky
Nir Bitansky

Foundations of cryptography, proof systems, quantum crypto

Yi-Jen Chiang
Yi-Jen Chiang

Data visualization, motion planning, computational geometry, algos

Richard Cole
Richard Cole

Algorithmic economics & game theory, algos in nature & society

Yevgeniy
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Yevgeniy Dodis

Cryptography, security, info. theory, complexity theory, algorithms

Martin Farach-Colton
Martin Farach-Colton

Data structures, algorithms, systems

Anupam Gupta
Anupam Gupta

Algorithms, approximation & online algorithms, metric embeddings

Lisa Hellerstein
Lisa Hellerstein

Computational learning theory, ML, algorithms, complexity

Gautam Kamath
Gautam Kamath

(joining Fall 2026) Algorithmic stats, privacy, robustness, learning theory

Sanjeev Khanna
Sanjeev Khanna

(joining Jan. 2026) Approximation, graph, parallel & sublinear algos

Subhash Khot
Subhash Khot

Algorithms, computational complexity and intractability

Allen Liu
Allen Liu

(joining Fall 2026) Algorithms, Machine Learning Theory

Fermi Ma
Fermi Ma

Quantum computation and cryptography

Mehryar Mohri
Mehryar Mohri

Learning theory



Christopher Musco
Christopher Musco

Randomized algos, numerical linear algebra, ML

Juan Perdomo
Juan Perdomo

Foundations of ML Systems, Decision Making, Predictions

Oded Regev
Oded Regev

Lattice-based crypto, quantum, mathematical aspects of TCS

Chee Yap
Chee Yap

Comp. geometry, comp. algebra, visualization, robotics

Jie Xue
Jie Xue

Comp. geometry, algorithms, data structures, graph theory

Other Faculty Interested in Theory, Emeritus Faculty, and Friends of the Group