Columbia University in the City of New York

Theory

Christos Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis Awarded The John von Neumann Theory Prize

Christos H. Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis Honored by INFORMS for their Significant Contributions to the Field of Operations Research and Analytics

Christos Papadimitriou Named Recipient of 2022 IEEE Computer Society Women of ENIAC Computer Pioneer Award

For fundamental contributions to Computer Science, via the development of the theory of algorithms and complexity, and its application to the natural and social sciences.

Xi Chen Wins Both 2021 Gödel Prize and Fulkerson Prize

Xi Chen is one of a small number of researchers to be awarded two highly prestigious honors—the 2021 Gödel Prize and the 2021 Fulkerson Prize—in one year.

About

The group does research on the fundamental capabilities and limitations of efficient computation.

In addition, they use computation as a lens to gain deeper insights into problems from the natural, social, and engineering sciences.

The group is highly collaborative, both within Columbia and among peer institutions. They hold a weekly Theory Lunch and a bi-weekly Student Seminar. Most graduate students have (at least) two advisors and collaborate with several professors and other students. Some of the faculty are cross-listed with the IEOR department and the Data Science Institute.