Supervision
Prospective Students
I regularly supervise graduate and undergraduate students interested in theoretical computer science, algorithms, and related areas of discrete mathematics and optimization. If you are curious, motivated, and enjoy mathematical thinking, I encourage you to explore the opportunities listed below and reach out if our interests align.
MSc & PhD Students
If you're interested in graduate studies at TMU and would like to be supervised by me, I encourage you to first explore our Mathematics Graduate Program (opens in new window) and check the admissions page for deadlines and application details (opens in new window) .
My research interests include theoretical computer science, algorithms, search problems, combinatorial optimization, and related areas in discrete mathematics. If your interests align, you're welcome to book a time to meet with me to discuss potential research projects and supervision.
Note for International Students: The Mathematics graduate program welcomes applications from international students. However, due to funding constraints:
MSc applicants will only be considered if they already hold a competitive external scholarship that covers all tuition and living expenses.
PhD applicants must either hold such funding or be exceptionally strong candidates who may be considered for an internal tuition conversion program. This program is not guaranteed each year, is very limited, and highly competitive.
Data Science and Analytics MSc Program
If you're interested in having me supervise your research project, please email me by the end of March and before the start of the spring term, including your CV, unofficial transcripts, and a proper project proposal, as outlined in the MRP guidelines. Before contacting me, please also review the program overview to ensure your interests align. After reviewing your materials, I will follow up to schedule a meeting to discuss the project and the possibility of supervision.
Undergraduate Students
If you're an undergraduate student interested in pursuing research under my supervision, please email me your unofficial transcripts along with a brief note describing your interests and availability.
There are several ways to engage in research at TMU. The award-based opportunities are available during the spring/summer term and assume full-time participation:
MTH40AB Thesis (opens in new window) - A for-credit research course offered in the fall and winter terms, counting as two courses, and open only to 3rd- and 4th-year students.
- SCI999: Research Practicum (opens in new window) - Non-credit course.
- URO: Undergraduate Research Opportunity - Award-based, Spring/summer only, TMU funded
- USRA: Undergraduate Student Research Awards - Award-based, Spring/summer only, NSERC funded
- Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program (external link, opens in new window) - Award-based, Spring/summer only
If you're unsure which program suits your goals, feel free to contact me early to discuss options.
Past and Current Students
- Jesse Lucier, Fall 2025 - present
Co-supervised with Dr. P. Pralat - Lazar Mandic, Fall 2024 - present
Co-supervised with Dr. C. Gravel - Caleb Jones, Winter 2024 - present
Co-supervised with Dr. A. Bonato - Harjas Singh, Fall 2020 - Spring 2025 (graduated)
Co-supervised with Dr. P. Pralat
Thesis title: Probabilistic Methods in Optimizing Random Processes: Applications to Random and Semi-Random Graphs - Somnath Kundu, Fall 2019 - Spring 2022 (graduated)
Co-supervised with Dr. P. Pralat
Thesis: Study of problems involving mobile agents
MSc Students, TMU, Department of Mathematics (Thesis-Based)
- Liza Krupsky, TMU, Fall 2025 - present
- Joey Kapusin, TMU, Fall 2024 - present
- Jesse Lucier, TMU, Fall 2023 - Spring 2025 (graduated)
Thesis: Multi-Agent Search-Type Problems on Regular 2D and 3D Polytopes - Matthew Madej, Fall 2023 - Spring 2025 (graduated)
Thesis: Point Search by Multi-Speed Agents in the Plane - James Conley, Fall 2023 - Spring 2025 (graduated)
Thesis: Multi-Agent Disk Inspection - Pengfei Wu, Fall 2022 - Spring 2024 (graduated)
Thesis: The ℓ Infinity Grasshopper Problem - Xin Wang, Fall 2021 - Spring 2023 (graduated)
Thesis: Weighted Group Search of 2 agents on a Unit Disk & Improved LP-Based Lower Bounds for Priority Evacuation - Woo Jin Jang, Fall 2020 - Spring 2022 (graduated)
Thesis: Triangle Evacuation of 2 Agents in the Wireless Model - Sean Leizerovich, Fall 2020 - Spring 2022 (graduated)
Thesis: Evacuation from ell_p Disc
- Sumi Acharjee, Fall 2018 - Winter 2020 (graduated)
Thesis: Searching for a Shoreline - Nisha Chopra, Fall 2017 - Spring 2019 (graduated)
Thesis: Scatter on the Disk: A Gathering Problem - Junsi Zhang, Fall 2017 - Spring 2019 (graduated)
Thesis: Generalization of Max-Cut and it's Approximations - Somnath Kundu, Fall 2017 - Winter 2019 (graduated)
Thesis: Stability concepts in Bargaining Games - Preeti Sharma, Winter 2017 – Spring 2019 (graduated)
Thesis: Worst-case & Average-case Efficiency Trade-offs for Search Problems
MSc Students, TMU, Data Science and Analytics (Project-Based)
- Muhammad Saad Saleem, Spring 2020 (graduated)
Project: Speech Emotion Recognition on English and French Dataset - Moeen Bagheri, Spring 2020 (graduated)
Project: Multi-Step Sales Forecasting of Walmart Products - Yilin Chen, Spring 2017 (graduated)
Project: New York City Green Taxi Trip Optimization
External MSc Supervision (Co-Supervised)
- Alexandra Steau, Fall 2025 - Spring 2017 (graduated)
Carleton University, School of Computer Science, co-supervised with Dr. E. Kranakis
Thesis: Robot Fence-Jumping Search
Post-docs, TMU
- Dr. JD Nir, Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
- Dr. Nikolaos Giachoudis, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
- Dr. Ryan Cushman, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
- Dr. Rahnuma Islam Nishat, May 2021 - May 2022
- Dr. Natalie Behague, Fall 2020 -Spring 2021
- Dr. Ioannis Lamprou, November 2019
- Dr. Trent Marbach, Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
- Dr. Sean English, Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
- Dr. Hoda Chuang, September 2017 – January 2019
- Dr. Hoda Chuang, March-May 2017
- Dr. Tamer Abdou, Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
Undergraduate Students
- Oliver Manuel, Fall 2024 - Winter 2025
MTH40AB Thesis, TMU
Thesis: Improving Rounding Methods for Two-Dimensional Solutions to the Semi-Definite Program Relaxation of MAX CUT - Sukrit Chalana, Fall 2024 - Winter 2025
MTH40AB Thesis, TMU
Thesis: Symmetric Rendezvous on the Line with p-Faulty Agents - James Conley, Fall 2022 - Winter 2023
MTH40AB Thesis, TMU
Thesis: Equilateral Triangle Evacuation Analysis - Raduanul Islam, Fall 2021 - Winter 2022
MTH40AB Thesis, TMU
Thesis: Weighted Average of Group Search on a Disk - Raduanul Islam, Summer 2021
NSERC USRA, TMU
Project title: Group Online Searching with Randomized Agents
- Jesse Lucier, Summer 2020
NSERC USRA, TMU
Project title: Evacuating from ell-p Unit Disks in the Wireless Model
- Amanda Dy, Winter 2020
SCI999 Research practicum, TMU
Project title: The Grasshopper Problem
- Jesse Lucier, Fall 2019 - Winter 2020
MTH40AB Thesis, TMU
Thesis: Weighted Group Search - Akshaya Srinivasan, Summer 2019
MITACS Globalink, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
Project title: Exploring the Axis
- Nicolas Bryenton, Summer 2018
Fields USRP, Summer 2018, University of Toronto
Project title: The Symmetric Rendezvous Problem on a Triangle - Mitchell Dembowski, Fall 2017
SCI999 Research practicum, TMU
Project title: Searching with mobile agents - Yuval Yakubov, Fall 2017 - Winter 2018
MTH40AB Thesis, TMU
Thesis: An Overview Of Discrete Preference Games - Astrid Olave Herrera, Summer 2017
Fields USRP, National University of Colombia
Project title: Lift & Project Systems Performing on the Partial-Vertex-Cover Polytope - Jia Zhi (Andy) Jiang, Summer 2017
Fields USRP, Oxford University
Project title: Lift & Project Systems Performing on the Partial-Vertex-Cover Polytope - Ian Seong, Summer 2017
Fields USRP, Carleton College
Project title: Lift & Project Systems Performing on the Partial-Vertex-Cover Polytope - Twesh Upadhyaya, Summer 2017
Fields USRP, University of Toronto
Project title: Lift & Project Systems Performing on the Partial-Vertex-Cover Polytope - Yuval Yakubov, Summer 2017
FoS URO, TMU
Project title: Symmetric Rendezvous With Advice: How to Rendezvous in a Disk - Jay Griffiths, Summer 2017
NSERC USRA, TMU
Project title: Symmetric Rendezvous With Advice: How to Rendezvous in a Disk - Bhargav Parsi, Summer 2016
NSERC USRA, MITACS Globalink, Indian School of Mines
Project title: Probabilistic search on the line - Rui Liu, Summer 2015
NSERC USRA, UWaterloo - Edward Lee, Summer 2014
NSERC USRA, UWaterloo
Project title: Lift & Project Systems Performing on the Partial Vertex Cover Polytope