Deniz Sarioz

Deniz Sarioz

         

Synopsis

I am mainly a Ph. D. student in Computer Science at the City University of New York's Graduate Center (a.k.a. GC). I have obtained an Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) degree in Computer Science from the CUNY Graduate Center (October 2007), and an en route M.A. from Brooklyn College in Computer and Information Systems (February 2007). I have taught in the Brooklyn College Computer and Information Systems Department and in the Hunter College Department of Computer Science.

Prior to choosing to go for a doctorate, I completed a 3+2 dual degree program for my undergraduate studies, obtaining a B.A. in Mathematics from Middlebury College in Vermont and a B.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2002.

My resume (needs updating).


Research statement

Since the summer of 2007, I have been working under the supervision of Distinguished Professor János Pach. My interest lies in the problem-solving-oriented branch of theoretical computer science overlapping combinatorics, discrete / combinatorial / computational geometry, discrete algorithms, and approximation algorithms. This work tends to find motivation in many areas, including but not limited to sensor networks and cellular networks.


Prior graduate research experience

During the academic year 2006-2007, I was involved in fundamentals research on the topic of arrangements in sensor networks with Ted Brown and Amotz Bar-Noy.

Until summer 2006, I was the graduate research assistant on a project co-advised by Distinguished Professor Gabor T. Herman and Professor T. Yung Kong. The project's aim was to develop efficient ways to obtain topological and geometric descriptors of 3D reconstructions obtained from transmission electron microscopy projections. I passed the (first portion of the) second exam of the CS Ph.D. program in this area. This work was in part supported by a CUNY Collaborative Incentive grant awarded to Profs. Herman and Kong, and in part by Prof. Herman's National Institutes of Health grant in electron microscopy.

As a member of the Discrete Imaging and Graphics group, I have also had the pleasure of maintaining the Snark05 Utilities for a couple of years.


Graduate publications

Undergraduate mathematics thesis


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