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PhD Projects

PhD Projects. Rahul Santhanam University of Edinburgh. My Research Area. Computational complexity: Possibilities and limits of efficient computation Design efficient algorithms for computational problems Understand why some problems do not have efficient solutions.

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PhD Projects

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  1. PhD Projects Rahul Santhanam University of Edinburgh

  2. My Research Area • Computational complexity: Possibilities and limits of efficient computation • Design efficient algorithms for computational problems • Understand why some problems do not have efficient solutions

  3. PhD Project 1: SAT Algorithms • Boolean Satisfiability (SAT): Given a formula with Boolean variables, is there an assignment of Boolean values to variables satisfying it? • Canonical NP-complete problem; no polynomial-time algorithms if NP ≠ P • Very important in practical contexts, eg., verification, planning, automated reasoning

  4. PhD Project 1: SAT Algorithms • Boolean Satisfiability (SAT): Given a formula with Boolean variables, is there an assignment of Boolean values to variables satisfying it? • If the formula has N variables and size M, there is trivial brute-force search algorithm running in time O(2N poly(M)) • Question: How much better than brute-force search can we do?

  5. PhD Project 2: Bounded Rationality • Context: Decision theory, game theory • A common assumption is that players are perfectly rational, i.e., play optimally • For various reasons, eg., computational constraints, limited information, cognitive biases etc., players have bounded rationality • Q: Come up with new models of bounded rationality and apply them to situations such as chess, cryptography, financial markets

  6. Contact Info and Funding • E-mail me at rsanthan@inf.ed.ac.uk if you would like to find out more about these projects • Funding available for Project 1 • Also possibility of funding for Project 2, via sources listed at http://wcms.inf.ed.ac.uk/lfcs/graduate%20study

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