Dr Rajesh Chitnis

Dr Rajesh Chitnis

School of Computer Science
Lecturer of Computer Science

Contact details

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School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Chitnis received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park, USA in 2014. Afterwards, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (2014-17) and at the University of Warwick, UK (2017-19) before joining the University of Birmingham in October 2019.

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Qualifications

  • PhD in Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park, 2014

  • MSc in Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2013

  • BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science, Chennai Mathematical Institute, India, 2010

Teaching

  • Logic and Computation

Research

  • Parameterized Algorithms and Complexity
  • Streaming Algorithms
  • Algorithmic Graph Theory

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Chitnis, R 2023, 'A Tight Lower Bound for Edge-Disjoint Paths on Planar DAGs', SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 556-572. https://doi.org/10.1137/21M1395089

Chitnis, R, Feldmann, AE & Manurangsi, P 2021, 'Parameterized Approximation Algorithms for Bidirected Steiner Network Problems', ACM Transactions on Algorithms, vol. 17, no. 2, 12. https://doi.org/10.1145/3447584

Chitnis, R, Feldmann, AE, Hajiaghayi, M & Marx, D 2020, 'Tight bounds for planar strongly connected Steiner subgraph with fixed number of terminals (and extensions)', SIAM Journal on Computing, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 318–364. https://doi.org/10.1137/18M122371X

Chitnis, R, Feldmann, AE & Suchý, O 2019, 'A tight lower bound for planar Steiner Orientation', Algorithmica, vol. 81, no. 8, pp. 3200-3216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-019-00580-x

Chitnis, R, Esfandiari, H, Hajiaghayi, MT, Khandekar, R, Kortsarz, G & Seddighin, S 2017, 'A tight algorithm for Strongly Connected Steiner Subgraph on two terminals with demands', Algorithmica, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 1216-1239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-016-0145-8

Conference contribution

Banerjee, S, Chitnis, R & Lahiri, A 2023, How Does Fairness Affect the Complexity of Gerrymandering? in AAMAS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. Proceedings of International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 2869-2871, 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, London, United Kingdom, 29/05/23. https://doi.org/10.5555/3545946.3599106

Chen, X, Chitnis, R, Eades, P & Wirth, A 2023, Sublinear-Space Streaming Algorithms for Estimating Graph Parameters on Sparse Graphs. in P Morin & S Suri (eds), Algorithms and Data Structures: 18th International Symposium, WADS 2023, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 31 – August 2, 2023, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14079, Springer, pp. 247-261, 18th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 31/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38906-1_17

Chitnis, R 2022, Refined Lower Bounds for Nearest Neighbor Condensation. in S Dasgupta & N Haghtalab (eds), Proceedings of The 33rd International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, vol. 167, Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, pp. 262-281, 33rd International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory (ALT 2022), Paris, France, 29/03/22. <https://proceedings.mlr.press/v167/chitnis22a.html>

Chitnis, R & Saurabh, N 2022, Tight Lower Bounds for Approximate & Exact k-Center in ℝd. in 38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022)., 28, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), vol. 224, Schloss Dagstuhl, pp. 1-15, 38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022), Berlin, Germany, 7/06/22. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.28

Chitnis, R & Feldmann, AE 2019, FPT inapproximability of directed cut and connectivity problems. in BMP Jansen & JA Telle (eds), 14th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation, (IPEC 2019)., 8, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, vol. 148, Schloss Dagstuhl, 14th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation, IPEC 2019, Munich, Germany, 11/09/19. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2019.8

Chitnis, R & Cormode, G 2019, Towards a theory of parameterized streaming algorithms. in BMP Jansen & JA Telle (eds), 14th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation, (IPEC 2019)., 7, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, vol. 148, Schloss Dagstuhl, 14th International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation, IPEC 2019, Munich, Germany, 11/09/19. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.IPEC.2019.7

Chitnis, R & Feldmann, AE 2018, A tight lower bound for steiner orientation. in VV Podolskii & FV Fomin (eds), Computer Science - Theory and Applications : 13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2018, Moscow, Russia, June 6–10, 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol. 10846 , Springer Verlag, pp. 65-77, 13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2018, Moscow, Russian Federation, 6/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90530-3_7

Banerjee, S, Bhore, S & Chitnis, R 2018, Algorithms and hardness results for nearest neighbor problems in bicolored point sets. in MA Mosteiro, MA Bender & M Farach-Colton (eds), LATIN 2018 -Theoretical Informatics: 13th Latin American Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 16-19, 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol. 10807, Springer Verlag, pp. 80-93, 13th International Symposium on Latin American Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16/04/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77404-6_7

Chitnis, R & Talmon, N 2018, Can we create large k-cores by adding few edges? in VV Podolskii & FV Fomin (eds), Computer Science - Theory and Applications : 13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2018, Moscow, Russia, June 6–10, 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol. 10846, Springer Verlag, pp. 78-89, 13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2018, Moscow, Russian Federation, 6/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90530-3_8

Chitnis, R, Feldmann, AE & Manurangsi, P 2018, Parameterized approximation algorithms for bidirected steiner network problems. in H Bast, G Herman & Y Azar (eds), 26th European Symposium on Algorithms, (ESA 2018).., 20, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs, vol. 112, Schloss Dagstuhl, 26th European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA 2018, Helsinki, Finland, 20/08/18. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2018.20

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