Yuchong Pan

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MIT, Room 2-333A

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139

Hello! I am a third-year graduate student in the MIT Mathematics Department, where I am very fortunate to be advised by Professor Michel X. Goemans. Before that, I obtained my B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics (Combined Honours) with Distinction at the University of British Columbia, where I was advised by Professor F. Bruce Shepherd. UBC has a stunning campus surrounded by forest on three sides and the Pacific Ocean on the fourth.

My research interests lie at the intersection of algorithms, combinatorics and optimization, in particular designing discrete algorithms and analyzing discrete structures. I am also broadly interested in theoretical computer science, operations research and graph theory.

When not doing mathematics, I enjoy hiking, backpacking and kayaking. I am completing the “NH 48” list of 4000 footers in New Hampshire.

You can find me at [first-name] [at] mit [dot] edu.

news

Aug 6, 2023 I am flying back to China after 4 years and 3 months! I will land on August 11. Let me know if you want to grab coffee/lunch/dinner together. 🛬
Aug 4, 2023 My RSI mentorship has now ended. Congratulations to my students Alan and Deyan for completing their projects, and additional congratulations to Alan for making it into the top 10 presentations! We plan to expand our results into a paper. Stay tuned! 🎉

selected papers

2023

  1. A Counterexample to Box-Half-Integrality of the Intersection of Crossing Submodular Flow Systems
    Michel X. Goemans, and Yuchong Pan
    2023