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About Me

Hi! My name is Shyam Ravichandran and I’m a third-year Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematical Computer Science. I am fortunate to be advised by Vishesh Jain and Lev Reyzin. My research interests are broadly centered in Probability, Combinatorics, and Algorithms, and their applications to Theoretical Computer Science. Previously, I was undergrad at Purdue University where I majored in Applied Mathematics and Statistics.

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Publications

• Exact Sum-of-Radii Clustering under Any Constant Stability (Submitted to STOC 2027)
  • with Lev Reyzin
• Thinned Quantile Shares are Universally Feasible (To appear in ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA 2027))
  • with Vishesh Jain and Clay Mizgerd

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Teaching

• Fall 2026: Calculus II Emerging Scholars Program (Math 181, Math 182)
• Summer 2026 Young Scholars Program
• Spring 2026: Combinatorics (MCS421), Graph Theory (MCS423), Numerical Analysis (MCS471)
• Fall 2025: Calculus I (Math 180)
• Summer 2025 Young Scholars Program
• Spring 2025: Calculus II (Math 181)
• Fall 2024 Calculus II (Math 181)

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Outreach and Service

• Spring 2026–Present: Lead Teacher, Math Circles of Chicago
• Fall 2025–Present: Graduate Computer Science and Combinatorics Theory Seminar Co-Organizer (with Clay Mizgerd and Gabriel Collado)
• Summer 2025–Summer 2026: Math Graduate Student Association Co-President (with Naima Nader and Min Winton)
• Spring 2025–Present: Directed Reading Program Mentor

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Interactive Teaching Tools

• Volumes by Slicing Explorer — build solids of revolution and known-cross-section solids one slice at a time (Calc II / Math 181).

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Current Research Interests

Probability Theory, Probabilistic Combinatorics, Theoretical Computer Science, Machine Learning

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