Theory of Computation Laboratory
Faculty at the University of Michigan Computer Science & Engineering Division whose work is in combinatorial optimization, data structures, cryptography, quantum computation, parallel and distributed computation, algorithmic game theory, graph theory, geometry, and combinatorics.
Lattice cryptography: A new unbreakable code
Prof. Chris Peikert is working toward a new security standard for a future when quantum computing is standard and traditional algebraic security methods will be easily broken.
News
CSE researchers present six papers at STOC 2022
The papers represented work by six U-M researchers at the leading general theoretical computing conference in the world.

Algorithms, a random walk: A conversation with Nikhil Bansal
Bansal is known for his use of a broad mathematical toolset to find algorithmic solutions to problems once thought unsolvable.

Outstanding research recognized at Graduate Honors Competition
Five finalists from each CSE lab presented their work at the event’s final round.
