Alexander Barg

CURRENT

Arda Aydin Ph. D., EE, in progress

Geyang Wang Ph. D., EE, in progress

POSTDOCS

Dor Elimelech (2025--)

Lev Yohananov (2022-23)

Ohad Elishco (2018-2020). First job: -- Asst. Prof., Ben Gurion University, Israel

Itzhak Tamo (2012-2014). First job: -- Asst. Prof., Tel Aviv University, Israel

STUDENTS

Nolan Coble Ph. D., CS, 2025. Researcher, IonQ

  Thesis: New directions from old codes

Fengxing Zhu Ph.D., EE, 2025. Postdoc

  Thesis: Erasure correction for graph codes as a problem of bootstrap percolation [pdf]

Madhura Pathegama Ph.D., EE, 2025. Postdoc, Georgia Tech

  Thesis: Code smoothing, uniform distributions, and applications [pdf]

Adway Patra Ph.D., EE, 2025. Researcher, Atom Computing, SFO, CA

  Thesis: Codes for data retrieval and node repair in graphical networks [pdf]

Zitan Chen Ph.D., EE, 2020. Asst. Prof., CUHK Shenzhen.

  Thesis: Codes with efficient erasure correction [pdf]

Welington Santos Ph.D., Math., University of Paraná, Brazil, Aug. 2019 (co-advisor)

  Thesis: Codes in the NRT metric, polynomial invariant theory, and fractional decoding [pdf]

Sean Ballentine Ph.D., Math., Nov. 2018.

  Thesis: Locally recoverable codes from algebraic curves [pdf]

Min Ye Ph.D., EE, 2017. First job: Postdoc, Princeton U., now with IonQ

  Thesis: Coding schemes for distributed storage systems [pdf]

Talha Cihad Gülcü Ph.D., EE, July 2015.

  Thesis: Design and analysis of communication schemes via polar coding [pdf]

Wei-Hsuan Yu Ph.D., Math., March 2014. Assoc. Prof., National Central University, Taiwan

  Thesis: Spherical two-distance sets and related applications of harmonic analysis [pdf]

Woo-Myoung Park Ph. D., EE, November 2012. First job - Samsung Electronics R&D Center, Suwon, Korea

  Thesis: Applications of ordered weights in information transmission [pdf]

Arya Mazumdar Ph. D., EE, April 2011. Currently: Full professor, Data Science Inst., UC San Diego

  Thesis: Combinatorial methods in coding theory [pdf] (Distinguished dissertation award, UMD, 2011; Distinguished alumni award, UMD, 2025)

Punarbasu Purkayastha Ph.D., EE April 2010; First Job -- Postdoc, Nanyang Tech.University, Singapore

  Thesis: Bounds on the size of codes [pdf]

Prasanth Ananth (N. Prasanth Anthapadmanabhan) Ph. D., EE April 2009; Currently: Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies

  Thesis: Random Codes and Graphs for Secure Communication [pdf]

Andrew Duggan M.Sc., 2006 Currently: US Government

   Thesis: Performance analysis of algebraic soft-decision decoding of Reed-Solomon codes