IjayNarang

Ijay Narang

I am a first-year PhD student in the Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO) program within the School of Computing at Georgia Tech. I am interested in: Applied Probability, Statistics, and Optimization.

I completed my undergraduate studies at Princeton University, where I majored in Computer Science and minored in Applied Mathematics, Optimization, and Finance. During this time, I was fortunate to be advised by Dr. Pedro Paredes and Dr. Noga Alon.

Research

  • Optimal detection of planted stars via a random energy model, with Will Perkins and Timothy Wee [View Paper Here]
  • Steady-State Behavior of Constant-Stepsize Stochastic Approximation: Gaussian Approximation and Tail Bounds, with Zedong Wang, Yuyang Wang, Felix Wang, Yuzhou Wang, and Siva Theja Maguluri [View Paper Here]
  • Sharp Inner Product Correlations for Hypercube Bijections, with Muchen Ju [View Paper Here]
  • On even-H-free Colorings, Advised by Dr. Noga Alon [View Paper Here]
  • On Expansion, High-Dimensional Expanders, and Applications in Coding Theory, Undergraduate Thesis (Advised by Dr. Pedro Paredes), [View Paper Here]

Talks

  • Duke University Math Conference, Talk titled: Expanding Square Complexes from Graph Products [Details]

Teaching

  • Fall 2024: UCA for COS 326 (Functional Programming) and Lab TA for COS 240 (Intro to TCS)
  • Spring 2024: Lab TA for COS 240 and Grader for COS 445 (Algorithmic Game Theory)
  • Spring 2023: COS 445 Grader
  • Fall 2022: COS 445 Grader
  • Spring 2022: COS 126 (Intro to Programming) Grader

Projects

  • Compass: all-in-one Princeton University course planning app -- now reached 700+ users! The application is currently being maintained by Hoagie Club and renamed to HoagiePlan. See the App Here

About Me

Outside of math + CS, I enjoy lifting and playing basketball + chess.