Pankaj K. Agarwal, RJR Nabisco Distinguished Professor of Computer Science

Geometric algorithms, discrete geometry, geometric data analysis, data structures, database systems and data mining, robotics algorithms, geographic information systems.

Contact Info:

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• COMPSCI 390.01, COMPUTER SCIENCE (TOP) Synopsis

  LSRC A247, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

Education:

MS in Computer Science	University of California, Santa Barbara	1986
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication	University of Roorkee	1982

Specialties:

Algorithms

Research Interests:

Computational and combinatorial geometry, computational biology, robotics, spatial databases, geographic molecular information systems, and data structures.

Keywords:

Adaptation, Biological • Algorithms • Amino Acid Sequence • Approximation algorithms • Base Pair Mismatch • Bayes Theorem • Biodiversity • Chromosome Mapping • Computational Biology • Data Interpretation, Statistical • DNA Transposable Elements • Ecology • Ecosystem • Forecasting • Models, Biological • Models, Chemical • Models, Molecular • Models, Statistical • Models, Theoretical • Navigation • Plant Transpiration • Plants • Protein Conformation • Proteins • Sensitivity and Specificity • Sequence Alignment • Sequence Analysis, DNA • Sequence Analysis, Protein • Software • Species Specificity • Stochastic Processes • Time Factors • Visibility

Postdocs Mentored

• Lars Arge (2002)  
• Julien Basch (2002)  
• Jeff Erickson (2002)  
• Sariel Har-Peled (2002)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Agarwal, PK; Katz, MJ; Sharir, M, On reverse shortest paths in geometric proximity graphs, Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, vol. 117 (February, 2024) [doi]  [abs]
2. Agarwal, PK; Har-Peled, S, Computing Instance-Optimal Kernels in Two Dimensions, Discrete and Computational Geometry (January, 2024) [doi]  [abs]
3. Agarwal, PK; Ezra, E, Line Intersection Searching Amid Unit Balls in 3-Space, Algorithmica (January, 2024) [doi]  [abs]
4. Agarwal, PK; Geft, T; Halperin, D; Taylor, E, Multi-robot motion planning for unit discs with revolving areas, Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, vol. 114 (October, 2023) [doi]  [abs]
5. Agarwal, PK; Cohen, R; Halperin, D; Mulzer, W, Maintaining the Union of Unit Discs under Insertions with Near-Optimal Overhead, ACM Transactions on Algorithms, vol. 18 no. 3 (October, 2022) [doi]  [abs]