Sándor Kisfaludi‑Bak

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University. Previously I was a postdoc at the Institute for Theoretical Studies at ETH Zürich, and before that, at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics.

My main interest lies in exact and approximation algorithms and their hardness in computational geometry.

Among other things, my research is focused on the following topics:

Non-Euclidean (especially hyperbolic) computational geometry
Optimization problems on point sets and objects in Euclidean and non-Euclidean spaces, e.g. the traveling salesman and Steiner tree
Parameterized, exact, and approximation algorithms on planar graphs and beyond
Structure and algorithmic properties of geometric intersection graphs

NEW! My Academy Research Fellowship grant titled

"Algorithms in Hyperbolic Geometry"

has been funded by the Research Council of Finland.

A PhD and a Postdoc position is available in my group. For more information on the PhD position, click here to read the PhD job announcement. The Postdoc position applications are processed through the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) Postdoctoral Researcher call, please name me as advisor in your application.

If you are interested in doing research under my supervision, consider the following:

You are an Aalto student:
Write me an email.
You are a student from a different university:
Apply to the the AScI internship program in January.
You are looking for a PhD position:
Please apply through the Aalto online system here.
You are looking for a PostDoc position:
Please apply to the current HIIT Postdoctoral Resercher call

Office:

B305

Email:

goawayrobots@aalto.fi