Tian Bai
Position
Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher
Affiliation
Research groups
Short info
I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Algorithms group at the Department of Informatics.
I work on the design and analysis of algorithms, especially exact and parameterized algorithms for graph problems. I also do research on algorithmic game theory.
I work on the design and analysis of algorithms, especially exact and parameterized algorithms for graph problems. I also do research on algorithmic game theory.
Research
Research Topics:
- Parameterized, approximation, and exact algorithms and polynomial kernels
- Structural graph theory and graph classes
- Prophet inequality
- Mechanism and contract design
Reviewer for Conferences:
- ISAAC 2024
- MFCS 2024
- IPEC 2025
- COCOON 2025
- SOFSEM 2025
- WALCOM 2022 2024 2025
Reviewer for Journals:
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Journal of Computer and System Sciences
- Discrete Applied Mathematics
- Frontiers of Computer Science
Publications
Preprints & Papers under Review
Contracting with a Mechanism Designer.
- with Yiding Feng, Yaohao Liu, Mengfan Ma, and Mingyu Xiao.
Solving Subset Feedback Vertex Set in Chordal Graphs Faster than 2^k.
- with Mingyu Xiao
Selected Conference Proceedings
Breaking the Barrier 2^k for Subset Feedback Vertex Set in Chordal Graphs.
- with Mingyu Xiao,
- in the 49th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2024)
Facility Assignment with Fair Cost Sharing: Equilibrium and Mechanism Design.
- with Xin Cheng, Mengfan Ma, and Mingyu Xiao,
- in the 30th International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON 2024)
Facility Location with Entrance Fees.
- with Bakh Khoussainov, Mengfan Ma, and Mingyu Xiao,
- in the proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2023)
Selected Journal Articles
Exact Algorithms for Restricted Subset Feedback Vertex Set in Chordal and Split Graphs.
- with Mingyu Xiao,
- Theoretical Computer Science (TCS)
A Parameterized Algorithm for Subset Feedback Vertex Set in Tournaments.
- with Mingyu Xiao,
- Theoretical Computer Science (TCS)