Computer Science & Engineering

Yufei Tao

Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

I design simple, practical algorithms for large-scale data problems, with an emphasis on solutions that pair ease of implementation with rigorous theoretical guarantees.

Fellow of the ACM Fellow of the IEEE

Portrait of Yufei Tao

Small-and-sweet algorithms

My research explores algorithms that are small enough to deploy in practice and sweet enough to offer meaningful theoretical guarantees.

The broader goal is to make large-scale data processing both principled and usable.

Students

I supervise a small group of students at a time, allowing for close and individual guidance. My goal is to help students develop both rigorous theoretical foundations and the engineering skills to turn ideas into working solutions.

Current Ph.D. students

M.Phil. alumni

Hao Wu, Jeonghun Yoon, Sze Man Yuen, Xiaobing Wu, Ling Ding, and Jiexing Li.

Selected courses

Courses in algorithms, data structures, computational geometry, and data mining.

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