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Arpita Biswas

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Arpita Biswas
Pronouns
She/Her
Email
a.biswas@rutgers.edu
Department webpage
https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/people/professors/details/arpita-biswas
Professional webpage
https://sites.google.com/view/arpitabiswas
Chancellor-led Unit
Rutgers–New Brunswick

Department
Computer Science

Highest degree earned
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science (Indian Institute of Science)

About

I joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers in September 2024. Before joining Rutgers, I was a Research Associate at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a CRCS Postdoctoral Fellow at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard University. I earned my Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) where I received the Best Thesis Prize from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) 2021, Best Thesis Award from the Department of CSA, IISc (2020-2021), and a Google Ph.D. Fellowship (2016-2020).

 

Current Work

My current work focuses on tackling computational challenges and designing efficient solutions for complex decision-making problems, with a strong emphasis on fairness, robustness, and tackling resource limitations. My broad areas of interest include Algorithmic Game Theory, Optimization, and Machine Learning. In particular, I work on designing responsible algorithms spanning a range of problems in intervention planning, multi-agent learning (multi-armed bandit), incentive mechanisms, and two-sided markets arising from real-world scenarios like healthcare, education, recommendation, online crowd-sourcing, and dynamic pricing in transportation.