| Year | Student | Advisor | Thesis title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Dov Harel | G. Lueker | Efficient Algorithms with Threaded Balanced Trees |
| 1985 | Martin Katz | D. Volper | Geometric Retrieval: Data Structures and Computational Complexity |
| Francis Murgolo | G. Lueker | Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems | |
| 1986 | Lawrence L. Larmore | D. Hirschberg | Methods of Solving Breakpoint Problems |
| 1988 | James H. Hester | D. Hirschberg | Probabilistically Faster Search Structures |
| Kadri Krause | G. Lueker | Efficient Parallel Algorithms for Recognition and Analysis of TSSP Graphs | |
| 1990 | Mariko Molodowitch | G. Lueker | Analysis and Design of Algorithms: Double Hashing and Parallel Graph Searching |
| Cheng F. Ng | D. Hirschberg | Computational Complexity of Stable Matching Problems | |
| 1991 | Debra A. Lelewer Brum | D. Hirschberg | Data Compression on Machines with Limited Memory |
| 1993 | Hari Asuri | G. Lueker | Parallel Algorithms for Sparse Graphs |
| 1994 | Lynn M. Stauffer | D. Hirschberg | Parallel and High-Speed Data Compression |
| 1997 | Vitus Leung | S. Irani | Scheduling with Conflicts and Applications to Traffic Signal Control |
| Steven S. Seiden | D. Hirschberg / S. Irani | Randomization in Online Computation | |
| 1998 | Jonathan Kent Martin | D. Hirschberg | Machine Learning of Classifications via Generalized Linear Models: Theoretical and Practical Considerations |
| 2002 | David Hart | D. Eppstein | Algorithms for Geometric Shortest Paths along Routes |
| 2003 | Joseph Wang | D. Eppstein | Graph Algorithms for Complex Networks |
| 2006 | John Augustine | S. Irani | Near-Optimal Solutions for Powering-Down Problems and Scheduling Jobs in FPGAs |
| Yu (Jeremy) Meng | M. Goodrich | Confluent Graph Drawing | |
| Zheng (Jonathan) Sun | M. Goodrich | Algorithms for Hierarchical Structures, with Applications to Security and Geometry | |
| 2008 | Josiah Carlson | D. Eppstein | Solving Some Combinatorial Problems Embedded in Trees |
| 2009 | Kevin Wortman | D. Eppstein | Minimum Dilation Stars |
| Nodari Sitchinava | M. Goodrich | Parallel External Memory Model and Algorithms for Multicore Architectures | |
| 2011 | Darren Strash | D. Eppstein / M. Goodrich | Algorithms for Geometric Graphs and Social Networks |
| 2013 | Lowell Trott | M. Goodrich | Geometric Algorithms for Social Network Analysis |
| 2014 | Joe Simons | D. Eppstein / M. Goodrich | New Dynamics in Geometric Data Structures |
| Paweł Pszona | M. Goodrich | Practical Algorithms for Sparse Graphs | |
| 2015 | Michael Bannister | D. Eppstein | Lower Bounds and Fixed-Parameter Tractability of Drawing Graphs |
| Jenny Lam | S. Irani | Cache Optimization for the Modern Web | |
| 2016 | Dmitri Arkhipov | M. Dillencourt / A. Regan | Computational Models for Scheduling in Online Advertising |
| 2017 | Will Devanny | D. Eppstein / M. Goodrich | An Assortment of Sorts: Three Modern Variations on the Classic Sorting Problem |
| 2018 | Siddharth Gupta | D. Eppstein / M. Goodrich | Topological Algorithms for Geographic and Geometric Graphs |
| Timothy Johnson | M. Goodrich | Graph Drawing Representations and Metrics with Applications | |
| 2019 | Juan Besa | M. Goodrich | Optimization Problems in Digraph Drawing |
| Nil Mamano | D. Eppstein / M. Goodrich | New Applications of the Nearest-Neighbor Chain Algorithm | |
| 2020 | Reza Asadi | A. Regan | Deep Learning Models for Spatio-Temporal Forecasting and Analysis |
| 2021 | Pedro Matias | M. Goodrich | Exact Learning of Sequences from Queries and Trackers |
| Elham Havvaei | D. Eppstein | Parameterization and Concise Representation in Graph Algorithms: Leaf powers, Subgraphs with Hereditary Properties, and Activity-on-edge Minimization | |
| 2022 | Martha Osegueda | M. Goodrich | Constructing, Counting and Matching Combinatorial and Geometric Shapes |
| Julius Ceasar Aguma | A. Regan / S. Irani | Matching Mechanisms for Social Good: Case Studies in Transport Congestion, Low-Income Housing, and Food Surplus Redistribution | |
| 2023 | Ramtin Afshar | M. Goodrich | Exact Learning of Graphs from Queries |
| Daniel Frishberg | D. Eppstein | Flow-Based Decomposition for Geometric and Combinatorial Markov Chain Mixing | |
| 2024 | Evrim Ozel | M. Goodrich | Efficient Algorithms for Road Networks and Noisy Sorting: an Experimental and Theoretical Perspective |
| Hadi Khodabandeh | D. Eppstein | Geometric Spanners: New Algorithms and Frameworks | |
| Thorben Tröbst | V. Vazirani | Cardinal-Utility Matching Markets and Online Matching |