About
This page is under construction. Come back later! Last updated June 2026.
I am an incoming Computer Science Ph.D. student at Stanford University, starting in Fall 2026. I’m broadly interested in theoretical computer science, especially approximation algorithms and algorithmic game theory.
Previously, I earned my degrees at the University of Southern California and Duke University, where I had the great fortune to work with Robin Jia (USC), Vatsal Sharan (USC), and Kamesh Munagala (Duke).
I joined USC Thornton School of Music in 2020 as an undergraduate piano major advised by Lucinda Carver, but later switched tracks and instead graduated with a piano minor. From 2020 to 2024, I obtained a B.S. in Mathematics, a B.S. in Computer Science, and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics at USC.
From 2024 to 2026, I completed my second M.S. in Computer Science at Duke, where I wrote my thesis under the supervision of Professor Kamesh Munagala.
I can be reached at qilin.ye@stanford.edu.
For lecture notes I’ve taken at USC or at Duke, visit here.
Publications
(Most papers in theory venues have alphabetical author ordering)