Manish Acharya

Namaste 🙏. I am a third-year undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University, pursuing a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics.

My work span across Theoretical Computer Science, Optimization, and AI/ML. In the MIND Lab with Prof. Yu Huang and Yifan Zhang, I develop hybrid neuro-symbolic methods to improve the mathematical reasoning abilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). In the SOL Lab with Prof. David Hyde, I apply streaming and sublinear algorithms to geometric and simulation data. I also collaborate with Prof. Michael Zlatin on approximation algorithms for online connectivity problems. Previously, I contributed to AI and negotiation research in the Vanderbilt AI Negotiation Lab.

Research Interests

• Theoretical Computer Science
• Algorithm Design and Optimization
• Complexity Theory
• Learning Theory (AI/ML)