Darko Marinov's Students

I am always seeking bright, motivated (undergrad or grad) students to work with on projects related to my research interests. If you are interested to work with my group, please email me or drop by my office.

I currently advise several students and have worked with many more over the years.

Current Graduate Students

• Milos Gligoric (PhD, awarded Saburo Muroga fellowship for 2009-2010, won C.L. and Jane W.S. Liu Award for 2012)
• Yu Lin (PhD, co-advised by Danny Dig)
• Qingzhou Luo (PhD, co-advised by Grigore Rosu)
• Adrian Nistor (PhD)

Current Undergraduate Students

• Yilong Li (research Fall 2012 and Spring 2013; working with Milos Gligoric)

Graduated Students

• Marcelo d'Amorim (PhD, August 2007, first job: Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil)
• Kely Garcia (MS, September 2007, first job: Strata Decision Technology, Champaign, IL)
• Steven (Steve) Lauterburg (PhD, August 2011, first job: Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD)
• Mathew (Matt) Kirn (MS, December 2011, first job: Microsoft, Redmond, WA)
• Vilas Jagannath (PhD, April 2012, MS, July 2010, co-advised by Gul Agha, first job: Optiver LLC, Chicago, IL)
• Shin Hwei Tan (MS, April 2012, co-advised by Lin Tan, enrolled in PhD program at the National University of Singapore)

Former Graduate Students

• Sandro Badame (MS, switched to Danny Dig's group in 2011)
• Brett Daniel (PhD unfinished, Brett passed away on December 5, 2010)
• Yun Young Lee (MS, switched to Ralph Johnson's group in 2009)

Former Visitors

• Mehdi Mirzaaghaei (visited in Spring 2011, PhD student at the University of Lugano, Switzerland, advised by Mauro Pezzè)
• Mirco Dotta (visited in Fall 2008, MS, March 2009, from EPFL, Switzerland, advised by Viktor Kuncak; first job: ELCA, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Former Undergraduate Students

• Igor Andjelkovic (ITI Undergraduate Research Internship Opportunity, Summer 2008; won Second Prize for Best Diploma Thesis at the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade in 2008; grad school: University of Belgrade, Serbia)
• Sang Baik (senior thesis, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010)
• Chris Baker (II-EN, Fall 2010; REU, Spring 2011)
• Anirudh Balagopal (research, Fall 2012; II-EN Spring 2013; worked with Milos Gligoric)
• Jesus DeLaTorre (McNair scholar, Summer and Fall 2006)
• Jordan Ebel (PURE, Spring 2012; REU, Fall 2012; worked with Milos Gligoric)
• Joshua Friedman (REU, Fall 2012; worked with Milos Gligoric)
• Stoyan Gaydarov (REU, Spring and Fall 2009)
• Milos Gligoric (ITI Undergraduate Research Internship Opportunity, Summer 2007; grad school: Illinois)
• Mert Guldur (individual study, Summer 2012; worked with Adrian Nistor)
• Tihomir Gvero (ITI Undergraduate Research Internship Opportunity, Summer 2007; grad school: EPFL, Switzerland)
• Bobak Hadidi (REU, Spring and Fall 2009; ITI Undergraduate Summer Intern Program Summer 2009; grad school: Princeton)
• Johnston Jiaa (REU, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011; II-EN, Fall 2010; individual study, Spring 2013 worked with Yun Young Lee; won Best Undergraduate Research Project Award at the Illinois Department of Computer Science 2011 Undergraduate Research Symposium sponsored by Yahoo!)
• Arash Khan (II-EN, Fall 2010)
• Mathew (Matt) Kirn (individual study, Fall 2010; grad school: Illinois)
• Aleksandar Milicevic (visiting researcher, Summer 2006; grad school: MIT)
• Sasa Misailovic (visiting researcher, Summer 2006; grad school: MIT)
• Vasko Popstojanov (REU, Summer 2009; individual study, Fall 2009)
• Rohan Sharma (individual study, Fall 2009; research Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, and Spring 2012; II-EN Summer 2011; Finalist CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards 2012; won Best Undergraduate Research Project Award at the Illinois Department of Computer Science 2012 Undergraduate Research Symposium sponsored by Yahoo!; Finalist CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards 2013; worked with Milos Gligoric)
• Mirko Stojmenovic (ITI Undergraduate Research Internship Opportunity, Summer 2008)
• Paras Sud (PURE, Spring 2012; worked with Adrian Nistor)
• Shin Hwei Tan (senior thesis, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010; grad school: Illinois MS, National University of Singapore PhD)
• Kai Wang (senior thesis, Fall 2010 and Spring 2011)

Students Supervised at MIT

As a PhD student at MIT, I was fortunate to work with 12 undergraduate and M.Eng. students, mostly through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and on Advanced Undergraduate Projects (AUP). Sarfraz Khurshid and I co-supervised 9 students in the MulSaw project, and I supervised 3 students in the D2 project.

• Omar Abdala (UROP)
• Daniel G. Adkins (AUP, D2 project; grad school: UC Berkeley)
• Basel Al-Naffouri (AUP, also M.Eng. student, thesis not supervised)
• Alexandr Andoni (UROP; grad school: MIT)
• Faisal Anwar (UROP)
• Suhabe Bugrara (UROP; grad school: Stanford)
• Cristian Cadar (UROP, D2 project; grad school: Stanford)
• Dumitru Daniliuc (UROP)
• Ang-Chih (Brendan) Kao (M.Eng. student, thesis not supervised)
• Ioan Tudor Leu (UROP, D2 project)
• Jelani Nelson (UROP; grad school: MIT)
• Lev Teytelman (AUP)