Dr. Mohit Singh

Professor

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Biography

Mohit Singh is the Coca-Cola Foundation Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Director of the Algorithms and Randomness Center (ARC) at Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. Prior to this position, Singh was a researcher in the Theory Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, and served as an assistant professor at McGill University from 2010 to 2011. His research revolves around discrete optimization, approximation algorithms, convex optimization, and their applications in cloud computing, logistics, and network design, with a particular interest in machine learning. Singh has received several accolades for his academic contributions, including the Tucker Prize in 2009 for his outstanding doctoral thesis in mathematical optimization, and a paper award for his work on the traveling salesman problem at the Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) in 2011.

Research Interests

Experience

Coca-Cola Foundation Professor

— Present

Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA

Leading the Algorithms and Randomness Center (ARC) and conducting research in optimization.

Researcher

— Present

Microsoft Research • Redmond, WA

Contributed to the Theory Group focusing on optimization problems.

Assistant Professor

— Present

McGill University •

Conducted research and taught courses in industrial engineering.

Postdoctoral Researcher

— Present

Microsoft Research • New England

Focused on research in optimization and algorithms.

Awards

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Tucker Prize

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Paper Award

Requirements for Georgia Institute of Technology

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Statement of Purpose
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.