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Christine Cheng

Christine Cheng

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science

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Dr. Cheng’s general interests lie at the intersection of computer science and discrete mathematics, especially in algorithm design, combinatorial optimization, combinatorics, and graph theory. The main research focus is “stable matchings,” a solution concept used to match medical residents to hospital programs, students to schools, or kidneys to kidney patients.

Education

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1999
  • MS, Johns Hopkins University, 1996
  • BS, University of the Philippines, 1994

Research Interests

  • Algorithm Design
  • Graph Algorithms
  • Combinatorial Optimization
  • Graph Theory
  • Combinatorics

Publications

  • C. Cheng, A. McConvey, D. Onderko, N. Shar, C. Tomlinson, Beyond knights and knaves, WG 2013.
  • C. Cheng and E. McDermid, Maximum Locally Stable Matchings, Algorithms 2013, 6(3), 383-395. A preliminary version of this paper appeared in MATCH-UP 2012.
  • C. Cheng, A Poset-based Approach to Embedding Median Graphs in Hypercubes and Lattices, Order 29 (2012), pp. 147--163.
  • C. Cheng, E. McDermid, I. Suzuki, The center stable matchings and the centers of cover graphs of distributive lattices, ICALP 2011.
  • C. Cheng and A. Lin, Stable Roommates Matchings, Mirror Posets, Median Graphs, and the Local/Global Median Phenomenon in Stable Matchings, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics 25:1(2011) pp. 72-94.
  • C. Cheng, On Computing the Distinguishing and Distinguishing Chromatic Numbers of Interval Graphs and Other Results, Discrete Mathematics 309:16(2009) pp. 5169-5182.
  • C. Cheng, The Test Suite Generation Problem: Optimal Instances and Their Implications . Discrete Applied Mathematics, 155:15(2007) pp.1943-1957.

Community Involvement

  • GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science)
  • STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)