About

Hello! My name is Anakin and I’m a student studying mathematics @ UIUC. The realm of math I enjoy most is some mixture of abstract algebra, combinatorics, and algorithms. Currently my primary interests lie in algebraic combinatorics, computational group theory, and computational commutative algebra. I am also interested in algebraic complexity theory, algebraic coding theory, and representation theory. When I’m not learning about those things, I love spending time talking about coffee and motorsport (F1, WEC, IMSA, IndyCar, FE, GTWC, 24H Series).

Current

Research

• Illinois Combinatorics Lab for Undergraduate Experiences (SP24)

• Erdős Number = 4 (Me -> Yong Yang -> Christine Bessenrodt -> Antal Balog -> Paul Erdős)

Clubs

• Founder / Chair of SIGma: The Special Interest Group for Math and Algorithms
  • Here are some of my favorite meetings I’ve created:
    • Binary
    • Reed-Solomon Codes
• Admin of SIGPwny: The Special Interest Group for Cybersecurity
  • I’ve hosted some cryptography meetings
  • I’ve written some CTF challenges

Teaching

• Course Assistant @ CS 173 (FA21 - SP24)
• Course Assistant @ CS 225 Honors (SP24)

Former

Research

• Learning, Decision, Control, Autonomy Lab (FA21-FA23)

  • “Post-Disaster Repair Crew Assignment Optimization Using Minimum Latency” by Anakin Dey & Melkior Ornik
    • arXiv
    • Source Code
    • Appeared at IEEE ISC2 2022
  • “Optimizing a Model-Agnostic Measure of Graph Counterdeceptiveness via Reattachment” by Anakin Dey, Sam Ruggerio, & Melkior Ornik
    • arXiv
    • Source Code
    • Submitted

• Texas State University REU in Algebra, Combinatorics, and Statistics (SU23)

  • “Classifying Primitive Solvable Permutation Groups of Rank 5 and 6” by Anakin Dey, Kolton O’Neal, Duc Van Khanh Tran, Camron Upshur, & Yong Yang
    • arXiv
    • Source Code
    • Accepted Journal of Group Theory

Internships

• Software Engineering Intern @ CME Group (SU22)
• Software Engineering Intern @ Site IQ (SU21)

Teaching

• Course Assistant @ CS 124 back when it was called CS 125 (SP21)
• Course Assistant @ CS 475 (SP23)
• Course Assistant @ CS 374 (SP22 - FA22, FA23)