Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announced the appointment of Pavan Aduri, professor of computer science, as interim chair of the Department of Computer Science. He joined Iowa State University in 2001 and served as the department’s director of graduate education before his chair appointment.
Aduri’s research interests are in computational complexity theory and algorithms. His work seeks to understand computational resources, such as time, memory and randomness, to solve computational problems. He made notable contributions to complexity theory, data stream algorithms, and replicable computations.
Aduri earned his Ph.D. from the University of Buffalo. His interim role began on July 1 and will continue through June 30, 2025.