Algorithms in the Wild

Theoretical rigor meets practical scalability for massive, dynamic, and private data "in the wild."

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About the Lab

Welcome to the WildAlg Lab at Yale University, led by Prof. Quanquan C. Liu. We design algorithms for the "wild"—real-world environments where data is massive, dynamic, and sensitive.

We are grateful to Google, the National Science Foundation, and Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies for their support.

Selected Research Areas

Scalable Graph Algorithms

Processing graphs with trillions of edges using parallel (MPC) and distributed frameworks. Focus areas include k-core decomposition and subgraph counting.

Dynamic Data

Developing batch-dynamic algorithms that efficiently update results as the underlying graph evolves, essential for real-time network analysis.

Differential Privacy

Designing Local Edge Differential Privacy (LEDP) algorithms to enable secure analytics on sensitive relationship data.

+ Beyond these core areas: We also actively research a variety of other topics in algorithms, parallel computing, and graphs.

The Team

QL

Quanquan C. Liu

Principal Investigator
FZ

Felix Zhou

PhD Student
PM

Pranay Mundra

PhD Student
NBT

Noam Benson-Tilsen

PhD Student
ZN

Zeyu Nie

PhD Student

Selected Publications

Practical and Accurate Local Edge Differentially Private Graph Algorithms
P. Mundra, C. Papamanthou, J. Shun, Q.C. Liu
VLDB 2025
Sublinear Space Graph Algorithms in the Continual Release Model
A. Epasto, Q.C. Liu, T. Mukherjee, F. Zhou
RANDOM 2025
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