• Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Nate Veldt

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. Mathematics: Concentration in Computational Science, Purdue University - 2019
  • M.S. Mathematics, Purdue University - 2017
  • B.S. Mathematics, Wheaton College - 2013

Research Interests

    • Graph algorithms
    • Network science
    • Matrix computations
    • Computational optimization
    • Data science, machine learning

Awards & Honors

  • Montague-CTE (Center for Teaching Excellence) Scholar for excellence in undergraduate teaching - 2025
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award - 2025
  • SIAM Applied and Computational Discrete Algorithms (ACDA) Early Career Prize - 2023
  • Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Award - 2019

Selected Publications

  • N Veldt, "Growing a Random Maximal Independent Set Produces a 2-approximate Vertex Cover," Symposium on Simplicity in Algorithms, 2024
  • N Veldt, AR Benson, J Kleinberg, "Combinatorial characterizations and impossibilities for higher-order homophily," Science Advances, 2023
  • N Veldt, AR Benson, J Kleinberg, "Hypergraph cuts with general splitting functions," SIAM Review, 2022
  • P. Chodrow, N. Veldt, A. Benson, "Generative Hypergraph Clustering: From Blockmodels to Modularity," Science Advances, 2021
  • N. Veldt, D. Gleich, A. Wirth, "A Correlation Clustering Framework for Community Detection," WWW 2018