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I am Xander Song, a Ph.D. student in Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon University, where I am advised by Prof. Carl Kingsford. Before joining CMU, I completed my Master’s degree at Penn State University, where I was very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Mingfu Shao. My CV is here. My current research interests focus on algorithms and quantum computing, with applications in computational biology. Email: xanders [at] cs [dot] cmu [dot] edu / LinkedIn / GitHub |
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Cutoff for the Swendsen–Wang dynamics on the complete graph
FSTTCS 2025.
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Accurate Detection of Tandem Repeats from Error-Prone Sequences with EquiRep
Genome Research, 35: 2714-2721 (2025).
(An extended abstract appeared in RECOMB’25 proceedings.)
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CMPSC 465 - Data Structures and Algorithms Teaching Assistant • Fall 2024 • Penn State University Awarded Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year |
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CMPSC 465 - Data Structures and Algorithms Teaching Assistant • Spring 2023 • Penn State University |
| As an undergraduate at Xi’an Jiaotong University, I competed in the ICPC and earned a regional gold prize in 2020. In 2023, I took first place in the Penn State Programming Contest. From 2023 to 2025, I served as coach of Penn State’s ICPC team, hosting training sessions alongside Prof. Antonio Blanca. Under our guidance, Penn State qualified for the North America Championship (NAC) for the first time in the university’s history at the ICPC East Central North America Regional Contest in 2023. |
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