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Thirumulanathan D

Thirumulanathan Dhayaparan

PhD (IISc, Bengaluru)

Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Sciences

Research Interest

Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Optimization, Mathematical Economics, Machine Learning

Room 414-B6, ESB-2 Building
IIT Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India

Research Area

Mathematics : Optimization Theory
Optimization Theory and Algorithms

Specialization

Game Theory
Mechanism Design
Optimization Theory
Computational Economics
Mathematical Economics
Machine Learning

Education

PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 2017

M.E., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 2012

B.E., College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, 2010

Teaching Area

Game Theory

Mathematical Economics

Machine Learning

Computational Economics

Current Teaching

Previous Work Experience

Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Inc. (April 2017-May 2020)

Selected Publications

D. Thirumulanathan, H. Vinay, S. Bhashyam, R. Sundaresan, "Almost Budget Balanced Mechanisms with Scalar Bids For Allocation of a Divisible Good", European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), vol. 262, 2017, pp. 1196--1207.

D. Thirumulanathan, R. Sundaresan, Y. Narahari, "Optimal Mechanism for Selling Two Items to a Single Buyer having Uniformly Distributed Valuations", Journal of Mathematical Economics (JME), vol. 82, 2019, pp. 1--30.

D. Thirumulanathan, R. Sundaresan, Y. Narahari, "On Optimal Mechanisms in the Two-Item One-Buyer Unit-Demand Setting", Journal of Mathematical Economics (JME), vol. 82, 2019, pp. 31--60

D. Thirumulanathan, R. Sundaresan, Y. Narahari, "Optimal Mechanism for Selling Two Items to a Single Buyer having Uniformly Distributed Valuations", In Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE), 2016, pp. 174--187.

Kuntal Som, Thirumulanathan D, Joydeep Dutta, "Bilevel Programming Problems: A view through Set-valued Optimization", Annals of Operations Research (ANOR), 2025.

Vankayala, S.K., Mittra, T., Thirumulanathan, D., Gopinath, S.D.S., Kumar, V.S.M., and Yoon, S., "Low-Complexity LDPC Decoder for Cloud Based Architectures". In Proceedings of 2025 IEEE Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 2025. (Won the best paper award).

Vankayala, S.K., Kumar, S., Thirumulanathan, D., Mathur, A., Yoon, S., and Kommineni, I., “Deep-Learning Based Beam Selection Technique for 6G Millimeter Wave Communication”. In Proceedings of 33rd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2022.

Vankayala, S.K., Kumar, S., Shah, V., Mathur, A., Thirumulanathan, D., and Yoon, S., “Reinforcement Learning Framework for Dynamic Power Transmission in Cloud RAN Systems”. In Proceedings of 2022 IEEE Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 2022. (Won the best paper award).

Vankayala, S.K., Kumar, S., Thirumulanathan, D., Yoon, S., Kommineni, I. and Lakshmi Narayana V.S. Ch., "Sparse Dense Neural Network Architecture for Turbo Decoding in Cloud Systems''. In Proceedings of 2021 IEEE conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS): International Workshop on 5G and Future Wireless Technology, 2021.

Vankayala, S.K., Kumar, S., Roy, I., Thirumulanathan, D., Yoon, S. and Kanakaraj, S., "Radio Map Estimation Using a Generative Adversarial Network and Related Business Aspects". In Proceedings of 24th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2021. (Won the best paper award).

Vankayala, S.K., Kumar, S., Shenoy, K.G., Thirumulanathan, D., Yoon, S. and Kommineni, I., "Neural Network Architecture for LLR Computation in 5G Systems and Related Business Aspects''. In Proceedings of 24th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2021.

Awards & Fellowships

Best paper award in 24th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2021.

Best paper award in IEEE Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 2022.

Best paper award in IEEE Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), 2025.

UG/PG Courses Developed

Machine Learning for Economists
Computational Methods in Economics
Economic Data Analysis: Methods and Computational Aspects

Administrative Responsibilities at IIT Kanpur

  1. Convener, DOPC, from July 2025 onwards.
  2. Convener, DPGC, from Oct 2022 to Sep 2023.
  3. Convener, DLC, in the years 2021-22 and 2023-24.
  4. Department Representative, Remote Teaching Cell, 2020-21.