PhD Student · Computer Science · UIUC

Hirish Chandrasekaran

Researching integral equation solvers for electromagnetic scattering — bridging the gap between PDE theory and real-world plasmonics & RF engineering applications. Currently working on large aperture metasurface simulations.

B.S. from UC Santa Barbara. Outside the lab I'm playing pick-up soccer, hiking, and lifting.

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Hirish Chandrasekaran
Research

Publications

Fast Evaluation of Derivatives of Green's Functions Using Recurrences

Hirish Chandrasekaran, Andreas Kloeckner

JCP — Submitted Sept 2025

A method for rapidly evaluating derivatives of radially symmetric Green's functions in O(1) complexity per derivative, with future extensions towards broader generality.

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Writing

Tutorials & Resources

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Computational Science

Articles on topics from topology optimization to dendrite solidification — the beautiful side of numerical methods.

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Machine Learning

Deep dives into geometric deep learning and the mathematics behind modern ML architectures.

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Get in touch

Contact

Always interested in research collaborations, academic opportunities, or a good conversation about computational science.

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Email
firstnamec2@illinois.edu
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Office
Siebel Center, Room 4333
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Location
Urbana, IL