Members

Current Group Members:

• Juntao Wang (PhD Student)

• Dmitry Rybin (PhD Student)

• Kudria Sergei (PhD Student)

• Yeqing Qiu (PhD Student)

• Yi Feng (PhD Student)

• Runhan Yang (PhD Student)

• Yuyang Zhao (PhD Student)

Former PhD Students (Partial List):

• Ruoyu Sun (Assoc. Prof., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China)

  • Thesis: Matrix Completion via Nonconvex Factorization: Algorithms and Theory, U Minnesota, 2015

• Meisam Razaviyayn (Assoc. Prof., The University of Southern California, USA)

  • Thesis: Successive convex approximation: analysis and applications, U Minnesota, 2014

• Wenqiang Pu (Research Scientist, Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, China)

  • Thesis: Applications of Optimization Algorithms in Array Signal Processing, Xidian University, 2018

• Jiawei Zhang (Asst. Prof., University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)

  • Thesis: Proximal Primal Dual Algorithms For Nonconvex Optimization, CUHK-Shenzhen, 2021

• Jiancong Xiao (Postdoc., the University of Pennsylvania, USA; To join NUS CS department as an assistant professor)

  • Thesis: Understanding Adversarially Robust Generalization: A Learning Theory Perspective, CUHK-Shenzhen, 2023

• Shuyi Ren (Postdoc., Linköping University, Sweden)

  • Thesis: Optimal Configuration of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surface

• Hao Liang (Postdoc., King's College London, UK)

  • Thesis: Efficient Risk-aware Decision-making: A Distributional Perspective, CUHK-Shenzhen, 2024.

• Congliang Chen (Research Assistant Professor, Shenzhen Loop Area Institute, Shenzhen, China)

  • Thesis: Efficient Adaptive Optimization for Large-scale Machine Learning Problems

• Yingru Li (Research Scientist, XAI, Singapore)

  • Thesis: Scalable Thompson Sampling for Sequential Decision Making: Theory and Algorithms

• Qingyan Meng (Research Assistant Professor, Pengcheng National Laboratory, China)

  • Thesis: On Accurate and Efficient Training Methods for Spiking Neural Networks

• Liangqi Liu（Assistant Researcher, Qianyuan National Laboratory, China）

  • Thesis: Online Anti-jamming Strategy Learning for Frequency Agile Radara

• Tianjian Zhang (Senior Engineer, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, China)

  • Thesis: Interpretable and Trustworthy Relationship Learning from Two Variables

• Kai Li (Senior Engineer, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, China)

  • Thesis: Enhancing Beamforming for Limited Feedback FDD Massive MIMO Communications

• Yushun Zhang (Postdoc., Stanford University, USA)

  • Thesis: On the Principles Behind Neural Network Optimizers

• Ziniu Li (Research Scientist, Tencent, China)

  • Thesis: Principled Exploration and Exploitation in Reinforcing Large Language Models

• Jinjun Xiao (Senior Engineer, Starkey Hearing Technologies, USA)

  • Thesis: Distributed Data Fusion and Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks

• Alireza Razavi (Senior Principal DSP/Firmware Engineer, Marvell Technology, USA)

  • Thesis: Distributed Optimization in an Energy-Constrained Network

• Yao Huang (Senior Data Scientist, Intuit, USA)

  • Thesis: Resource Management in Multi-user Communication Systems

• Mikalai Kisialiou (Senior Engineer, Intel Corporation, USA)

  • Thesis: Quasi-Maximum-Likelihood Detection in Digital Communications

• Maziar Sanjabi (Research Scientist, Meta AI, USA)

  • Thesis: Resource Management in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks: an Optimization Perspective

• Andy Tseng (Machine Learning Engineer, Next Insurance, USA)

  • Thesis: A Combined Statistical and Machine Learning Approach For Single Channel Speech Enhancement

• Wei-cheng Liao (Principal System Engineer, Broadcom, USA)

  • Thesis: Resource Management in Cloud-based Radio Access Networks: a Distributed Optimization Perspective

Former Master Students (partial list):

• Ye Liu

  • Thesis: A Primal-Dual Approach to Robust Covariance Estimation in the Presence of Non-Gaussian Interferences

• Jingwei Mao (PhD Student, Linköping University, Sweden)

• Boyuan Wang (Partner, Yilifang Education Consulting, China)

• Sha Lai

• Ying Li (Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

• Liping Tang (NLP Engineer, MBZUAI, UAE)

Former Postdoctoral Fellows (partial list):

• Mingyi Hong (Assoc. Prof., University of Minnesota, USA)

• Zhiguo Wang (Assoc. Prof., Sichuan University, PR China)

• Baldur Steingrimsson (Instructor, Oregon State University, USA)

• Jos F. Sturm (Assoc. Prof., Tilburg University, Netherlands)

• Nobuo Yamashita (Prof., Kyoto University, Japan)

Former Visiting Scholars and Students (partial list):

• Chengchang Liu (PhD Student at CUHK, PR China)

• Xiangfeng Wang (Prof., East China Normal University, PR China)

• Quan-bo Ge (Prof., Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, PR China)

• Jing-ran Lin (Prof., University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

• Bo Jiang (Prof., Nanjing Normal University, PR China)

• Shu Cai (Assoc. Prof, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, PR China)

• Zi Xu (Prof., Shanghai University, PR China)

• Hong-bing Qiu (Prof., Guilin University of Electronic Technology, PR China)

• Ming HU (Prof., The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Japan)

• Yafeng Liu (Prof., Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, PR China)

• Qiang Li (Prof., University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, PR China)

•  Shuzhong Zhang (Prof., University of Minnesota, USA)

•  Shunsuke Hayashi (Prof., Hosei University, Japan)

• Ramy Gohary (Asst. Prof., Carleton University, Canada)

•  Tsung-Hui Chang (Prof., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, PR China)

•  Yongchao Wang (Prof., Xidian University, PR China)

•  Zhi-bin Zhu (Prof., Guilin University of Electronic Technology, PR China)

•  Haibin Zhang (Prof., Beijing University Of Technology, PR China)

• Yanjun Wang (Prof., Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, PR China)

• Takayuki Okuno (Assoc. Prof., Seikei University, Japan)

• Qingjiang Shi (Prof., Tongji University, PR China)

• Lei Jiao (Prof., University of Agder, Norway)

• Enbin Song (Prof., Sichuan University, PR China)

• Chris Gao (Senior Researcher, Westinghouse Electric Company)