Zeyuan ALLEN-ZHU

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Education & Work

• MSR AI (2017 - present)
  • researcher in Machine Learning and Optimization group
• PRINCETON and IAS (2015 - 2017)
  • postdoc (hosted by Elad Hazan and Avi Wigderson)
• MIT (2012 - 2015)
  • doctor of science in CS (advised by Jon Kelner and Silvio Micali)
• MIT (2010 - 2012)
  • master of science in CS (advised by Silvio Micali)
• TSINGHUA (2006 – 2010)
  • bachelor of science in Math and Physics (summa cum laude)
• NFLS (2000 – 2006)
  • high school diplomat with English major

Personal Information

Research Areas

Machine Learning, Optimization, Algorithms

Research Interests

I work on the mathematical foundations of machine learning and optimization, and apply them to deep learning, theoretical computer science, operations research, and statistics. I am also interested in the mathematical modeling for physical, social, economic, and biological systems.

Conferences

• ICML
• NeurIPS
• STOC
• FOCS
• SODA
• ICALP
• SoCG
• WSDM
• ICDM
• CIKM
• EC
• ITCS
• WINE
• POPL

Journals

• JMLR
• Math. Prog.
• DAM
• TCS
• Econometrica
• PNAS
• IEEE Info. Theory

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Service

• grant review: NSF ('18 '17).
• conf review: FOCS'19 (PC), ICML'19, SODA'19, NIPS'18, SODA'18, COLT'18, STOC'18, ITCS'17 (PC), NIPS'17, ICML'17, SODA'17, NIPS'16, ICML'16, STOC'16, STOC'15, WWW'15, ICALP'14, SODA'14, SODA'13, and more.
• journal review: JMLR'18, MOR'18, JMLR'16, SIIMS'15, JMLR'14, JFA'14, TIST'13, JMLR'13, TC'13, and more.

Some Awards

In algorithm competitions, I was fortunate to win a few awards in my past life, including two IOI gold medals, the USACO world champion, the ACM/ICPC world-final gold medal, a Google Codejam world runner-up, and an USA MCM Top Prize.

In research, I used to be supported by a Microsoft Young Fellow Award, a Simons Student Award and a Microsoft Azure Research Award.

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