Jianan Zhou
Scholar

Jianan Zhou

Google Scholar ID: 9T58m-EAAAAJ
Nanyang Technological University
Machine LearningNeural Combinatorial OptimizationLearning to Optimize
Citations & Impact
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Citations
378
 
H-index
9
 
i10-index
9
 
Publications
15
 
Co-authors
8
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Resume (English only)
Background
  • Research lies at the intersection of machine learning and optimization, aiming to enable automated decision-making with AI for complex optimization problems.
  • Core research focuses on 'Learning to Optimize', leveraging advanced ML techniques to build deep models that assist or directly solve challenging optimization problems.
  • Primary PhD research centers on Neural Combinatorial Optimization (NCO), especially improving generalization of neural solvers, with applications to routing problems like TSP and VRP.
  • Recent work addresses practical combinatorial optimization (CO) challenges, including handling complex constraints, building robust and trustworthy CO approaches via human-AI collaboration, and advancing foundation models for combinatorial optimization (FM4CO).
  • Research Keywords: Vehicle Routing; Neural Combinatorial Optimization; Learning to Optimize