Zhouchen Lin
Scholar

Zhouchen Lin

Google Scholar ID: TanjFwoAAAAJ
Professor, Peking University; Fellow of IEEE, IAPR, CSIG & AAIA; ex-VP of Samsung Research
machine learningcomputer visionimage processingnumerical optimization
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
24,995
 
H-index
73
 
i10-index
236
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
109
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Invited as Area Chair for AAAI 2026 and Senior Area Chair for ICLR 2026 and ICML 2026; Elected to ICML Board of Directors (term 2025-2028); Ten papers accepted to NeurIPS 2025; Invited as Associate Editor in Chief of IEEE TPAMI; Published books such as 'Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers for Machine Learning' (Chinese version), 'Accelerated Optimization for Machine Learning: First-Order Algorithms' (Chinese version), 'Low-Rank Models in Visual Analysis: Theories, Algorithms, and Applications', and 'Talent Cultivation Program for General AI'.
Research Experience
  • Feb. 2012 – present: Professor, Peking University, focusing on Machine Learning and Optimization; Mar. 2010 – Feb. 2012: Lead Researcher, Visual Computing Group, Microsoft Research, Asia; Sept. 2004 – Feb. 2010: Researcher, Visual Computing Group, Microsoft Research, Asia; April 2002 - Aug. 2004: Researcher, Multi-Modal User Interface Group, Microsoft Research, Asia; July 2000 - March 2002: Associate Researcher, Visual Computing Group, Microsoft Research, China; April 1999 - Dec. 1999: Intern, Visual Computing Group, Microsoft Research, China.
Education
  • Sept. 1997 - July 2000, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Mathematics, Peking University; Sept. 1995 - Aug. 1997, Master Candidate, Department of Applied Mathematics, Peking University.
Background
  • Research interests include machine learning and optimization theory. Leading the ZERO Lab at Peking University, recruiting PhD students with strong mathematical abilities and a great interest in theoretical analysis.
Miscellany
  • Fond of beautiful and simple theoretical ideas that can be translated into practical applications.