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.