Single-PI, NSF DMS 2304489, $121K, 2022–2025; Co-PI (15%), NSF DUE 2321986, $2.49M, 2024–2029; Outstanding Scholarship, Creative Works, and Research (OSCaR) Award, UCF-COS, 2025; Senior Member, IEEE, 2024–Present.
Research Experience
PIC Assistant Adjunct Professor (Postdoc), Department of Mathematics, UCLA, 2018-2022.
Education
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Iowa, 2018 (Advisors: Dr. Jian-Feng Cai (Math) and Dr. Weiyu Xu (ECE)); M.C.S. in Computer Science, University of Iowa, 2017; M.S. in Mathematics, University of Iowa, 2014; PIC Assistant Adjunct Professor (Postdoc), Department of Mathematics, UCLA, 2018-2022 (Hosted by Dr. Wotao Yin).
Background
Research interests: Theoretical and algorithmic foundations of mathematical optimization, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, as well as data-driven knowledge discovery with broad societal impact. Brief introduction: Assistant Professor, Paul N. Somerville Endowed Chair in Statistics, and Director of Data Science Lab at the Department of Statistics and Data Science, University of Central Florida.