Haixiang Zhang

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I have received my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Department of Mathematics at UC Berkeley. I was being advised by Professor Javad Lavaei. My research interests are nonconvex optimization, especially low-rank matrix optimization and optimization via simulation. I received my bachelor's degrees in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Peking University. I finished my undergraduate thesis under Professor Zaiwen Wen's advice. I have also worked in Professor Pingwen Zhangs’ and Wotao Yin's groups. My research was partially supported by the Two Sigma Ph.D. Fellowship. I was awarded the Bernard Friedman Memorial Prize in Applied Mathematics.

I am from Hangzhou, a scenic city in southeastern China. Outside of math, I am a day hiker and a Marathon runner. My PRs are 19:40 (Lake Merritt 5K), 40:32 (Hot Chocolate 10K), 69:40 (Alameda 10-miler), 1:25:08 (Modesto Half Marathon), 3:13:53 (California International Marathon).

Contact

Email: haixiang_zhang@berkeley.edu