Defeng Sun (孙德锋)

Chair Professor

SIAM Fellow SIAM Fellow’s website

CSIAM Fellow CSIAM Fellow’s website

ORSC Fellow ORSC Fellow’s website

Department of Applied Mathematics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Director, Research Center for Intelligient Operations Research IOR’s website


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Education


Recent Research Interests

  • Convex Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and GPU Acceleration
  • Machine Learning & AI
  • Variational Convexity and Local Monotonicity Analysis
  • Statistical Optimization and Learning

Teaching

AMA615 – Nonlinear Optimization Methods
Semester 1, 2020/2021; Wednesday (11:30-12:30) and Friday (11:30—13:30).


Recruitments

  • PhD Students
    I am particularly interested in students who have solid analytical foundation and are willing to use applied mathematics/AI techniques to tackle real-world problems. Drop me an email to request for more details. English requirement for PhD students (with or without a master degree): at least IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 80. Consider applying via the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme

  • Research Assistants/Associates/Fellows/Postdoctoral Fellows
    multiple positions are available; working on various projects concerning convex and non-convex optimization, AI and machine learning, metaverse, variational convexity/analysis and mixed integer programming. Priority will be given to those who are interested in learning and understanding AI technologies.


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