Research at FAST

99 Department of Applied Mathematics Department of Applied Mathematics Qualification BSc (NJU) MSc (NJU) PhD (CAS) ORCID ID 0000-0003-0481-272X Prof. SUN Defeng Chair Professor of Applied Optimization and Operations Research Head of Department Research Overview Prof. Sun Defeng’s research focuses on developing efficient optimization algorithms for solving large-scale complex optimization problems, statistical regression models and machine learning problems. Representative Publications • Journal of Machine Learning Research 20(106) ( 2019 ) 1-25 • SIAM Journal on Optimization 28 ( 2018 ) 433-458 • Mathematical Programming 161 ( 2017 ) 237-270 • Mathematical Programming Computation Vol. 7, Issue 3 ( 2015 ) 331-366 • SIAM Journal on Optimization 20 ( 2010 ) 1737-1765 Awards and Achievements • Plenary speaker at “SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE21)”, to be held at Fort Worth, Texas, USA, from March 1-5, 2021 • Elected as a Fellow of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in 2020 • The Beale‐‐Orchard‐Hays Prize by the Mathematical Optimization Society in 2018 • Plenary speaker at “SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP11)”, Darmstadtium Conference Center, Darmstadt, Germany, May 16-19, 2011 • The inaugural Outstanding Scientist Award, by Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2007 The Ceremony for the Beale‐‐Orchard‐Hays Prize in 2018