Research Group Alumni

Former members of the group have gone on to academic, research, and industry positions around the world. The tables below list former postdoctoral researchers and research assistants, followed by graduate students.

Postdoctoral Scholars and Research Assistants

NameCurrent PositionPeriod
Tianyuan JinAssistant Professor (优秀青年科学基金项目(海外))
University of Hong Kong Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Jul 2024–May 2026
Adarsh BarikAssistant Professor
IIT Delhi
Jun 2023–Jun 2025
Anand KrishnaLead AI Scientist
Poiro, Bengaluru
Aug 2023–Dec 2024
Recep Can YavasAssistant Professor
Bilkent University
Oct 2022–Oct 2024
Themistoklis GouleakisAssistant Professor
Nanyang Technological University
Jan 2024–Jul 2024
Yuting FengAnt Financial
Hangzhou, China
Jun 2023–Jun 2024
P. N. KarthikAssistant Professor
IIT Hyderabad
Jan 2022–Jan 2024
Yanyan DongPostdoc
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Jan 2023–Dec 2023
Yonglong LiProfessor (优秀青年科学基金项目(海外))
Xi'an Jiatong University
May 2019–Jun 2023
Prathamesh MayekarResearcher
Near.com
Sep 2022–Jul 2023
Shixiong WangProfessor (优秀青年科学基金项目(海外))
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Mar 2022–Mar 2023
Srinivas Kota ReddyAssistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Jan 2022–Dec 2022
Qiaosheng ZhangResearcher (优秀青年科学基金项目(海外))
Shanghai AI Labs
May 2019–Jan 2022
Anshoo TandonDirector
CDPG (FSID, IISc Bangalore)
Oct 2018–Sep 2021
Ting CaiGraduate Student
University of Wisconsin–Madison
May 2020–Aug 2021
Longguang LiAssociate Professor
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Nov 2019–Mar 2020
Yuta SakaiAssistant Professor
Shimane University
Jan 2019–Mar 2021
Saurabh KhannaAssistant Professor
IIT Roorkee
Jul 2018–Aug 2020
Lei YuAssociate Professor (Baiqing)
Nankai University
Jul 2017–Dec 2019
Antonios VarvitsiotisAssistant Professor
Singapore University of Technology and Design
Mar 2018–Sep 2019
Zhaoqiang LiuProfessor (优秀青年科学基金项目(海外))
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Aug 2017–May 2019
Mine AlsanPosition not listedJul 2017–May 2019
Le Thi Khanh HienR&D Engineer
Acapela Group
Apr 2018–Jul 2018
Selma Belhadj AmorPrincipal Research Scientist
OneByZero
May 2017–Jul 2018
Mladen KovačevićAssociate Professor
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Oct 2015–May 2018
Carol WangSoftware Engineer
Google
Oct 2015–Feb 2018
Silas FongSystems Engineer
Ofinno
May 2014–Aug 2017
Ranjitha PrasadAssistant Professor
IIIT Delhi
Jul 2016–Jul 2017
Eldho ThomasAssistant Professor
Newman College, Thodupuzha, Mahatma Gandhi University
Sep 2015–Sep 2016
Fan ChengProfessor
East China Normal University
Jan 2015–Mar 2016

Graduate Students

NameCurrent PositionDegree and Thesis
Shuche WangResearch Fellow
NUS
Ph.D. 2026Performance Guarantees of Optimization Algorithms for Distributed, Parameter-free, and Modern (learning) Architectures
Yunlong HouResearch Fellow
NUS
Ph.D. 2025Multi-Armed Bandit Strategies For Risk-Averse Decision-Making, Non-Stationary Environments, And Efficient LLM Inference
Fengzhuo ZhangPostdoc
Yale
Ph.D. 2025On Symmetric Structures in Machine Learning: Neural Networks, Games, and Graphical Models
Yujun ShiResearch Scientist
Meta
Ph.D. 2025Deep Learning Under Limited Data Access
Zhirui ChenLLM Research Scientist
Bytedance, USA
Ph.D. 2025Fundamental Performance Limits of Online Learning: Federated Learning, Differential Privacy and Multiple Objectives
Junwen YangPosition not listedPh.D. 2025Optimal Pure Exploration in Structured Multi-Armed Bandits
Jiachun PanResearcher
Skywork AI
Ph.D. 2023Fundamental Performance Limits of Statistical Problems: From Hypothesis Testing to the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis
Jiawei DuScientist
A*STAR
Ph.D. 2023Improved Gradient-Based Learning for Enhanced Efficiency and Generalization of Deep Neural Networks
Jingyi ZhaoAssistant Professor
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Ph.D. 2023Vehicle Routing Problems Under Various Conditions and Constraints
Hanshu YanSenior Research Scientist
Salesforce AI Research
Ph.D. 2022Towards Adversarial Robustness for Deep Vision Systems
Haiyun HeAssistant Professor
IoT Thurst, University of Hong Kong Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Ph.D. 2022Fundamental Performance Limits of Statistical Problems: From Detection Theory to Semi-Supervised Learning
Yi Wei
(CSC Exchange Student)
Position not listedPh.D. 2022
Qiuyu ZhuData Science Manager
Agoda
Ph.D. 2022Online Resource Allocation and Its Applications
Zixin ZhongAssistant Professor (优秀青年科学基金项目(海外))
Data Science and Analytics Thurst, University of Hong Kong Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Ph.D. 2021Performance Guarantees for Online Learning: Cascading Bandits and Adversarial Corruptions
Sandra Tan Shi YunEngineer
Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies
M.Eng. 2020Performance Analysis of Optimization Algorithms using Semidefinite Programming
Boyd AndersonSenior Lecturer
School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Ph.D. 2019Automatic and Comprehensive Gait Measurement and Analysis
Daming Cao
(CSC Exchange Student)
Professor
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Ph.D. 2019
Renbo ZhaoAssistant Professor
Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa
M.Sc. 2018Stochastic and Randomized Algorithms for Large-Scale Optimization in Machine Learning
Lan Vinh TruongAssistant Professor
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Ph.D. 2018Refined Asymptotics for Fundamental Limits of Communications with Feedback
Lin ZhouAssociate Professor
Southern University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. 2018On Multiterminal Source Coding: Refined Asymptotics, Mismatch and Streaming
Zhaoqiang LiuProfessor (优秀青年科学基金项目(海外))
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Ph.D. 2018Theoretical Advances in Clustering with Applications to Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
Le Sy QuocLecturer
Vietnam National University Hanoi
Ph.D. 2014Approximations in Network Information Theory