Distinguished lectures | Department of Applied Mathematics

Date	Title	Speaker
9 Jan 2025	Model-Based and Model-Free: A Tale of Two Paradigms Told from Reinforcement Learning and Generative AI	Prof. Xunyu Zhou, Columbia University, USA
13 Dec 2024	Transportation Market Rate Forecast using Signature Transform	Prof. Xin Guo, University of California, Berkeley, USA
6 Nov 2024	Mathematical Foundation of Electronic Structure Calculations	Prof. Aihui ZHOU, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
3 Oct 2024	Tensor Methods for Nonconvex Optimisation Problems	Prof. Coralia Cartis, University of Oxford and The Alan Turing Institute
24 Apr 2024	Adaptive Regularization Objective-Function-Free Optimization	Prof. Serge Gratton, University of Toulouse, France
15 Apr 2024	Stability of Sobolev Inequalities	Prof. Juncheng Wei, University of British Columbia, Canada
16 Mar 2024	Learning and Information Aggregation in Dynamic Games	Prof. John Birge, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
12 Mar 2024	Numerical Optimization in Data Analysis and Inverse Medium Problems	Prof. Kazufumi Ito, North Carolina State University
6 Feb 2024	Distributionally Robust Optimization: The Science of Underpromising and Overdelivering	Prof. Daniel Kuhn, EPFL, Switzerland
19 Dec 2023	A New Derivative-free Method Using an Improved Under-determined Quadratic Interpolation Model	Prof. Ya-xiang Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences

9 Jan 2025

Model-Based and Model-Free: A Tale of Two Paradigms Told from Reinforcement Learning and Generative AI

Prof. Xunyu Zhou, Columbia University, USA

13 Dec 2024

Transportation Market Rate Forecast using Signature Transform

Prof. Xin Guo, University of California, Berkeley, USA

6 Nov 2024

Mathematical Foundation of Electronic Structure Calculations

Prof. Aihui ZHOU, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

3 Oct 2024

Tensor Methods for Nonconvex Optimisation Problems

Prof. Coralia Cartis, University of Oxford and The Alan Turing Institute

24 Apr 2024

Adaptive Regularization Objective-Function-Free Optimization

Prof. Serge Gratton, University of Toulouse, France

15 Apr 2024

Stability of Sobolev Inequalities

Prof. Juncheng Wei, University of British Columbia, Canada

16 Mar 2024

Learning and Information Aggregation in Dynamic Games

Prof. John Birge, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

12 Mar 2024

Numerical Optimization in Data Analysis and Inverse Medium Problems

Prof. Kazufumi Ito, North Carolina State University

6 Feb 2024

Distributionally Robust Optimization: The Science of Underpromising and Overdelivering

Prof. Daniel Kuhn, EPFL, Switzerland

19 Dec 2023

A New Derivative-free Method Using an Improved Under-determined Quadratic Interpolation Model

Prof. Ya-xiang Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences