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Basics
| Name | Zeyu Bian |
| Label | PhD Student |
| zebian@ucsd.edu | |
| Phone | +1 (203) 390-8392 |
| Url | https://Bianbian2002.github.io |
| Summary | First-year PhD student at the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at the University of California, San Diego. Research interests lie broadly in modern AI, with a focus on optimization and learning theory. |
Work
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2025.03 - 2025.06 Research Assistant
University of Science and Technology of China
PI: Prof. Tianhao Wang. Project: Towards Understanding Momentum Acceleration in River-Valley Loss Landscape.
- Analyzed gradient descent with heavy-ball momentum under river-valley loss landscape
- Theoretically showed momentum acceleration with larger learning rates
- Validated insights with experiments on synthetic functions and language model training
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2024.03 - 2025.03 Research Intern
Yale University, Department of Biostatistics
PI: Prof. Hongyu Zhao. Project: Larger SNP List and Functional Annotations Help to Boost Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS) Accuracy.
- Performed data cleaning and quality control for multi-population genotype data
- Developed revised hierarchical Bayesian model based on JointPRS
- Enhanced model performance with self-adaptive hyperparameters
- Benchmarked model performance on simulated and real datasets
Education
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2025.09 - 2030.06 La Jolla, CA
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2021.09 - 2025.06 Hefei, China
Bachelor of Science
University of Science and Technology of China, School of Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics
- Real Analysis (H) - 95
- Functional Analysis - 97
- Probability Theory - 95
- Mathematical Statistics - 99
- Regression Analysis - 100
- Multivariate Analysis - 100
- Stochastic Processes - 96
- Applied Stochastic Processes - 97
- Introduction to Machine Learning - 95
Awards
- 2025.01.01
- 2024.01.01
- 2023.01.01
- 2021.01.01
Skills
| Programming Languages | |
| Python | |
| R | |
| Mathematica | |
| Matlab |
| Tools & Technologies | |
| LaTeX | |
| Linux | |
| Git |
Languages
| Chinese | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
Interests
| Research | |||||
| Optimization | |||||
| Learning Theory | |||||
| Machine Learning | |||||
| Deep Learning | |||||