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Name Zeyu Bian
Label PhD Student
Email 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

  • 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
  • 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

  • 2025.09 - 2030.06

    La Jolla, CA

    PhD
    University of California, San Diego, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
    Data Science
  • 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

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