Hi! I’m a final-year Ph.D. student in the College of Computing and Data Science at Nanyang Technological University (CCDS@NTU), supervised by Prof. Jie Zhang. Previously, I obtained my B.Eng. in Software Engineering from Northeastern University (NEU) in 2019, and my M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence from NTU in 2021. After that, I worked as a research assistant at HKBU TMLR group, under the supervision of Prof. Bo Han.

Research

My long-term research lies at the intersection of machine learning and optimization, striving to enable automated decision-making with artificial intelligence for complex optimization problems. Central to my research is the field of Learning to Optimize, where advanced machine learning techniques are leveraged to learn deep models capable of assisting in, or directly solving, challenging optimization problems.

During my PhD, my primary research focused on Neural Combinatorial Optimization (NCO), with applications to routing problems (e.g., TSP and VRP) and MILP. Recently, I have been working on advancing neural combinatorial solvers to address practical complexities and exploring the potential of foundation models (FMs) for combinatorial optimization in solving CO challenges.

• Neural Combinatorial Optimization (2021 - Present)
• Foundation Model for Combinatorial Optimization (2024 - Present)

News

• [2024-07]: Selected as Best Reviewer for ICML 2024.
• [2023-11]: Selected as Outstanding Reviewer for NeurIPS 2023.
• [2023-07]: Pass Ph.D. Qualifying Examination.
• [2022-01]: Start Ph.D. in CCDS with NTU Research Scholarship.
• [2021-09]: Join HKBU TMLR Group as a research assistant.
• [2021-06]: Graduate from MSAI program, SCSE@NTU.
• [2020-11]: Start research intern in SCALE@NTU.
• [2020-08]: Awarded Certificate of Excellence with a partial scholarship.
• [2020-01]: Start M.Sc. in SCSE@NTU, majoring in Artificial Intelligence.
• [2019-06]: Graduate from Northeastern University with three times University Scholarship.