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| June 2026 | I am presenting a talk at the Thrid Derivative-Free Optimization Symposium (DFO26) Function-Free Optimization via Comparison Oracles Time: Friday, June 26 | 2:05 PM - 2:30 PM |
| June 2026 | I am presenting a talk at the SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP26) Function-Free Optimization via Comparison Oracles Session: Complexity of Low-order Optimization Methods Time and Location: Wednesday, June 3 | 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM at 50 George Square-G.01 |
| Apr 2026 | My new paper with Katya Scheinberg, Function-Free Optimization via Comparison Oracles, is now available on arXiv. |
| Mar 2026 | My paper with Robert Freund, Computational Guarantees for Restarted PDHG for LP Based on "Limiting Error Ratios" and LP Sharpness, was accepted for publication in Mathematical Programming. |
| Mar 2026 | I presented a talk at the 2026 INFORMS Optimization Society Conference. Function-Free Optimization via Comparison Oracles Session: Recent Advances in Derivative-Free Optimization I Time and Location: Saturday, Mar 21 | 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM at Plaza I |
| Mar 2026 | I co-chaired three sessions, Recent Advances in Derivative-Free Optimization I, II and III, at the 2026 INFORMS Optimization Society Conference. |
| Nov 2025 | I gave a guest lecture, Large-Scale Linear Programming Using the Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient Method, in the MIT graduate course Introduction to Mathematical Programming. |
| Oct 2025 | My PhD dissertation, New Theory and New Practical Methods for Solving Large-Scale Linear and Conic Optimization, won the second place for the 2025 George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award. |
| Oct 2025 | I presented three talks at the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting. Talk 1: New Theory and New Practical Methods for Solving Large-Scale Linear and Conic Optimization Session: George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Session Time and Location: Sunday, October 26 | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM at Building A Level 3 A301 Talk 2: Accessible Theoretical Complexity of the Restarted Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient Method for Linear Programs with Unique Optima Session: Optimization Society Award Session II Time and Location: Sunday, October 26 | 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM at Building B Level 2 B212 Talk 3: PDCS: a Primal-Dual Large-Scale Conic Programming Solver with GPU Enhancements Session: GPU-Based Mathematical Optimization Time and Location: Monday, October 27 | 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM at Building B Level 2 B213 |
| Sep 2025 | I gave a talk, Theoretical Complexity of the Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient Method for Linear Programs, at the Georgia Tech ARC Colloquium. |
| Sep 2025 | My sole-authored paper, Accessible Theoretical Complexity of the Restarted Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient Method for Linear Programs with Unique Optima, was selected as the winner of the 2025 INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize. NEWS |
| Aug 2025 | My PhD dissertation, New Theory and New Practical Methods for Solving Large-Scale Linear and Conic Optimization, was selected as a finalist for the 2025 George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award. |
| Aug 2025 | I started my new position as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech. |
| May 2025 | I received my PhD in Operations Research from MIT. |