Areas of Focus
- Tensor optimization: Theory, algorithms, and applications, especially in big data
- Sparse and low-rank optimization problems in image and signal processing
- Quantum optimization computing
- Optimization solvers
Work Experience
- 2021.07: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Computational Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2016.01-2016.03: Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 2008.06-2009.06: Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- 2004.07-2007.05: Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Defense Technology
- 1999-present: Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Hunan University
- 1991.09-1996.08: Teacher, Er Yuan Middle School, Tonggu County, Jiangxi Province
- 1990.07-1991.08: Teacher, Middle School of Tonggu County, Jiangxi Province
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996-1999: Master's in Applied Mathematics, Sichuan University
- 2001-2004: PhD in Applied Mathematics, Hunan University
- 1986-1990: Bachelor's in Mathematics, Jiangxi Normal University
Publications
- Robust Tensor Completion: Equivalent Surrogates, Error Bounds, and Algorithms, Xueyin Zhao, Minru Bai, Defeng Sun, Libin Zheng, 2022
- Robust Low Transformed Multi-Rank Tensor Methods for Image Alignment, Duo Qiu, Minru Bai, Michael K. Ng, Xiongjun Zhang, 2021
Awards
- 2018: Second Prize, Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award, for complex optimization theory and methods and their application in smart grids
- 2019: Hunan Province Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, for research on image restoration and low-rank tensor approximation, supervised by Minru Bai
