LIN F. YANG
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My name is Lin Yang (杨林). I am an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. My research focuses on developing and applying fast algorithms for machine learning and data science. I am keen on understanding the fundamental theory and computation limits of optimization for different machine learning problems. My current research focus is on reinforcement learning theory and applications, learning for control, non-convex optimization, and streaming algorithms.
Previously, I was a postdoc at Princeton University working with Prof. Mengdi Wang. I obtained my Ph.D. degrees (in Computer Science and in Physics & Astronomy) from Johns Hopkins University. I was very fortunate to be advised by Professor Alex Szalay and Professor Vova Braverman, and to work with many wonderful collaborators. I was a recipient of the Simons' Research Fellowship and Dean Robert H. Roy Fellowship.
I am looking for motivated and talented students working on Machine Learning. Please contact me if you are interested in my research. Due to the high volume of incoming emails, your email might not be responded to. However, I assure you that I will keep a close look at your background and contact you if there is a match.
[Last Updated Feb. 2020]
Teaching
Service
- Program Committee: ACML (2019), AAAI (2020)
- Conference Reviewing: AAAI, ICML, NeurIPS, STOC, FOCS, COLT, PODS, ITCS, ACML, AISTATS, ICALP, RANDOM, ESA, LATIN, KAIS, FSTTCS
- Journal Reviewing: Theoretical Computer Science, QIC, JCSS, OPRE
People
Collaborators (alphabetical order)- Avrim Blum
- Vladimir Braverman
- Tamás Budavári
- Miguel Angel Aragon Calvo
- Zhehui Chen
- Simon Du
- Ethan X. Fang
- Fei Feng
- Hua Feng
- Jarvis Haupt
- Wei Hu
- Philip Kaaret
- Sham M Kakade
- Ananya Kumar
- Robert Krauthgamer
- Harry Lang
- Xingguo Li
- Yingyu Liang
- Zaoxing Liu
- Matey Neykov
- Mark Neyrinck
- Aaron Sidford
- Joe Silk
- Christian Sohler
- Zhao Song
- Alex Szalay
- Mengdi Wang
- Ruosong Wang
- Zhaoran Wang
- David Woodruff
- Zhuoran Yang
- Yinyu Ye
- Wotao Yin
- Zheng Yu
- Hongyang Zhang
- Tuo Zhao
- Peilin Zhong
Talks
Education
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Advisors: Vladimir Braverman, Alex Szalay
- Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy, Advisor: Alex Szalay
- MS.E. in Computer Science (GPA 4.0/4.0)
- B.S. in Math & Physics with High Honors
Contact Me
Email: linyang[at]ee[dot]ucla[dot]edu
My middle name Forrest is a translation of my first name (林). My publication name is Lin F. Yang -- to distinguish me from many Lin Yang's. Note that my official name (Lin Yang OR 杨林) does not contain a middle name.