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About me
About me
My name is Lisang Ding. I am a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) mathematics department. Currently, I'm interested in partial differential equations, optimization, optimal transport, mathematical machine learning. I'm enthusiastic about applying mathematics methods in solving physics/machine learning problems.
Previously, I obtained my B.S. in mathematics from Zhejiang University and an honors degree from Chu Kochen Honors College.
Email: lsding at math dot ucla dot edu
Office: MS 7601
Teaching
Teaching
2025 Spring: PIC 16A Python
2024 Fall: Math 170E Probability
2024 Spring: Math 142 Mathematical Modeling
2022 Spring: Math 163 Optimization
2022 Winter: Math 151A Applied Numerical Methods
2021 Fall: Math 33A Linear Algebra and Applications
2021 Fall: Math 151A Applied Numerical Methods
Directed Reading Program
Directed Reading Program
I am actively holding directed reading projects for undergraduate students. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in any projects related to my researches. I offer directed reading opportunities on advanced level textbooks/paper series. Students with solid grasp of linear algebra, real analysis, optimization or machine learning skills are encouraged to apply to the program.
Previous projects:
Optimal transport and mean field games (Use textbook Topics in Optimal Transport)
Modern large-scaled optimization algorithms (Use textbook Large-Scaled Convex Optimization)
Large language model and reinforcement learning
Large language model and finance
Publication
Publication
Ding, L., Li, W., Osher, S., Yin, W.. A Mean Field Game Inverse Problem. J Sci Comput 92, 7 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-022-01825-8Â
Ding, L., Jin, K., Ying, B., Yuan, K., Yin, W.. DSGD-CECA: Decentralized SGD with Communication-Optimal Exact Consensus Algorithm. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2023
Ding, L., Chen, Z., Wang, X., Yin, W.. Efficient Algorithms for Sum-of-Minimum Optimization. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2024
Service
Service
Review SIAM journal on Imaging Science
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
I like reading pretty much. Here are the books I would recommend : )
Phaedo (by Plato)
Educated (by Tara Westover)
Lectures on Tunhuangology
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