Luze Xu (徐芦泽)

I am a Krener Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UC Davis, mentored by Prof. Matthias Köppe and Prof. Jesús De Loera. I received my Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan in April 2022, advised by Prof. Jon Lee.  Prior to that, I received my bachelor degree in Computational Mathematics from Peking University, China, in 2017.  

My research interests include global optimization, integer programming, mixed integer programming, and theories connecting continuous optimization and discrete optimization.

Here is my CV.

I have been awarded:

• INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researcher Paper Prize, 2024

• Mathematical Programming Meritorious Service Award, 2024

• AMS-Simons Travel Grant Award, 2024

• ISyE Junior Researcher Workshop Travel Support, 2024

• Katta Murty Prize for Best Research Paper on Optimization, IOE Department, 2018, 2020

• CRM/DIMACS Workshop on Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming Student Travel Support, 2019

• Mixed Integer Programming Workshop Student Travel Award, 2019

• Rackham Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan, 2017-2019, 2022