Optimization: DC (Difference-of-Convex) Programming, Multi-Bloc-DC Programming, Stochastic Optimization, Acceleration Techniques, Mixed-integer Optimization, Polynomial Optimization, Semidefinite Optimization and Matrix Optimization.
Applications: Deep learning, Portfolio investment, Self-driving Car, Natural Language Processing, Image processing, Turbulent combustion, Polymer Processing, Quantum Computing, Quantum chemistry, and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).
Scientific Computing: High Performance Computing and Distributed System.
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Preprints (Under Review):
Y.S. Niu: “Hybrid Accelerated DC Algorithms for the Asymmetric Eigenvalue Complementarity Problem”, https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.12076
Y.S. Niu: “An Accelerated DC Programming Approach With Exact Line Search for the Symmetric Eigenvalue Complementarity Problem”, https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.09098
Y.S. Niu: "On the convergence analysis of DCA", https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10942
Y.S. Niu, Y.J. Wang, L.A. Lethi, D.T. Pham: “Higher-order moment portfolio optimization via difference-of-convex programming and sums-of-squares”, https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.01509
Y.S. Niu, Y. You: “A Difference-of-Convex Cutting Plane Algorithm for Mixed-Binary Linear Program”, http://arxiv.org/abs/2103.00717
Yi-Shuai Niu, Wentao Ding, Junpeng Hu, Wenxu Xu, Stephane Canu: “Spatio-Temporal Neural Network for Fitting and Forecasting COVID-19”, submitted to Artificial Intelligence In Medicine. https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.11860
Peer-reviewed Articles:
Y.S. Niu, L.A. Lethi, D.T. Pham: “On Difference-of-SOS and Difference-of-Convex-SOS Decompositions for Polynomials”, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 34(2), 1852-1878, 2024 https://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/22M1495524
H. Zhang, Y.S. Niu: “A Boosted-DCA with Power-Sum-DC Decomposition for Linearly Constrained Polynomial Program”, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 201, 720-759, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10957-024-02414-5
Y. You, Y.S. Niu: “A Variable Metric and Nesterov Extrapolated Proximal DCA with Backtracking for A Composite DC Program”, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization. 2023 https://doi.org/10.3934/jimo.2023016
Y.S. Niu, H. Zhang: “Power-product matrix: nonsingularity, sparsity and determinant”, Linear and Multilinear Algebra, pp. 1-18, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1080/03081087.2023.2173133
Y.S. Niu, R. Glowinski: “Discrete Dynamical System Approaches for Boolean Polynomial Optimization”, Journal of Scientific Computing, Vol. 92(2), pp. 1-39, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-022-09716-5
Y. You, Y.S. Niu: “A Refined Inertial DC Algorithm for DC Programming”, Optimization and Engineering, Vol. 24, pp. 65-91, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-022-09716-5
Y.S. Niu, Y. You, W.X Xu, W.T. Ding, J.P. Hu, S.Q. Yao: “A Difference-of-Convex Programming Approach With Parallel Branch-and-Bound For Sentence Compression Via A Hybrid Extractive Model”, Optimization Letters, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-020-01695-9
Y.S. Niu, J.J. Judice, H.A. Lethi, D.T. Pham: “Improved DC Programming Approaches for Solving Quadratic Eigenvalue Complementarity Problem”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 353, pp. 95-113, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2019.02.017
C. Sun, Y. Tian, L. Gao, Y.S. Niu, T.L. Zhang, H. Li, Y.Q. Zhang, Z.Q. Yue, N. Delepine-Gilon, J. Yu: “Machine Learning Allows Calibration Models to Predict Trace Element Concentration in Soil with Generalized LIBS Spectra”, Scientific Reports, Vol. 9(1), 2019. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47751-y
Y.S. Niu, X.W. Hu, Y. You, F. Benammour, H. Zhang: “Sentence Compression via DC Programming Approach”. In World Congress on Global Optimization, book series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 991, pp. 341-351, 2019. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21803-4_35
Y.S. Niu, Y. You, W.Z. Liu: “Parallel DC Cutting Plane Algorithms for Mixed Binary Linear Program”, In World Congress on Global Optimization, book series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 991, pp. 330-340, 2019. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21803-4_34
D.T. Pham, H.A. Le Thi, V.N. Pham, Y.S. Niu: “DC programming approaches for discrete portfolio optimization under concave transaction costs”. Optimization letters, Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 261-282, 2016. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11590-015-0931-2
Y.S. Niu, J.J. Judice, H.A. Lethi, D.T. Pham: “Solving the Quadratic Eigenvalue Complementarity Problem by DC Programming”. In Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences, book series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 359, pp. 203-214, 2015. Springer, Cham. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-18161-5_18
G. Ribert, L. Vervisch, P. Domingo, Y.S. Niu: “Hybrid transported-tabulated strategy to downsize detailed chemistry for numerical simulation of flames”, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Vol. 92, Issue 1-2, pp. 175-200, 2014. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10494-013-9520-6
Y.S. Niu, D.T. Pham: “DC Programming Approaches for BMI and QMI Feasibility Problems”, In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, book series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 282, pp. 37-63, 2014. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-06569-4_3
Y.S. Niu, L. Vervisch, D.T. Pham: “An optimization-based approach to detailed chemistry tabulation: Automated progress variables definition”, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 160, Issue 4, pp. 776-785, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2012.11.015
Y.S. Niu, D.T. Pham, H.A. Le Thi and Joaquim João Judice: “Efficient DC Programming Approaches for the Asymmetric Eigenvalue Complementarity Problem”, Optimization Methods and Software, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 812-829, 2013. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10556788.2011.645543
B.M. Ndiaye, D.T. Pham, Y.S. Niu: “DC programming and DCA for large-scale two-dimensional packing problems”, In Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, book series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7197, pp. 321-330, 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-28490-8_34
L. Vervisch, Y.S. Niu, G. Lodier, P. Domingo: “Recent developments in turbulent combustion modeling: automated progress variables definition − Ignition combustion regimes after rapid compression”, In THMT-12. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium On Turbulence Heat and Mass Transfer, ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE. pp. 37-48, 2012. Begel House Inc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/ICHMT.2012.ProcSevIntSympTurbHeatTransfPal.40
Y.S. Niu, D.T. Pham: “Efficient DC programming approaches for mixed-integer quadratic convex programs”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM'2011). p.p. 222-231, 2011. ISBN 978-2-9600532-3-4 http://www.i4e2.org/iesm11/iesm11_proceedings.html
D.T. Pham, Y.S. Niu: “An Efficient DC Programming Approach for Portfolio Decision with Higher Moments”, Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 50, Number 3, pp. 525-554, 2010. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r841q4569tw71270/
Y.S. Niu, D.T. Pham: “A DC Programming Approach for Mixed-Integer Linear Programs”, In International Conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences, book series Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 14, pp. 244-253, 2008. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-87477-5_27
(Plenary) The 2024 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS24), 14-26 July, 2024, Beijing, China.
The 4th international conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences (MCO2021), 13-14 December, 2021, Hanoi, Vietnam.
(Plenary) 2020 SUSTech workshop on Financial Engineering, 27-28 November, 2020, Southern University of Science and Technology, China.
The 6th World Congress on Global Optimization (WCGO2019), 8-10 July, 2019, Metz, France.
(Plenary) 2019 CUHK-Shenzhen Workshop on Optimization Theory and Applications, 31 July - 2 August, 2019, Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, China.
Chinese Mathematical Society 2018 Annual Conference, 20-21 October, 2018, Guiyang, China.
The 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM2018), 1-9 August 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 29th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2018), 8-11 July 2018, Valencia, Spain.
The 23rd International Symposium in Mathematical Programming (ISMP2018), 1-6 July 2018, Bordeaux, France.
The 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS2017), 17-21 July, 2017, Quebec, Canada.
The Fifth International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT2016), 5-7 August 2016, Tokyo, Japan.
(Plenary) The International Conference on Numerical Analysis, Approximation and Optimization (ICNAAO2016), 2016.8.8-2016.8.11, Beijing, China.
The 22nd International Symposium of Mathematical Programming (ISMP2015), 12-17 July, 2015. Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
(Plenary) The 3rd international conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences (MCO2015). 11-13 May, 2015, Metz, France.
The 2nd International Conference on Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and Applications (ICCSAMA 2014), 8-9 May 2014. Budapest, Hungary.
The 26th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2013), 1-4 July, 2013. Rome, Italy.
The 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2012), 19-24 August 2012. Berlin, Germany.
The 25th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2012), 8-11 July 2012. Vilnius, Lithuania.
The 15th Austrian French German conference on Optimization (AFG’11), 19-23 September 2011. Toulouse, France.
(Plenary) The International Conference on Optimization and Leaning: Theory, Algorithms and Applications, 23-24 May, 2011. Metz, France.
The 8th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications (ICOTA8), 10-13 December 2010. Shanghai, China.
The 24rd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2010), 11-14 July, 2010. Lisbon, Portugal.
(Plenary) The International Conference on Optimization and Leaning: Theory, Algorithms and Applications, 17-18 June, 2010. Metz, France.
The 23rd European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2009), 5-8 July, 2009. Bonn, Germany.
The 5th International Conference on Computational Management Science (CMS08), 26-28 March 2008. London, UK.
The 2nd International conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences (MCO08), 8-10 September, 2008. Metz, France-Luxembourg.
The International Conference on Nonconvex Programming (NCP07), 17-21 December, 2007. Rouen, France.