About Me

Education

• September, 2014 ~ August, 2019
  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
  Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (Convex Optimization Research Group of DSAI Direction by Daniel P. Palomar, Professor of Optimization)
  Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  Thesis: Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Statistical Arbitrage in Finance: Models, Algorithms, and Analysis
  

• September, 2010 ~ June, 2014
  Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
  Qiming Honors College & Department of Electronic and Information Engineering
  Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) (graduated with the highest honor)
  Thesis: Efficient Multi-View Video Coding and Depth Generation in Interactive 3D Video
  

Research Experience

• November, 2019 ~ now
  ShanghaiTech University
  School of Information Science and Technology
  Assistant Professor

• August, 2019 ~ November, 2019
  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
  Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
  Visiting Research Scientist

• February, 2018 ~ August, 2018
  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Visiting Research Fellow (Hosted by Mingyi Hong)
  

Awards and Honors Highlight

• Overseas Research Awards (ORA), HKUST, 2018

• IEEE SPS Student Travel Grant for GlobalSIP, 2017

• UGC Research Travel Grant, Hong Kong, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF), Hong Kong, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18

• Conference Travel Grant for HK PhD Fellow, Hong Kong, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18

• Outstanding Graduate Award, HUST, 2014

• Huiding (Goodix) Technology Fellowship (Top 0.1%), 2013

• Outstanding Fellow in Qiming College of HUST (Top 0.5%)

• Undergraduate Research Excellence Award, HUST, 2013

• Outstanding Fellow in HUST (top 2%), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

• National Scholarship (Top 1%), China, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14

• The First Prize Scholarship (Top 1%), HUST, 2010-11

Research Projects

• “Study on Financial Statistical Arbitrage Strategies Based on Signal Processing Techniques” (NFSC Youth Program) | Grant No.: 62001295 | PI: Ziping Zhao

• “Data-Driven Large-Scale Portfolio Design” (Shanghai Sailing Program) | Grant No.: 20YF1430800 | PI: Ziping Zhao

• “Optimization, Learning, and Inference in Big Data Analytics” (ShanghaiTech Start-up Research Fund) | PI: Ziping Zhao

Professional Activities and Service

• Technical Reviewer for Journals

  • Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR)

  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP)

  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP)

  • IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP)

  • IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL)

  • EURASIP Signal Processing (SP)

  • EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (JASP)

  • IMA Journal of Management Mathematics (MAN)

• Technical Reviewer for Conferences

  • NeurIPS/NIPS, ICML, AISTATS, UAI

  • IEEE ICASSP, IEEE GlobalSIP, IEEE ICIP

  • IEEE SSP, IEEE SAM, IEEE CAMSAP, IEEE SPAWC, IEEE ISBI

  • Asilomar/ACSSC, EURASIP EUSIPCO, APSIPA ASC