Zheming Gao
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Statistics at Rice University (with Dr. Eric Chi). My research focuses on
- Numerical optimization and algorithm design
- Methodologies of machine learning
- Optimization theories
with applications to healthcare, energy, and other areas of data analytics and optimization.
My research work is highly interdisciplinary. I am always looking to collaborate with researchers from engineering, mathematics, computer science, and medicine.
Education
- Ph.D., Operations Research, North Carolina State University, 2020.
Co-Advisors: Dr. Shu-Cherng Fang, Dr. Negash G. Medhin. - M.S., Operations Research, North Carolina State University, 2019.
- M.S., Mathematics, Texas A&M University, 2016.
- B.S., Mathematics, Beihang University, 2015.
Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Statistics, Rice University, 2024-present.
- Assistant Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University (Shenyang), 2021-2024.
Awards and Honors
- Excellent Faculty Award, College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University (2022)
- Salah E. Elmaghraby Distinguished Student Award, Graduate Program in Operations Research at NC State University (2019)
- Third Place in the RAS Problem Solving Competition, INFORMS (with Jin Xu, Haochen Luo and Qian Wu, 2018)
Contact
Email: zheming [dot] gao [at] rice [dot] edu