Zhengxin Zhang

Zhengxin Zhang

Phd student at Center for Mathematics

Cornell University

Biography

I’m a 5th year PhD student in Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, where I am fortunate to be advised by Ziv Goldfeld. My research interests include machine learning theory and high dimensional statistics, with a particular focus on optimal transport. My recent focus centers on the Gromov-Wasserstein distance, which is a fascinating interplay between classial optimal transport and metric geometry.

Interests
  • Optimal Transport
  • Statistical learning theory
  • Artificial Intelligence
Education
  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, 2019-

    Cornell University

  • BS in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 2015-2019

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
MIT-IBM Watson lab Summer Intern
May 2023 – August 2023 Boston
Research project: Gradient flow in probability spaces.

Publications

(2022). Cycle consistent probability divergences across different spaces. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics.

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(2022). Gromov-Wasserstein Distances: Entropic Regularization, Duality, and Sample Complexity. arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12848.

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(2021). Non-asymptotic performance guarantees for neural estimation of f-divergences. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics.

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Teaching

TA for:
* Fall 2020: ECE 4110 Random Signals in Communications and Signal Processing
* Fall 2021: ECE 4110 COMBINED-XLIST Random Signals in Communications and Signal Processing
* Spring 2022: MATH 4710 Basic Probability
* Fall 2022: MATH 4220/5220 Applied Complex Analysis
* Spring 2023: MATH 4140 Honors Introduction to Analysis II