Welcome to L’Équipe Z, the research group of Professor ZHANG Zaikun.

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Research interests

• Theory, algorithms, and software of mathematical optimization, especially
  • derivative-free (zeroth-order) methods
  • randomized methods
  • large-scale problems
  • noisy problems

Students and Postdocs

Current Students

• LI Haitian (PhD student, 2021-now)
• HUANG Cunxin (PhD student, 2022-now)
• JIANG Zao (PhD student, 2024-now)
• MA Xiangrong (PhD student, 2025-now)
• LIN Chengqing (Master student, 2025-now)
• CHEN Yu (Master student, 2026-now)
• ZHU Huatao (Master student, 2026-now)

Former Students and Postdocs

• Tom M. Ragonneau (PhD, 2019-2022)