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Supervising Masters/Undergrad Students

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I am happy to supervise UCLA masters and undergraduate students who have interests in methodology and applications pertaining to the topics aligned with my research interest. Please send me an email and we can set up time to chat; please include a copy of your CV and transcripts in the email.

Recruiting Postdocs & Ph.D. students

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I am recruiting postdocs and Ph.D. students to join my group. Please email me if interested.

  • For postdoc positions, please include a copy of your CV and research statement.
  • For Ph.D. students, please include a copy of your CV and transcripts.

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STATS 202B: Matrix Algebra and Optimization

Graduate course, UCLA, 2025

This course introduces students to algorithms and their theoretical underpinnings extensively used in modern machine learning. It covers

  • first order methods, including gradient descent and its variants;
  • conditions for optimality for convex;
  • constrained optimization problems and basics of duality theory;
  • challenges posed by non-convex problems.