Jiawei Zhang

Jiawei Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since May 2025. His research focuses on optimization algorithms for machine learning, adversarial training, reinforcement learning, and distributed systems.

• Ph.D. in Computer and Information Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (2021)
• B.Sc. in Mathematics (Hua Loo-Keng Talent Program), University of Science and Technology of China

His work spans nonconvex optimization, robust machine learning, and data-driven decision-making, with applications to AI and sustainable energy systems. Recent publications at ICML 2025 address stochastic primal-dual methods and contextual optimization robustness, while earlier works explore bilevel optimization, reward learning, and distributed consensus algorithms.

Scientific awards include:

• MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship For Engineering Excellence (2023)
• CUHK-Shenzhen Presidential Award for Outstanding Doctoral Students (2021)
• SRIBD PhD Fellowship (2020-2021)
• CUHK-Shenzhen Outstanding Teaching Assistant (2023)

He supervises undergraduate researchers and seeks graduate students with strong mathematical or algorithmic backgrounds for 2025 admission, emphasizing optimization and AI-driven applications.