Hongli (Bob) Zhao

Hello! I am Bob, a third-year graduate student at Computational and Applied Mathematics at University of Chicago. I am happily advised by Prof. Mihai Anitescu, and work with many outstanding mentors and peers both in and outside of UChicago.

Previously, I graduated from UC Berkeley in Applied Math, and Data Science. During undergraduate studies, I was very fortunate to have worked with Prof. Daniel Tartakovsky and Prof. Lin Lin. I also participated in BeBOP, organized by Prof. James Demmel.

I am interested in scalable numerical methods and algorithm development for scientific computing, often involving physical models under randomness. I think about the following topics:

• Simulating rare events in complex system, such as cascading failures.
• Overcoming the curse of dimensionality in numerical PDEs and probabilistic inference, using low-complexity data structures.
• Connection of machine learning with optimal control.

Email: honglizhaobob [at] uchicago.edu