I am particularly interested in optimization algorithms and their applications in large-scale machine learning.  

Open positions: I am looking for highly motivated and self-driven PhD students and postdocs. Please drop me a line with your interests and CV.

Sep. 2015 - Jul. 2020 Ph.D. in computational mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China & Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Supervisor: Ya-xiang Yuan

Sep. 2011 -- Jun. 2015 B.S. in mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Wuhan University , Wuhan, China. 

Xiaoyu Wang is a tenure-track Assistant (Associate) Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences of University at Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), starting in September 2025. Prior to this role, she has been a research assistant professor and post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Mathematics of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, working with Prof. Zhang Tong from Sept. 2022 to June 2025. From September 2020 to August 2022, she worked with Prof. Mikael Johansson at the Division of Decision and Control Systems, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).