Cheriton School of Computer Science

# Yaoliang Yu

Associate Professor
yaoliang.yu@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567, ext. 34469
Location:
DC 3617
Degrees

- Ph.D., University of Alberta (2013)
- M.Sc., Fudan University, China (2008)
- B.Sc., Fudan University, China (2005)

Research interests

- Machine Learning, including generative modelling, representation learning, robustness, and kernel methods, as well as application to computer vision and natural language processing
- Optimization Algorithms, including convex and non convex optimization, distributed and federated learning, iteration complexity bounds, robust and stochastic optimization

Publications

Yaoliang Yu on Google Scholar

Link to Personal Website or CV:
https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~y328yu/
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