(ZHANG Zaikun)
Current Position
Research interests
Research papers
S. Gratton, C. W. Royer, L. N. Vicente, Z. Zhang, Direct search based
on probabilistic feasible descent for bound and linearly constrained
problems, Comput. Optim.
Appl., 72: 525–559, 2019 [pdf] [SpringerLink]
X. Chen, C. T. Kelley, F. Xu, Z. Zhang,
A smoothing direct search method for Monte Carlo-based bound constrained composite nonsmooth optimization, SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 40(4): A2174–A2199, 2018 [pdf] [SIAM epubs]
S. Gratton, C. W. Royer, L. N. Vicente, Z. Zhang, Complexity and global rates of trust-region methods based on probabilistic models, IMA J. Numer. Anal., 38(3): 1579–1597, 2018 [pdf] [link]
M. Dodangeh, L. N. Vicente, Z. Zhang, On the optimal order of worst case complexity of direct search, Optim. Lett., 10(4): 699–708, 2016 [pdf] [SpringerLink]
S. Gratton, C. W. Royer, L. N. Vicente, Z. Zhang, Direct search based on probabilistic descent, SIAM J. Optim., 25(3): 1515–1541, 2015 [pdf] [SIAM epubs]
Z. Zhang,
Sobolev seminorm of quadratic functions with applications
to derivative-free optimization, Math. Program., 146(1–2): 77–96, 2014
(based on sections 4.3–4.5 of my thesis)
[pdf]
[SpringerLink]
External grants
Oct. 2020–Sept. 2023, “Derivative-free Optimization with Space
Decomposition, Coarse Space Correction, and Randomization”, PI,
awarded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong under the
General Research Fund (GRF)
Jan. 2018–Dec. 2020, “Nonlinear Optimization Based on Inaccurate Information”, PI, awarded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong under the Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Education
Contact
Address: TU824, Yip Kit Chuen Bldg., Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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