Defeng Sun
NationalityChinese
Alma materNanjing University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
AwardsBeale--Orchard-Hays Prize for Excellence in Computational Mathematical Programming 2018 by the Mathematical Optimization Society [1]

Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics [2]

Inaugural Fellow of China Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics [3]

RGC Senior Research Fellow Award 2022/23 [4]


Scientific career
FieldsOptimization and Machine Learning
InstitutionsDepartment of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Doctoral advisorJiye Han.[5] (Chinese name: 韩继业[6])

Defeng Sun (Chinese name: 孙德锋) is a Chinese applied mathematician and operations researcher. He holds the position of Chair Professor of Applied Optimization and Operations Research.[7], and has been serving as the Head of Department of Applied Mathematics[8] since 2019, and the Director of the Research Centre for Intelligent Operations Research [9](2024 - present) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Sun had also served as the President of The Hong Kong Mathematical Society[10] in 2020-2024.

Education

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Sun received his Ph.D. degree in 1995 from Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing after obtaining his bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Nanjing University in 1989 and 1992, respectively.

Research

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Sun’s research interests lie in the areas of non-convex continuous optimization and machine learning including mathematical theory, algorithmic developments and real-world applications.

Sun is recognized for his 2006 work characterizing the strong regularity of nonlinear semidefinite programming[11] and his software SDPNAL/SDPNAL+ for general purpose semidefinite programming[12].

References

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  1. ^ "The Beale — Orchard-Hays Prize, Mathematical Optimization Society".
  2. ^ "Fellows Directory | SIAM".
  3. ^ "会士名单_中国工业与应用数学学会". csiam.org.cn.
  4. ^ "RGC Research Fellow Scheme/RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme". www.ugc.edu.hk.
  5. ^ "Jiye Han - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu.
  6. ^ Hu, Xiaodong (April 1, 2005). "Biography of Professor Jiye Han". Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization. 1 (2): 149–152. doi:10.3934/jimo.2005.1.149 – via www.aimsciences.org.
  7. ^ "Academic Staff | People". Department of Applied Mathematics.
  8. ^ "Home". Department of Applied Mathematics.
  9. ^ "IOR". www.polyu.edu.hk.
  10. ^ "The Hong Kong Mathematical Society - 香港數學學會".
  11. ^ Sun, Defeng (2006). "The Strong Second Order Sufficient Condition and Constraint Nondegeneracy in Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming and Their Implications". Mathematics of Operations Research. 31 (4): 761-776. doi:10.1287/moor.1060.0195.
  12. ^ Yang, Liuqin; Sun, Defeng; Toh, Kim Chuan (2015). "SDPNAL+:amajorized semismooth Newton-CG augmented Lagrangian method for semidefinite programming with nonnegative constraints". Mathematical Programming Computation. 7 (3): 331-366. doi:10.1007/s12532-015-0082-6.