Tansheng Zhu 朱坦晟
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Ph.D. Student Email: tshzhu ät gmail döt com |
About me
I am Tansheng Zhu (pronounced Tahn-Shung Joo), a first-year Ph.D. student in the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) at Tsinghua University. I am grateful to be advised by Prof. Jian Li. I earned my B.S. at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where I studied in the School of Mathematical Sciences and Zhiyuan College and completed my undergraduate thesis under the mentorship of Prof. Zhenli Xu. During an exchange at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, I was fortunate to join Prof. Fenglei Fan's lab as a research intern.
My research interests center on the mathematical foundations of deep learning and large language models. I seek to understand the scaling behavior, optimization process, and implicit biases of neural networks from a mathematical perspective, with particular attention to the interplay between model architecture and training dynamics. I am also interested in statistical learning theory and its applications to modern AI systems.
My goal is to develop principled frameworks that not only explain the empirical success of deep learning but also guide the design of more interpretable, reliable, and efficient models.
Education
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Aug. 2025 – Present
Advisor: Prof. Jian LiB.S. (Honors) in Mathematics & Minor in Finance, Zhiyuan College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Aug. 2021 – June 2025
Thesis: Scalable Bayesian Optimization via Density-based Exploration with Provable Convergence (SJTU Best Bachelor Thesis)
Advisor: Prof. Zhenli XuJunior Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 2024 – Sept. 2024
Advisor: Prof. Fenglei FanExchange Student, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Jan. 2024 – May 2024.
Honors & Awards
June 2025, Shanghai Outstanding Graduate (top 1%)
June 2025, Best Bachelor Thesis Award, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (top 1%)
June 2025, Zhiyuan Distinguished Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dec. 2022, Zhiyuan Outstanding Leader Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dec. 2022, A-class Academic Excellence Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (top 1%)
May 2024, Winning Prize, S.-T. Yau College Student Mathematics Contest, Applied & Computational Mathematics Track
May 2024, Finalist Winner, Mathematical Contest in Modeling (top 3% of 18000+ teams)
Nov. 2023, 1st Prize, Chinese Mathematics Competitions (Shanghai region)
Aug. 2023, 1st Prize, Huashu Cup National Mathematical Contest in Modeling (solo winner)
Oct. 2020, 1st Prize, Chinese High School Mathematics League