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Defeng Sun
NationalityChinese
Alma materNanjing University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsOptimization and Machine Learning
InstitutionsDepartment of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Doctoral advisorJiye Han.[1] (Chinese name: 韩继业[2])

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.[3], and has been serving as the Head of Department of Applied Mathematics[4] since 2019, and the Director of the Research Centre for Intelligent Operations Research [5](2024 - present) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Sun had also served as the President of The Hong Kong Mathematical Society[6] 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[7] and his software SDPNAL/SDPNAL+ for general purpose semidefinite programming[8]. His works have been cited by thousands of scientific studies[9].

Professional Activities

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Sun is a member of various professional societies including The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS)], American Mathematical Society (AMS)], The China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM)[10] and The Hong Kong Mathematical Society (HKMS) etc.

He actively involves in editorial activities for various

  • Associate Editor, Mathematical Programming[11] (Series A, August 2007 -- present); Series B, January 2014--December 2017).
  • Associate Editor, SIAM Journal on Optimization [12](January 2012-- present).
  • Associate Editor, Journal of the Operations Research Society of China [13](2012--present).
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Computational Mathematics [14](2017--present).
  • Associate Editor, Science China Mathematics[15] (January 2018 -- present).
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications [16] (2021 – present).
  • Advisory Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (January 2014-- present); editor-in-chief (October 2010 –December 2013)[17]

He also served as the co-chair of the organizing committee and local organizing committee for the SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP21)[18], program committee member for The Sixth International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT 2019)[19] in Berlin and The Fifth International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT 2016)[20] in Tokyo.

Honors and awards

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  • The world’s top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University in 2021-2023[21][22][23]
  • Senior Research Fellow, Research Grant Council (RGC), 2022/23[24]
  • Inaugural Fellow, The China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2020[25]
  • Fellow, The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2020[26]
  • Beale--Orchard-Hays Prize for Excellence in Computational Mathematical Programming 2018[27], the Mathematical Optimization Society (with Kim-Chuan Toh and Liuqin Yang)

References

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  1. ^ "Jiye Han - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Academic Staff | People". Department of Applied Mathematics.
  4. ^ "Home". Department of Applied Mathematics.
  5. ^ "IOR". www.polyu.edu.hk.
  6. ^ "The Hong Kong Mathematical Society - 香港數學學會".
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Defeng Sun: Mathematics H-index & Awards - Academic Profile | Research.com".
  10. ^ "China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics". en.csiam.org.cn.
  11. ^ "Mathematical Programming". SpringerLink.
  12. ^ "Editorial Board, SIAM Journal on Optimization".
  13. ^ "Journal of the Operations Research Society of China". SpringerLink.
  14. ^ "Journal of Computational Mathematics JCM". www.global-sci.org.
  15. ^ "Science China Mathematics". SpringerLink.
  16. ^ "Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications". SpringerLink.
  17. ^ "APJOR Editorial Board".
  18. ^ "SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP21) | SIAM".
  19. ^ "ICCOPT 2019". iccopt2019.berlin.
  20. ^ "ICCOPT". www.iccopt2016.tokyo.
  21. ^ Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P.A. (2021), “August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Elsevier Data Repository, V3, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3
  22. ^ Ioannidis, John P.A. (2022), “September 2022 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Elsevier Data Repository, V4, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.4
  23. ^ Ioannidis, John P.A. (2023), “October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Elsevier Data Repository, V6, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6
  24. ^ "RGC Research Fellow Scheme/RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme". www.ugc.edu.hk.
  25. ^ "会士名单_中国工业与应用数学学会". csiam.org.cn.
  26. ^ "Fellows Directory | SIAM".
  27. ^ "Mathematical Optimization Society".