Haizhao Yang

About

Haizhao Yang is a full professor of mathematics and computer science at University of Maryland College Park. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor at Purdue University and the National University of Singapore, and a visiting assistant professor at Duke University from 2015 to 2017. He received a B.Sc. at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2010, an M.Sc. at the University of Texas at Austin in 2012, and a Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2015. His research focuses on machine learning, data science, applied and computational mathematics. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2020), Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award (2022), DARPA Young Faculty Award (2024), and the Frontiers of Science Award (2026) for his contribution to deep learning an

Education

• Ph.D., Stanford University, 2015
• M.Sc., The University of Texas at Austin, 2012
• B.Sc., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2010