Prof. SONG Yongcun (宋永存)

BSC & MSC (JLU), MPhil (HKBU), PhD (HKU)

Visiting address
YEUNG-Y6622
Phone: +852 34428671

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Biography

Prof. Yongcun Song received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in mathematics from Jilin University (JLU), China, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. He received his MPhil in 2018 from Hong Kong Baptist Univeristy (HKBU). He obtained his PhD in 2021 from The University of Hong Kong (HKU). From 2021 to 2024, he was a Postdoc and Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany. He joined City University of Hong Kong in 2024. His main research interests focus on scientific computing, machine learning, optimal control, and optimization.

Prizes/Honours

  • 2023 “Best Thesis Award” The Hong Kong Mathematical Society,.
  • 2022 “Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs” Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,.
  • 2022 “EASIAM Student Paper Prize (first prize)” East Asia Section of SIAM.

Teaching

  • Sep 2024 - Now, MA1200 Calculus and Basic Linear Algebra I.

Research Interests/Areas

  • Scientific Computing
  • Machine Learning
  • Optimal Control
  • Optimization

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