Rui Chen
Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 香港中文大学（深圳）
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
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Top SchoolRui Chen is an assistant professor at CUHK–Shenzhen specializing in discrete optimization, optimization under uncertainty, and their applications in data science. With eight years of experience spanning a PhD in Operations Research and postdoctoral work at Cornell Tech, he blends deep theoretical expertise with practical problem-solving. His background includes research internships at IBM T.J. Watson where he tackled MIP formulations for Bayesian network structure learning and large-scale integer programs for ML, signaling strength at the intersection of optimization and AI. He has taught advanced courses in nonlinear, stochastic, and integer optimization, demonstrating both research and pedagogical breadth. Based in Shenzhen, Rui brings an international academic trajectory—from Nanjing University to Wisconsin and Cornell—that informs collaborative, application-oriented research. A not-obvious asset is his dual MS in Computer Science alongside his PhD, enabling him to bridge algorithmic theory and computational implementation effectively.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Operations Research at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science - BS, MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS, Bachelor of Science - BS, MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS at Nanjing University
Github Skills (10)
hypergraph6
recursive5
multilevel5
bisection5
graph4
evolutionary-algorithms4
cpp3
partitioning3
python3
graph-algorithms3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rchen234/SIP_LAG
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:10 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
rchen234/IP4AncADMG
Jun 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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