

Qiran Dong
GitHub:
@Cumberkid
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Address:
450 Sutardja Dai Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
RESEARCH & PROJECTS
2022 - Present
Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
``Beyond Descretization: Learning the Optimal Solution Path,'' with Paul Grigas and Vishal Gupta. Accepted by International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2025; presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting 2024; journal version in progress.
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May 2019
Individual Project
AMHERST COLLEGE
I discussed the topological and algebraic construction of Hopf fibration in a joint final project for my Lie algebra and topology class. In this paper, I also gave a visualization of Hopf fibration implemented to a classical homotopy problem, i.e. mapping a 3-sphere to a 2-sphere.
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Jun - Aug 2018
Summer Research
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
I participated in an REU program: Combinatorics and Algorithms for Real Problems (REU-CAAR) where I worked with three colleagues to attack the Hadwiger-Nelson problem. We advanced a probabilistic method initially developed by the Polymath16 project and improved bound for some cases.
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Jun - Aug 2017
Summer Research
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
I worked under the mentorship of Professor Timothy Chumley to create a model for a sphere randomly bombarded by air molecules on a horizontal plane using RStudio. I studied how the process is affected by changes in environmental factors such as temperature and sphere mass, and showed the sphere’s behavior was characterized by Brownian motion.
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EDUCATION
2021-Present
Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D.) in IEOR
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
2019-2021
Master of Science(MS) in Mathematics
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COURANT INSTITUTE
Relevant coursework during my degree includes Probability Theory, Random Matrix Theory, Differential Geometry, Linear Algebra, Real Variables, Multivariable Analysis, and Complex Variables.
2015-2019
Bachelor of Arts(BA) in Mathematics
Magna Cum Laude
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
Relevant coursework during my degree included Probabilistic Combinatorics, Scientific Computing, Stochastic Process, Algorithms, Data Structure, Topology, Lie Algebra, Galois Theory, and Differential Equations.
2017-2018
Graduated with High Honors
BUDAPEST SEMESTERS IN MATHEMATICS
Relevant coursework during my degree included Number Theory, Functional Analysis, Advanced Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Theory of Computing, and Combinatorial Optimization.
EXTRACURRICULUM
MUSIC
Sonata for Two Pianos in F minor, Op.34 by Johannes Brahms, performed with my friend and classmate, Wenfan Jiang, in 2019, at Mount Holyoke College.
DRAWING
I am a fan of DC Comics superheroes and a lover of cats and horses. They appear in most of my drawings.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Taken with iPhone.