I am a third year PhD student in computer science at Mila/Université de Montréal, DIRO, under the supervision of Dr. Simon Lacoste-Julien. Here is our group. I'm currently interning at ELLIS Tübingen with Dr. Antonio Orvieto and OpenEuroLLM. Here is my CV.

My research interest is understanding optimization algorithms in modern machine learning. By developing theoretical frameworks that capture problem-specific structures, I aim to improve optimizer efficiency and robustness, enabling fast and reliable predictions and decision-making.

I was born in Gansu and grow up in Guangzhou, China. I obtained my Bachlor's (combined honors in computer science and mathematics) and Master's degree at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, where I worked in lab ml-568 under the supervision of Dr. Mark Schmidt.

I am an organizer for Women@Mila and MTL MLOpt. Here is a picture of my cat Cashew. In my free time, I enjoy going up, down, and around.

• tianyue.zhang@mila.quebec
• Montreal, QC Canada