HKU Mathematician Professor Xiaoming YUAN awarded the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship 2025

Professor Xiaoming Yuan has made significant contributions to the fields of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. As data volumes and computational complexity escalate, Professor Yuan's research addresses critical optimisation challenges that conventional problem-solving methods struggle to tackle. 

His innovative approach focuses on creating scalable solutions that not only outperform traditional methods but also bridge the gap between theoretical advances and practical applications. His methodology integrates classical optimisation tools (variational inequalities, the augmented Lagrangian method, the proximal point method, and operator splitting methods such as the ADMM and primal-dual methods) with modern machine learning approaches (deep learning and operator learning), creating algorithms that harness both mathematical model structures and data patterns. His work has significant implications for both academic research and industry implementation, particularly in managing large-scale data processing and complex computational tasks.

The Croucher Senior Research Fellowship is a testament to Professor Yuan's outstanding scientific research achievements and his commitment to advancing the field of mathematics in impactful ways.

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