{"id":7,"date":"2020-09-04T12:44:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ise.ufl.edu\/yang\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:05:55","slug":"dr-yu-yang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Yu Yang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2020\/12\/IMG_7066-1-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2020\/12\/IMG_7066-1-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2020\/12\/IMG_7066-1-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/601\/2020\/12\/IMG_7066-1.jpg 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><br><strong>Department of Industrial &amp; Systems Engineering at the University of Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistant Director<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/\">Center for Applied Optimization (CAO)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:yu.yang@ise.ufl.edu\">yu.yang@ise.ufl.edu<\/a><br><strong>Office:<\/strong>&nbsp;401C Weil Hall<br><strong>Phone:&nbsp;<\/strong>(352) 294-7727<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/yu-yang\">Personal Website<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zhmF2D4AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ph.D. in Operations Research<em>,&nbsp;<\/em>Georgia Tech, 2020<br>B.S. in&nbsp;Applied Mathematics<em><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><\/em>Peking University, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research focuses on advancing&nbsp;<strong>Mathematical Optimization<\/strong>&nbsp;to solve critical operational challenges in sustainable energy systems, supply chain management, and logistics\u2014key areas of interest to businesses striving for operational efficiency and sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining combinatorial optimization, machine learning (ML), and large-scale optimization theory, I develop innovative solutions that provide actionable insights for organizations facing complex, real-world problems, such as battery supply chains, drone-based delivery systems, and inland wind farm design. My work on novel formulations and ML-driven strategies for branching, variable reduction, and decomposition has led to breakthroughs in solving these problems optimally, as exemplified by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Zhengzhong-You\/RouteOpt\">RouteOpt<\/a>, our open-source tool achieving state-of-the-art performance for optimizing vehicle routes exactly.&nbsp; I also develop new zeroth- and first-order algorithms with provable convergence rates tailored to handle large-scale, high-dimensional problems arising in modern AI\/ML applications and business data analytics. These efforts directly support data-driven decision-making, enhancing operational efficiency and strategic decision-making for businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Industrial &amp; Systems Engineering at the University of Florida Assistant Director,\u00a0Center for Applied Optimization (CAO) yu.yang@ise.ufl.eduOffice:&nbsp;401C Weil HallPhone:&nbsp;(352) 294-7727Personal WebsiteGoogle Scholar Ph.D. in Operations Research,&nbsp;Georgia Tech, 2020B.S. in&nbsp;Applied Mathematics,&nbsp;Peking University, 2016 My research focuses on advancing&nbsp;Mathematical Optimization&nbsp;to solve critical operational challenges in sustainable energy systems, supply chain management, and logistics\u2014key areas of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-sidebar-none.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/yu-yang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}