Optimization for Artificial Intelligence (OptimAI) Lab
Contact Information
6-109 Keller Hall
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN 55455
TEL: (612)-625-3505
Email: mhong at umn.edu
Group GitHub Page https://github.com/OptimAI-Lab
Group X (Twitter): https://x.com/OptimAI_LAB
Personal X (Twitter): https://x.com/Mingyi552237
Research Interests
Our research focus on designing and analyzing optimization methods for problems arise in various domains, and especially in such as data science, machine learning and AI
Below is a list of (more or less) theoretical topics that we have worked on.
Design and Analysis for first-order/zeroth-order, stochastic, convex and nonconvex algorithms
Design and Analysis for Momentum-Based Methods
Bi-level, Min-Max optimization problems
Analysis of equilibrium solutions for noncooperative games
Our theoretical works are greatly empowered by their applications in various engineering fields.
LLM Agents
Alignment for Large Language Models, and Diffusion Models
Robust (Adversarial) Machine Learning
Inverse Reinforcement Learning, and Structural Estimation Problems
Differential Privacy
Scalable pertaining algorithms
Group Photos
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May 2025, Siliang Defense
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Sept 2024, Group Kayak Activity, with visiting student Chung You Yau from CUHK.
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Dec 2023, Group at NeurIPS 2023
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Xinwei defense, Nov 2023
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Group Kayak, Sept 2023
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Xiangyi Graduation, May 2022
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Xiangyi Graduation Dinner, May 2022
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Group Hiking, Oct. 2022
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Group Escape Room, Dec. 2022
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Group Kayak, Sept 2023
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Xinwei Graduation Dinner, Nov. 2023
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Xinwei Defense, Nov. 2023