last updated: 10/16/2025

I am a Member of Research Staff at Voleon. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science at UW-Madison working with Jeff Linderoth, Jim Luedtke, and Steve Wright. Then spent some time as a postdoc at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Georgia Tech ISyE, and Uber ATG.

My academic research was in the field of Mathematical Optimization. I developed algorithms for machine learning and operations research, generally with the goal of making hard problems more tractable. Topics I’ve tackled include robustness verification, structured regression, parallel optimization, and mixed-integer nonconvex optimization.

Other Stuff

A good chunk of my free time geeking out over films. In Chicago, check out Doc Films, Facets Cinematheque, Gene Siskel Film Center, and Music Box Theatre. In Madison, the UW Cinematheque has impeccable programming. Madison is also home to film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, who have one of my favorite film blogs. In Los Angeles, check out everything. The Academy Museum is not a bad place to start. If you want streaming sites that offer something a little different, try Mubi or The Criterion Channel.

If you want to your way through the film canon, They Shoot Pictures Don’t They has ranked lists to peruse.

last movie watched: 风流一代

I am from Singapore. We have great food there.