Hongyang Zhang
(he/him/his)
Assistant Professor
Research interests
- Machine learning
- Design and analysis of algorithms
- Learning theory
- Data, data augmentation, and networks
- Language modeling
Education
- Postdoctorate in Statistics and Data Science, University of Pennsylvania
- PhD in Computer Science, Stanford University
- BEng in Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University — China
Biography
Hongyang (Ryan) Zhang is an assistant professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston.
Zhang's research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, design and analysis of algorithms, learning theory, data, networks, and language modeling. He spent a year as a postdoc in the statistics and data science department at the University of Pennsylvania; served as an area chair and program committee member for ICML, AISTATS, COLT, ALT, and AAAI; and served as an action editor for the Journal of Data-centric Machine Learning Research.
Labs and groups
Recent publications
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[TEST-FEB13]-Scalable Multitask Learning Using Gradient-based Estimation of Task Affinity
Citation: Dongyue Li, Aneesh Sharma, Hongyang R. Zhang. (2024). Scalable Multitask Learning Using Gradient-based Estimation of Task Affinity KDD, 1542-1553. https://doi.org/10.1145/3637528.3671835 -
Boosting Multitask Learning on Graphs through Higher-Order Task Affinities
Citation: Dongyue Li, Haotian Ju, Aneesh Sharma, Hongyang R. Zhang. (2023). Boosting Multitask Learning on Graphs through Higher-Order Task Affinities KDD, 1213-1222. https://doi.org/10.1145/3580305.3599265 -
Robust Fine-Tuning of Deep Neural Networks with Hessian-based Generalization Guarantees
Citation: Haotian Ju, Dongyue Li, Hongyang R. Zhang. (2022). Robust Fine-Tuning of Deep Neural Networks with Hessian-based Generalization Guarantees ICML, 10431-10461. https://proceedings.mlr.press/v162/ju22a.html
