Zekai Zhang (张泽楷)
About me
I am a first-year PhD at the University of Michigan EECS, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Qing Qu. Prior to this, I received my bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University, majoring in automation. I also collaborated with Prof. Li Yi and Prof. Wenkai Lu.
Research
My research centers on understanding and advancing deep neural networks through optimization, low-dimensional modeling and other first principles. Recently I’m interested in diffusion models and multimodal LLMs, as well as their potential applications in scientific domains.
News
- [May 2024] Awarded the MICDE fellowship.
- [September 2023] Awarded the National Scholarship of China.