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Yu (Anna) Luo

Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics — UC Davis
Computational algebraic geometry · Tensor decomposition · Optimization

About

I am a Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Davis, co-advised by Jesús De Loera and Alexander S. Wein. My research interests include computational convex geometry, optimization, and algorithms for overcomplete tensor decomposition.

Current projects: (i) critical points of slabs of the hypercube (computational geometry & combinatorial optimization), (ii) Koszul–Young flattenings for symmetric overcomplete tensor decomposition.

Publications & Preprints

  • Symmetric Extension of Overcomplete Tensor Decomposition via Koszul–Young Flattenings Y. Luo , A. S. Wein (reference of interest)

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  • Traders in a Strange Land: Agent-Based Discrete-Event Market Simulation of the Figgie Card Game — S. DiSilvio, Y. Luo, A. Ozerov

Selected Talks

  • Hypercube slabs and moment methods — UC Davis CACAO Seminar, 2025.
  • Serial Lectures on Fourier analysis on polytopes by Sinai Robins — UC Davis CACAO Seminar, 2025.

Teaching

  • UC Davis — Fall 2025: TA for MAT167 Optimization.
  • UC Davis — Spring 2025: TA for MAT17C Biocalculus & Linear Algebra.
  • UC Davis — Winter 2025: TA for MAT17B Biocalculus & Linear Algebra.
  • UC Davis — Fall 2024: TA for MAT21C Calculus: Partial Derivatives and Series.
  • UC Davis — Spring 2024: TA for MAT17C Biocalculus & Linear Algebra.
  • UC Davis — Spring 2025: TA for MAT17B Biocalculus & Linear Algebra.
  • UC Davis — Spring 2025: TA for MAT17C Biocalculus & Linear Algebra.
  • Columbia University — Spring 2022: TA for IEOR4700 Intro to Financial Engineering.
  • Columbia University — Fall 2021: TA for IEOR4700 Intro to Financial Engineering.

Contact

Email: ayuluo@ucdavis.edu  ·  Office: Mathematical Sciences Building 3125, UC Davis

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