Summary of Research
My research interests are in problems spanning machine learning, statistics, and applied mathematics. I'm particularly interested in efficient numerical algorithms for generative modeling, sampling, and statistical inference.
Publications
M. S. Zhang, S. Huan, J. Huang, N. M. Boffi, S. Chen, and S. Chewi, "Sublinear iterations can suffice even for DDPMs," Nov. 06, 2025, arXiv: arXiv:2511.04844. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2511.04844.
S. Huan, J. Guinness, M. Katzfuss, H. Owhadi, and F. Schaefer, "Sparse Inverse Cholesky Factorization of Dense Kernel Matrices by Greedy Conditional Selection," SIAM/ASA J. Uncertainty Quantification, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 1649-1679, Sep. 2025, doi: 10.1137/23M1606253.
Awards
President's Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) Salary Award, 2022, 2023
PURA Travel Award to present at SIAM MDS22, 2022
Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium College of Computing's 2nd place poster, 2022