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Presenting in the INFORMS 2026 Job Market Showcase

Presenting Stochastic Auto-conditioned Fast Gradient Methods with Optimal Rates in the Stochastic and Decentralized Optimization Job Market Showcase.

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Co-organizing a Session on Stochastic Optimization for RL at INFORMS 2026

Co-organizing Recent Progress in Stochastic Optimization for Reinforcement Learning with Yan Li at the 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

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Co-organizing a Session on Stochastic Optimization at INFORMS 2026

Co-organizing New Advances in Stochastic Optimization, Theories and Methodologies with Hongcheng Liu at the 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

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Yao Ji

Fall 2026 academic job market

Seeking position in operations research.

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Attending ColOpt 2026

Attended ColOpt 2026 at Lehigh University, including a funding-agencies session for early-career researchers.

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Talk at MOPTA 2026

Gave a talk on Stochastic Auto-conditioned Fast Gradient Methods with Optimal Rates at MOPTA 2026, Lehigh University.

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Co-organizing Two Sessions at MOPTA 2026

Co-organized and co-chaired two sessions on stochastic optimization and variational inequalities with Tianjiao Li at MOPTA 2026.

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Poster at Southern California OR/OM Day

Presented a poster on Stochastic Auto-conditioned Fast Gradient Methods with Optimal Rates at SoCal OR/OM Day, USC Marshall.

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Seminar at Clemson University

Gave a seminar at Clemson's School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences on Stochastic Auto-conditioned Fast Gradient Methods with Optimal Rates.

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Field Visit to Gwinnett County Wastewater Facility

Visited the Gwinnett County wastewater facility with collaborators, marking the start of a new project on reinforcement learning for environmental systems.

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