LabCompass

Miaolan Xie

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2016Rising activity

Publications

20

Citations

66

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

11

Publishing since 2016

Research summary
AI-generated

Miaolan Xie works on the mathematical foundations of optimization algorithms used to train machine learning models, particularly methods that must cope with noisy or randomly sampled data (called 'stochastic' optimization). Much of this work develops theoretical guarantees—proofs about how quickly and reliably these algorithms converge—for methods like quasi-Newton, trust-region, and sequential quadratic programming approaches. The research also touches on feature selection (choosing which input variables matter most) and has some applied projects in reinforcement learning and computer graphics.

Stochastic optimization algorithmsTheoretical complexity and convergence guaranteesAdaptive and regularization methods for machine learningFeature selection and sparse modelingNonlinear and constrained optimization

Publication output has grown over the past decade, with sparse activity before 2021 followed by a marked increase in recent years, including a notably high count projected for 2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
172018: 1 publication1819202021: 4 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 5 publications5232024: 2 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 5 publications526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×12
  • SIAM Journal on Optimization×2
  • Mathematical Programming×1
  • Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications×1
  • UWSpace (University of Waterloo)×1
Similar researchers
By research-topic overlap
  • Kaiyi Ji

    Computer Science · The Ohio State University

  • Anuran Makur

    Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

  • Abolfazl Hashemi

    Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

  • Haoyu Wang

    Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

  • Gregory Dexter

    Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

Claim or correct this profile