Renfeng Peng

Renfeng Peng is a Research Assistant at the Department of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), working with Prof. Fenglei Fan. He completed his Ph.D. in 2026 at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science (AMSS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), under the supervision of Prof. Ya-xiang Yuan. He received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and applied mathematics from the School of Mathematical Sciences, Tongji University, in 2021. His research interests include tensor optimization, manifold optimization, and machine learning.

  • Tensor optimization
  • Manifold optimization
  • Machine learning

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Education

  • 2021.09 – 2026.07

    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science

  • 2017.09 – 2021.07

    Tongji University

    School of Mathematical Sciences

Refereed papers & preprints

  1. Dynamics as Code: On Model Compression via Dynamic System
    Fan Gao, Wei Su, Juntong Fan, Renfeng Peng, Hongyu Liu, Jinqiao Duan, and Feng-Lei Fan
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2610.11115, 2026
  2. High-dimensional extreme eigenvalue problems: low-rank tensor parametrization and optimization
    Pengfei Hao, Renfeng Peng, Yang Kuang, and Bin Gao
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.30138, 2026
  3. Quotient geometry of tensor ring decomposition
    Bin Gao, Renfeng Peng, and Ya-xiang Yuan
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.21874, 2026
  4. Normalized tensor train decomposition
    Renfeng Peng, Chengkai Zhu, Bin Gao, Xin Wang, and Ya-xiang Yuan
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.04369, 2025
  5. Optimization on product manifolds under a preconditioned metric
    Bin Gao, Renfeng Peng, and Ya-xiang Yuan
    SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 2025
  6. First-order methods on bounded-rank tensors converging to stationary points
    Bin Gao, Renfeng Peng, and Ya-xiang Yuan
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.04523, 2025
  7. Low-rank optimization on Tucker tensor varieties
    Bin Gao, Renfeng Peng, and Ya-xiang Yuan
    Mathematical Programming, 2025
  8. Riemannian Optimization for Holevo Capacity
    Chengkai Zhu, Renfeng Peng, Bin Gao, and Xin Wang
    In 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2025
  9. Desingularization of bounded-rank tensor sets
    Bin Gao, Renfeng Peng, and Ya-xiang Yuan
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.14093, 2024
  10. Riemannian preconditioned algorithms for tensor completion via tensor ring decomposition
    Bin Gao, Renfeng Peng, and Ya-xiang Yuan
    Computational Optimization and Applications, 2024
  11. A second order numerical scheme for fractional option pricing models
    Ling-Xi Zhang, Ren-Feng Peng, and Jun-Feng Yin
    East Asian J. Appl. Math, 2021
🎓 Thesis
低秩张量优化问题的几何方法, Geometric methods for low-rank tensor optimization. Ph.D. thesis, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2026, in Chinese).

LRTCTR
A Matlab solver for low-rank tensor completion in tensor ring decomposition.
popman
A Matlab solver for preconditioned Riemannian optimization methods on product manifolds.
TRAM
Tucker rank-adaptive method for Tucker tensor completion.
TuckerDesing
A Matlab solver for low-rank Tucker tensor optimization via desingularization.
TuckerApoFree
First-order methods for low-rank Tucker tensor optimization converging to stationary points.
GeomNTT
A Matlab solver for optimization on NTT tensors.

Selected presentations

Date Place Conference
2026/04
Shanghai, China
2026 International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications
2025/08
Harbin, China
The 15th International Conference on Numerical Optimization and Numerical Linear Algebra
2025/07
Los Angeles, U.S.
International conference on continuous optimization
2024/11
Beijing, China
The 7th PKU PhD Symposium for Applied Mathematics

Selected awards

Date Award Presenter
2026/06
CAS President's Outstanding Award
CAS
2025/09
AMSS President's Special Award
AMSS
2024/09
Loo-Keng Hua Scholarship
AMSS
2021/09
Loo-Keng Hua Scholarship
AMSS

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Contact

renfpeng (a.t.) cityu.edu.hk

Workstation 7, Room 215, Innovation Centre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong