Research Group
Principal Investigator
Daniel P. Palomar
Professor of Optimization
Grad Students
Aditya Mangla
MPhil student
2025 –
Amirhossein Javaheri
PhD student
2022 –
Arnau Vilella Piqué
PhD student
2024 –
Jong Ho Ju
MPhil student
2024 –
Runhao Shi
PhD student
2021 –
Vinayak Khurana
MPhil student
2025 –
Yifan Yu
PhD student
2022 –
Zhewei LI
PhD student
2025 –
Zixuan Jiang
PhD student
2023 –
Undergrad Students
Joel Solé Casale
Visiting BSc student
2025 –
Jonathan Rodríguez Barja
Visiting BSc student
2025 –
Alumni Exchange UPC-HKUST
Albert Fugardo Cortada
Visiting BSc student
2024 - 2025
Alejandro Martínez Sánchez
Visiting BSc student
2018 – 2019
Arnau Vilella Piqué
Visiting BSc student
2023 – 2024
Genís Floriach Pigem
Visiting MSc student
2018 – 2019
Guillermo Creus Botella
Visiting BSc student
2020 – 2021
Josep M. Gallegos
Visiting BSc student
2018 – 2019
Miguel Cidra Senra
Visiting BSc student
2019 – 2020
Pau Cartanya Caro
Visiting BSc student
2021 – 2022
Roger Romero Morral
Visiting BSc student
2019 – 2020
Víctor Domínguez Cámara
Visiting BSc student
2023
Alumni
Abolfazl Hashemi
Visiting UG student
2013
Antonio Pascual Iserte
Visiting Professor
2015
Arnaud Breloy
Visiting PhD student
2015
Benjamín Béjar
Visiting PhD student
2011
Francisco Rubio
Postdoc
2011 – 2012
Gesualdo Scutari
Postdoc
2007 – 2008
Italo Atzeni
Visiting PhD student
2013
Jasin Machkour
Visiting PhD student
2019 – 2020
Javier Vía
Visiting Professor
2009 – 2010
Jiaheng Wang
PhD
2006 – 2010
Jiaxi Ying
PhD student
2018 – 2022
Junxiao Song
PhD
2011 – 2015
Junyan Liu
PhD
2015 – 2020
Konstantinos Benidis
PhD
2013 – 2018
Licheng Zhao
PhD
2014 – 2018
Linlong Wu
PhD
2014 – 2018
Luis García Ordoñez
Postdoc 2009 – 2010
Maria Gregori
Visiting PhD student
2013 – 2014
Mengyi Zhang
PhD
2009 – 2013
Miquel Payaró
Postdoc
2007 – 2008
Prabhu Babu
Postdoc
2013 – 2016
Rena Chen
Research Assitant
2016
Rui Zhou
PhD
2017 – 2021
Sandeep Kumar
Postdoc
2017 – 2020
Shengjie Xiu
PhD student
2020 – 2024
Sun Ying
PhD
2011 – 2016
Svante Bergman
Visiting PhD student
2008
Tian Wang
MPhil
2008 – 2010
Tianyu Qiu
PhD
2014 – 2018
Vinícius Cardoso
PhD
2019 – 2023
Xiaoting Wu
MPhil
2006 – 2008
Xiwen Wang
PhD
2019 – 2023
Yang Yang
PhD
2009 – 2013
Yiyong Feng
PhD
2011 – 2015
Yongwei Huang
Postdoc
2009 – 2011
Zhongju Wang
PhD
2013 – 2017
Ziping Zhao
PhD
2014 – 2019
Ziyuan Dong
MPhil student
2020 –2022
Alumni
Alumni in the Financial Industry
| Rena Chen | Quantitative Strategies Summer Associate | Bank of America Merrill Lynch, New York, USA |
| Yiyong Feng | Research Analyst | Three Stones Capital Limited, Hong Kong |
| Mengyi Zhang | Quantitative Research Analyst | Smart Alpha Capital Management, Shenzhen, China |
| Francisco Rubio | Quantitative Analyst | LIM Advisors Ltd., Hong Kong |
| Tian Wang | Quantitative Analyst | Trivest Advisors Ltd., Shanghai, China |
Full List of Alumni
| Current position | Degree in our group | Degree period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rui Zhou | Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data | PhD student | 9/2017 – 8/2021 |
| Irtaza Khan | MPhil student | 9/2018 – 8/2021 | |
| Guillermo Creus Botella | Visiting BSc student | 9/2020 – 2/2021 | |
| Sandeep Kumar | Assistant Professor IIT Delhi, India | Postdoc | 4/2017 – 8/2020 |
| Roger Romero Morral | Visiting BSc student | 9/2019 – 2/2020 | |
| Miguel Cidra Senra | Visiting BSc student | 9/2019 – 2/2020 | |
| Jasin Machkour | Darmstadt University, Germany | Visiting PhD student | 9/2019 – 2/2020 |
| Junyan LIU | Theory Lab of Huawei, Hong Kong | PhD student | 9/2015 – 2/2020 |
| Ziping ZHAO | ShanghaiTech University | PhD student | 9/2014 – 11/2019 |
| Yiwei WANG | MPhil student | 9/2017 – 8/2019 | |
| Alejandro Martínez Sánchez | Visiting BSc student | 9/2018 – 4/2019 | |
| Genís Floriach Pigem | Visiting MSc student | 9/2018 – 2/2019 | |
| Josep M. Gallegos | Visiting BSc student | 9/2018 – 2/2019 | |
| Linlong WU | Univ. of Luxembourg | PhD student | 9/2014 – 9/2018 |
| Tianyu QIU | PhD student | 9/2014 – 8/2018 | |
| Licheng ZHAO | JD, China | PhD student | 9/2014 – 5/2018 |
| Konstantinos Benidis | Amazon, Germany | PhD student | 9/2013 – 2/2018 |
| Zhongju Wang | NEC, Japan | PhD student | 9/2013 – 8/2017 |
| Rena Chen | Bank of America Merrill Lynch, USA | Research Assistant | 1/2016 – 8/2016 |
| Ying Sun | The Pennsylvania State University, USA | PhD student | 9/2011 – 8/2016 |
| Prabhu Babu | CARE, IIT Delhi, India | Postdoc | 2/2013 – 1/2016 |
| Junxiao Song | NetEase, Inc., China | PhD student | 9/2010 – 8/2015 |
| Yiyong Feng | Credit Suisse, HK | PhD student | 9/2011 – 8/2015 |
| Arnaud Breloy | CentraleSupelec, Paris, France | Visiting PhD student | 6/2015 – 7/2015 |
| Maria Gregori | Visiting PhD student | 9/2013 – 2/2014 | |
| Italo Atzeni | Huawei, Paris, France | Visiting PhD student | 9/2013 – 12/2013 |
| Yang Yang | Univ. of Luxembourg | PhD student | 9/2009 – 8/2013 |
| Mengyi Zhang | Smart Alpha Capital Management, China | PhD student | 9/2009 – 8/2013 |
| Francisco Rubio | Sentient Tech. Holdings Ltd., HK | Postdoc | 1/2011 – 2/2012 |
| Hui Zhou | Visiting PhD student | 2/2011 – 8/2011 | |
| Yongwei Huang | Guangzhou Univ. of Tech., China | Research Associate | 4/2011 – 7/2011 |
| Benjamín Béjar | Swiss Data Science Center, Switzerland | Visiting PhD student | 1/2011 – 7/2011 |
| Frankie Chan | Postdoc | 4/2010 – 3/2011 | |
| Sudhir Singh | Visiting PhD student | 9/2010 – 12/2010 | |
| Francisco Rubio | Visiting Researcher | 8/2010 – 9/2010 | |
| Jiaheng Wang | Southeast University, China | PhD student | 9/2006 – 7/2010 |
| Luxmiram Vijayandran | Visiting PhD student | 2/2010 – 6/2010 | |
| Tian Wang | Tencent, China | MPhil student | 9/2008 – 7/2010 |
| Luis García Ordóñez | Huawei, Paris, France | Postdoc | 10/2009 – 4/2010 |
| Yongwei Huang | Research Associate | 8/2009 – 3/2010 | |
| Javier Vía | Univ. of Cantabria, Spain | Visiting Professor | 9/2009 – 1/2010 |
| Gesualdo Scutari | Purdue University, USA | Research Associate | 2/2009 – 12/2009 |
| Francisco Rubio | Visiting Researcher | 7/2009 – 9/2009 | |
| Francisco Rubio | Visiting Researcher | 7/2008 – 8/2008 | |
| Gesualdo Scutari | Postdoc | 5/2008 – 8/2008 | |
| Yongwei Huang | Postdoc | 2/2008 – 4/2009 | |
| Svante Bergman | Ericsson, Sweden | Visiting PhD student | 2/2008 – 5/2008 |
| Gesualdo Scutari | Postdoc | 9/2007 – 1/2008 | |
| Luis García Ordoñez | Visiting PhD student | 3/2007 – 9/2007 | |
| Miquel Payaró | CTTC, Barcelona | Postdoc | 2/2007 – 12/2008 |
| Jonathan Duplicy | Visiting PhD student | 11/2006 – 4/2007 | |
| Xiaoting Wu | Astri, HK | MPhil student | 9/2006 – 12/2008 |
How to get to HKUST from airport:
- Easiest and most expensive way: take a (red) taxi to HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon (make sure you print the address in Chinese to avoid misunderstandings and end up in another university). Price should be around HKD350 (USD45).
- Cheaper way: take the Airport Express train to Kowloon Station where you can take a (red) taxi to HKUST. The train fare is HKD90 (USD12) and the taxi fare is around HKD180 (USD23).
- Even cheaper: take the Airport bus A22 all the way to Lam Tin Bus Terminal where you can take a (red) taxi to HKUST. The bus fare for A22 is HKD39 (USD5) and the taxi is around HKD80 (USD10).
- Cheapest way: Take a bus E22A from the Airport (HKD24) that goes to Po Lam (through Choi Hung and Hang Hau). Then take any taxi (~HKD40) or bus 91M (HKD4.9) to HKUST.
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