About Me
I am a third-year CS Theory PhD student in Optimization and Machine Learning Lab at Penn State.
- Advisors: Mehrdad Mahdavi, Chunhao Wang
You can find my resume here.
See also: Google Scholar, Linkedin, Github.
Research Interests
Probabilistic Algorithms, Theoretical Machine Learning/Optimization, Deep Learning, Quantum Information Processing, Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Optimization.
Publications
- Guneykan Ozgul, Xiantao Li, Mehrdad Mahdavi, Chunhao Wang. Stochastic quantum sampling for non-logconcave distributions and estimating partition functions, 2023. Preprint. Link.
Education
B.S. Computer Engineering / Physics, Boğaziçi University, 2012-2018
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2021-Present
Teaching
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CMPSC 448 (Machine Learning and Algorithmic AI), Spring 2023, TA
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CMPSC 497 (Introduction to Quantum Computing), Fall 2022, TA
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CMPSC 448 (Machine Learning and Algorithmic AI), Spring 2022, TA
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CMPSC 497 (Introduction to Quantum Computing), Fall 2021, TA
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.” -Yogi Berra