Hao-Jun Michael Shi

Welcome to my website! My full name is Hao-Jun Michael Shi, although I normally go by Michael.

Born and bred in California, I moved to the Chicago area to pursue my Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. My research interests are in numerical optimization and deep learning, with a focus on neural network training, stochastic optimization, noise-tolerant optimization, and derivative-free optimization. I've had the unique privilege of collaborating closely with industry, including Intel and Facebook, during my Ph.D. studies. Previously, I have interned at Facebook under the AI System Co-Design Team as a research intern working on training properties and compression algorithms for deep learning-based recommendation systems.

In my free time, I like to eat, sleep, read, watch/play/‘‘play’’ (2K) basketball, watch movies, play board games, root for UCLA sports teams, and spend time with my wife while attempting to entertain my cat Taro.