Portrait of Zhiyuan Julian Su

I am a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, under the joint supervision of Prof. Vahid Tarokh (NAE Member, IEEE Fellow) and Prof. Xiang Cheng. My research focuses on reinforcement learning, sequential decision-making, online learning, and generative AI, with an emphasis on developing theoretically grounded and practically scalable methods.

I obtained my B.Eng. in Artificial Intelligence from Renmin University of China, working closely with Prof. Xiao Zhang and Prof. Qi Qi.

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Education

Durham, NC, USA
Aug 2026–Present
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Beijing, China
Sep 2022–Jun 2026
B.Eng. in Artificial Intelligence
Davis, CA, USA
Jan 2025–Mar 2025
Exchange, Mathematics & Statistics

Experience

Mitacs Globalink Research Internship
Halifax, NS, Canada
Jul 2025–Oct 2025
Visiting Researcher, Advisor: Prof. Ga Wu
Beijing, China
May 2024–Sep 2024
Summer Intern

Services

Reviewer
KDD 2025, TheWebConf 2026, AAAI 2027.

Contact

Wilkinson Engineering Building 432
Durham, NC 27705
Phone: +1 984 317 3082