About Me
I am Yulong Dong, a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley. I got my BS in Chemical Physics with honor at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2018.
My undergraduate research was mainly about statistical mechanics and applied variance reduction of Monte Carlo estimate. I did my undergraduate thesis under the supervision of Prof. Zhonghuai Hou in the department of chemical physics at USTC.
As a graduate student at Berkeley, I am coadvised by Prof. Lin Lin in Mathematics and Prof. K. Birgitta Whaley in Chemistry. My research interest lies broadly in quantum algorithms, numerical linear algebra, applied numerical analysis of optimization and control theory.
Education
- University of California, Berkeley Aug. 2018 -- Present
- Ph.D. Student in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics
- Advisors: Professor Lin Lin (Mathematics) and Professor K. Birgitta Whaley (Chemistry)
- University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Sep. 2014 -- Jul. 2018
- B.S. in Chemical Physics, with honor, Department of Chemical Physics
- Overall GPA: 4.07/4.30 (93.69/100) 178.5 credits
Academic Performance
| Courses | Instructors | Scores | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYSICS 221A Quantum Mechanics | Prof. Robert Littlejohn | A+ | 5 |
| PHYSICS 221B Quantum Mechanics | Prof. Robert Littlejohn | A | 5 |
| PHYSICS 211 Equilibrium Statistical Physics | Prof. Dung-Hai Lee | A+ | 4 |
| PHYSICS 212 Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics | Prof. Dung-Hai Lee | A | 4 |
| PHYSICS 209 Classical Electromagnetism | Prof. Martin White | A+ | 5 |
| PHYSICS 240A Quantum Theory of Solids | Prof. Steven Louie | A+ | 4 |
| MATH 214 Differentiable Manifolds | Dr. Peng Zhou | A | 4 |
| MATH 221 Advanced Matrix Computations | Prof. James Demmel | A | 4 |
| MATH 228A Numerical Solution of Differential Equations | Prof. Jon Wilkening | A+ | 4 |
| STAT C205A/MATH C218A Probability Theory | Prof. Shirshendu Ganguly | A+ | 4 |
| MATH 228B Numerical Solution of Differential Equations | Prof. Jon Wilkening | A+ | 4 |
| MATH 275 Quantum Algorithms for Scientific Computation | Prof. Lin Lin | A | 4 |
| CS 294 Intro to Research in Quantum Computation | Prof. Umesh Vazirani | A | 2 |
Honors and Awards
- 2018 Honor for Graduation at USTC
- 2017 Guo Moruo Scholarship, USTC
- 2016 National Scholarship of China
- 2015 National Scholarship of China
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant of Quantum Physics, USTC
- 02/2017 -- 06/2017
- Instructor: Prof. Qunxiang Li, Course Number: 00315801
- Teaching Assistant of Linear Algebra B1, USTC
- 09/2017 -- 01/2018
- Instructor: Prof. Yiqian Shi, Course Number: 00151904
- Graduate Student Instructor of Quantum Information Science and Technology, UC Berkeley
- 01/2020 -- 05/2020
- Course Number: CS/PHYSICS/CHEM C191
- Graduate Student Instructor of Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, UC Berkeley
- 08/2022 -- 12/2022
- Course Number: MATH 54