CV

Curriculum Vitae of Jierui Zuo.

Contact Information

Name Jierui Zuo
Professional Title PhD Student in Information Systems
Email zuojr22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Professional Summary

I study AI, learning, and decision-making, with a focus on sequential decision-making, bandits, stochastic systems, and intelligent decision support. My research aims to build mathematically rigorous methods that connect learning, optimization, and emerging AI systems.

Education

  • 2026 - Present

    PhD
    University of Washington, Foster School of Business
    Information Systems
    • Research in AI, learning, and decision-making.
    • Focus on sequential decision-making, bandits, and intelligent decision support.
  • Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

    Exchange Student
    McGill University
    Mathematics and Operations Research
  • 2022 - 2026

    Bachelor's Degree
    Tsinghua University
    Information Systems
    • Undergraduate research in bandits, stochastic systems, and experiment design.
    • Worked on projects spanning choice bandits, best-arm identification, and online scheduling.

Projects

  • On Pareto Optimality in Parametric Choice Bandits

    Studied Pareto-optimality in parametric choice bandits and developed related theoretical results on efficient learning and tradeoffs.

  • Best-Arm Identification with LLM-Assisted Control Variates

    Developed learning-augmented methods for best-arm identification using LLM-assisted control variates, with an emphasis on finite-sample guarantees and empirical evaluation.

  • Experiment Design for Online Scheduling

    Studied experimental design and estimation methods for evaluating online scheduling policies, with a focus on rigorous comparisons under stochastic arrivals.

  • Deep Decision Optimization and SPO-related Methods

    Explored optimization-oriented learning methods related to decision-focused learning and SPO, with attention to fair empirical comparison and downstream decision quality.

Talks

Awards

  • 2025
    Comprehensive Merit Scholarship
    Tsinghua University

    Top 5% university-wide

  • 2025
    Overseas Research Funding
    Tsinghua University
  • 2024
    Zheng Weimin Scholarship
    Department of MSE, Tsinghua University

    Ranked No. 1 in MSE

  • 2024
    National Scholarship
    Chinese Ministry of Education

    Top 0.2% nationwide

  • 2023
    Comprehensive Merit Scholarship
    Tsinghua University

    Top 5% university-wide

  • 2023
    Top Sports Personality
    School of Economics and Management

    Top 10 in SEM

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