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Personal profile
Associate Professor in pure mathematics at XJTLU
Research interests
Geometric group theory, Low-dimensional topology, Hyperbolic geometry, Coarse geometry, Teichmueller theory, Dynamical systems
Experience
Associate Professor in Pure Mathematics, XJTLU, 2025 - present
Assistant Professor in Pure Mathematics, XJTLU, 2020 - 2024
Postdoctoral Scholar, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 2017 - 2020
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Oklahoma, 2014 - 2017
Research Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, Fall 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, ICERM, Brown University, Fall 2013
Teaching
MTH230 Symmetries in Geometry (module leader), XJTLU, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025
MTH107, Advanced Linear Algebra (module leader), XJTLU, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
MTH108, Dynamic Modelling, XJTLU, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
MTH017, Linear Algebra for Mathematical Sciences, XJTLU, Fall 2020
Hyperbolic Geometry (graduate level), OIST
Algebraic Topology (graduate level), OIST
Linear Algebra, University of Oklahoma
Calculus II, III, and IV, University of Oklahoma
Discrete Mathematics, University of Sydney
Awards and honours
Science and Education Key Talents, 2022, Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation Zone
First batch of Gusu Innovation and Entrepeneurship Leading Talents, 2022, SIP
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
PhD University of Warwick, 2009 - 2013
BSc (Hons) University of Sydney, 2005 - 2008
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Applications of state complexes to AI gridworlds
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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Combinatorial complexes and geometric structures on surfaces
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Combinatorial complexes and geometric structures on surfaces
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Governmental Research Project
Research output
- 9 Article
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Detecting danger in gridworlds using Gromov’s Link Condition
Burns, T. F. & Tang, R., 6 Dec 2023, In: Transactions on Machine Learning Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rigidity of the saddle connection complex
Disarlo, V., Randecker, A. & Tang, R., Sept 2022, In: Journal of Topology. 15, 3, p. 1248-1310 63 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Affine diffeomorphism groups are undistorted
Tang, R., Sept 2021, In: Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 104, 2, p. 747-769 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Large-scale geometry of the saddle connection graph
Disarlo, V., Pan, H., Randecker, A. & Tang, R., Nov 2021, In: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 374, 11, p. 8101-8129 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Cubical geometry in the polygonalisation complex
Bell, M. C., Disarlo, V. & Tang, R., 1 Jul 2019, In: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 167, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Participating in an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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The 25th East China Topology Conference
Fangting Zheng (Organiser), Li Cai (Organiser), Alastair Darby (Organiser), Ye Liu (Organiser), Gang Liu (Organiser), Robert Tang (Organiser) & Yuhang Liu (Participant)
16 Dec 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …