Personal profile
Personal profile
I am an Associate Professor at Department of Applied Mathematics, Xian Jiaotong - Liverpool University. For more information, see my personal homepage: https://yzhang1616.github.io/
Research interests
Computer Algebra
Algorithmic Combinatorics
Algebraic Theory of Differential and Difference Equations
Algebraic Statistics
Coding and Cryptography
Special Functions
Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China - 2025.01 to present
Assistant Professor, Department of Foundational Mathematics, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China - 2020.02 to 2024.12
Research Associate, Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, USA - 2018.09 to 2020.01
Postdoc Researcher, RICAM, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, Austria - 2017.03 to 2018.08
Teaching
MTH007 Linear Algebra, Fall 2025
MTH004 Multivariate Calculus, Spring 2025
MTH007 Linear Algebra, Fall 2024
MTH004 Multivariate Calculus, Spring 2024
MTH007 Linear Algebra, Fall 2023
MTH004 Multivariate Calculus, Spring 2023
MTH007 Linear Algebra, Fall 2022
MTH008 Multivariate Calculus, Spring 2022
MTH117 Analysis 1, Fall 2021
MTH008 Multivariate Calculus, Spring 2021
MTH117 Analysis 1, Fall 2020
MTH008 Multivariate Calculus, Spring 2020
Awards and honours
2022 Backbone Scientific and Education Talents Suzhou
2021 Jiangsu Province Innovation Entrepreneurship Doctor-Talent Program
2016 ISSAC Distinguished Student Author Award, SIGSAM, ACM
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria - 2017.02
Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China - 2016.07
B.Sc., Soochow University, Suzhou, China - 2011.07
Research areas
- Computer Algebra
- Algorithmic Combinatorics
- Algebraic Theory of Differential and Difference Equations
- Algebraic Statistics
- Coding and Cryptography
- Special Functions
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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基于RISC-V架构的高性能抗量子密码芯片关键技术研发
Ding, J. (PI), Zeng, N. (Team member) & Zhang, Y. (Team member)
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Governmental Research Project
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The research on the cycle structure and complexity of nonlinear feedback shift registers sequences
Zhang, Y. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Theory and algorithms of algebraic differential and difference equations based on symbolic computation
Zhang, Y. (PI)
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Algebraic and Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations Based on Computer Algebra
Zhang, Y. (PI), Chen, F. (Team member) & Zhu, X. (Team member)
1/10/21 → 30/09/23
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Algebraic and Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations Based on Computer Algebra
Zhang, Y. (PI)
1/03/21 → 28/02/24
Project: Internal Research Project
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Unimodality Preservation by Ratios of Functional Series and Integral Transforms
Karp, D., Vishnyakova, A. & Zhang, Y., Jun 2025, In: Results in Mathematics. 80, 4, 112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Log-concavity and log-convexity of series containing multiple Pochhammer symbols
Karp, D. & Zhang, Y., Feb 2024, In: Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis. 27, 1, p. 458-486 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Twisted Mahler Discrete Residues
Arreche, C. & Zhang, Y., 24 Oct 2024, In: International Mathematics Research Notices. 2024, 23, p. 14259--14288Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Convergent expansions and bounds for the incomplete elliptic integral of the second kind near the logarithmic singularity
Karp, D. & Zhang, Y., 1 Nov 2023, In: Mathematics of Computation. 92, 344, p. 2769-2794 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Computing differential Galois groups of second-order linear q-difference equations
Arreche, C. E. & Zhang, Y., Jan 2022, In: Advances in Applied Mathematics. 132, 102273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Chinese Society of Computer Mathematics (External organisation)
Zhang, Y. (Member)
18 Apr 2026Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Convergent Expansions and Bounds for the Incomplete Elliptic Integral of the Second Kind near the Logarithmic Singularity
Zhang, Y. (Speaker)
17 Apr 2026 → 20 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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CM2026 (the 16th Annual Conference on Computer Mathematics, Chinese Mathematical Society)
Zhang, Y. (Member of programme committee)
17 Apr 2026 → 20 Apr 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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CM2025 (the 15th Annual Conference on Computer Mathematics, Chinese Mathematical Society)
Zhang, Y. (Member of programme committee)
8 Aug 2025 → 11 Aug 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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The Expansion Complexity of Ultimately Periodic Sequences over Finite Fields
Zhang, Y. (Speaker)
8 Aug 2025 → 11 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk