Dr. Yunpeng Shi

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Yunpeng Shi is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Mathematics. He completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Minnesota, under the supervision of Prof. Gilad Lerman. His research interests lie in 3D Computer Vision and Image Processing, specifically focusing on Cryo-electron Microscopy Imaging, Robust Estimation, Outlier Detection, and Scalable Computational Methods. He has contributed to various prominent conferences and journals including NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, and has been involved in academic services such as serving as an Area Chair for NeurIPS and ICML. Dr. Shi is actively seeking Ph.D. students and encourages interested candidates to reach out with their CVs. He is known for his contributions in optimal transport and manifold learning, along with his work on global camera pose estimation and image alignment techniques, where he has published several influential papers.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2023-09-01 — Present

University of California, Davis • Davis, CA

Teaching and conducting research in mathematics, focusing on computer vision and image processing.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

2020-01-01 — 2023-01-01

Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University • Princeton, NJ

Conducted research under supervision of Prof. Amit Singer.

Requirements for University of California, Davis

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field ECS 120 (Theory of Computation) ECS 122A (Algorithm Design and Analysis) ECS 140A (Programming Languages) or ECS 160 (Software Engineering) ECS 150 (Operating Systems) or ECS 154B (Computer Architecture)
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Application fee
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science. GRE is NOT required.