Yao Li - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Yao Li
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Department of Mathematics
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Research Interests
Stochastic Dynamical Systems, Stochastic Processes, Stochastic differential equations
– Applications to mathematical physics and complex biological networks
– Numerical Analysis, Monte Carlo simulations
Employment
Courant Instructor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 2012 – present
Teaching Assistant, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007–2012
Research Assistant, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009 summer and 2012
summer
Education
Ph.D in Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
Advisor: Yingfei Yi
B.S. in Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2007.
Grants
NSF grant DMS-1517205 Asymptotic behavior of dynamical systems with random forcing, total of $112,643.00,
2015-2018, sole PI, Pending
Publications and Preprints
1. Polynomial convergence to equilibrium for a system of interacing particles (with Lai-Sang Young),
Preprint 2014
2. Local thermodynamic equilibrium for some multidimensional stochastic models (with Peter Nandori
and Lai-Sang Young), Under Review
3. On the stochastic modification of locally confined particle systems, Under Review
4. Systematic measures of biological networks, part I: Invariant measures and entropy (with Yingfei
Yi), Under Review
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5. Systematic measures of biological networks, part II: Degeneracy, complexity and robustness. (with
Yingfei Yi), Under Review
6. Convergence to global equilibrium for Fokker-Planck equations on a graph and talagrand-type inequalities (with Rui Che, Wen Huang and Prasad Tetali), Under Review
7. A limiting strategy for the back and forth error compensation and correction method for solving
advection equations (with Lili Hu, Yingjie Liu), Under Review
8. Nonequilibrium steady states for a class of particle systems (with Lai-Sang Young), Nonlinearity
27(3), 607, 2014
9. Existence of nonequilibrium steady state for a simple model of heat conduction (with Lai-Sang
Young), Journal of Statistical Physics, pp. 1170-1193, 2013
10. Quantifying degeneracy, complexity and robustness in biological systems (with Gaurav Dwivedi,
Wen Huang, Melissa L. Kemp and Yingfei Yi), Journal of Theoretical Biology, 302:2938, 2012
11. Fokker-Planck equation for a free energy functional or markov process on a graph (with Shui-Nee
Chow, Wen Huang, Hao-min Zhou), Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, Volume 205, pp. 9691008, 2011
12. A free energy based mathematical study for molecular motors (with Shui-Nee Chow, Wen Huang,
Hao-min Zhou), Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, Volume 16, Issue 1-2, pp. 117-127, 2010
Selected Presentations
Mixing Rates of Interacting Particle Systems (Nov. 6th, 2014), Math Physics Seminar, Georgia Tech
Nonequilibrium Steady States for Particle Systems (Jul. 10th, 2014), The 10th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Madrid, Spain
Nonequilibrium Steady States for Particle Systems (May 13th, 2014), 111th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University
Nonequilibrium Steady States for a class of Particle Systems (Jan. 5th, 2014), Dynamics Days, Georgia
Tech
Asymptotic Effects of Small Random Perturbation (Mar. 20, 2013), First International Conference on
Dynamics of Differential Equations, Georgia Tech
Small Random Perturbation in Dynamical Systems - Theory and Application (Sep. 28, 2012), Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Fokker-Planck equation and 2-Wasserstein space on a graph ( Jan. 14 2011), Workshop on Functional
Inequalities and Discrete Spaces, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
Mathematical Modeling in Industry XIV - 1st CIMAT-IMA-PIMS Workshop, (Aug. 1-11, 2010), Guanajuato, Mexico
The Fokker-Planck Equation on Discrete Space (Apr.13 2010), PDE seminar, Georgia Tech
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Student Supervision
Mr. Haipeng Gao - Master’s thesis: A numerical investigation of some stochastic thermal conduction models,
Since May 2014
Mr. Ye Wang - Master’s thesis: A comparison of GARCH and stochastic volatility option pricing models,
Since May 2014
Teaching
2015 Spring: Ordinary Differential Equations
2014 Fall: Analysis I
2014 Spring: Linear Algebra
2013 Fall: Calculus I
2013 Spring: Linear Algebra
2012 Fall: Discrete Mathematics
2011 Summer: Classical Mathematical Methods in Engineering
2010 Summer: Linear Algebra
Recitation Class TA : Calculus I-III, Differential Equations (2008 – 2012)
Programming Skills
Proficient in C/C++, Matlab, Mathematica; Familiar with Python, SAS, R
Proficient in high performance computing (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA .etc)
Last updated: November 2014
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/ yaoli