About Me
Hello! I’m an associate professor in the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University. My research interests focus on the mathematical foundations of machine learning and artificial intelligence. My previous work has concentrated on optimization theory, manifold learning, matrix factorization, dimensionality reduction, and lifelong learning.
0000-0002-7983-8134
Education & Research Experience
- - : Wuhan University of Technology, Information and Computational Science, Bachelor’s degree
- - : Zhejiang University, Computational Mathematics, Ph.D.
- - : National University of Singapore, Postdoctoral Research
- - : University of Toronto, Postdoctoral Research
Industry Experience
- - : Researcher at Tencent, Shenzhen
Selected Publications
- Quadratic Matrix Factorization with Applications to Manifold Learning, Zheng Zhai; Hengchao Chen; Qiang Sun, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IF: 20.8, Q1), 2024, Volume 46 Issue 9, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2024.3380568
- Uniform Projection for Multi-View Learning, Zhenyue Zhang, Zheng Zhai, Limin Li, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IF: 20.8, Q1), 2017, Volume 39 Issue 8, DOI: 10.1109/TPAMI.2016.2601608
- Subspace-constrained quadratic matrix factorization: Algorithm and applications, Zheng Zhai, Xiaohui Li, Pattern Recognition (IF: 7.5, Q1), DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2024.111333
- Rethinking softmax in incremental learning, Zheng Zhai, Jiali Zhang, Haiyu Wang, Mingxin Wu, Keshun Yang, Xiaoyan Qiao, Qiang Sun, Neural Networks (IF: 6.3, Q1), Volume 193, DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2025.108017
- Graph Refinement via Simultaneously Low-Rank and Sparse Approximation, Zhenyue Zhang, Zheng Zhai, Limin Li, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (IF: 3.0, Q1), 2022, Vol 44, Issue 3, DOI: 10.1137/21M1446459
- Bounded Projection Matrix Approximation with Applications to Community Detection, Zheng Zhai, Hengchao Chen, Qiang Sun, IEEE Signal Processing Letters (IF: 3.2, Q2), 2023, Vol 30, DOI: 10.1109/LSP.2023.3298282
- Sparse Projection Matrix Approximation and Its Applications, Zheng Zhai, Mingxin Wu, Jialu Xu, Xiaohui Li, IEEE Signal Processing Letters (IF: 3.2, Q2), Vol 32, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/LSP.2024.3519459
- Power Transformed Density Ridge Estimation, Hengchao Chen, Zheng Zhai (Corresponding author), IEEE Signal Processing Letters (IF: 3.2, Q2), Vol 32, 2025, DOI: 10.1109/LSP.2025.3549699
Join Us
For highly motivated students, please send an email to zhaizheng@bnu.edu.cn.