Zikai Xiong

Past Awards

2025
George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award: Second Place
Winning material: New Theory and New Practical Methods for Solving Large-Scale Linear and Conic Optimization
Optimization Society Student Paper Prize: Winner(s)
Winning material: Accessible Theoretical Complexity of the Restarted Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient Method for Linear Programs with Unique Optima


2024
George Nicholson Student Paper Competition: Finalist
Optimization Society Student Paper Prize: Honorable Mention
Winning material: Computational Guarantees for Restarted PDHG for LP Based on "Limiting Error Ratios" and LP Sharpness