Duan Tu | 涂端



Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois Chicago
Office: SEO 1323
Email:   dtu4 at uic dot edu
Pronouns: she/her/hers

This website was last updated on 7/28/2025.

I am a PhD candidate at the MSCS Department of the University of Illinois Chicago. I am fortunate to be advised by Lev Reyzin. I am part of the Mathematical Computer Science group, and my research focuses on using combinatorics and probability theory to study theoretical computer science problems. Recently, I also started to learn about and work on problems in deep learning. I am currently on the job market.

Before UIC, I was an undergraduate student at the University of Florida, where I majored in math and did a minor in violin performance. And before that, I attended the United World College, USA in Montezuma, NM.

My CV can be found here.

News

I will be attending the Machine Learning Theory Summer School at Princeton August 12 - 21, 2025.

Research

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Theoretical Computer Science

  1. On Sample Reuse Methods for Answering k-wise Statistical Queries.
    Lev Reyzin*, Duan Tu*.
    18th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (ISAIM 2024).[Conference]
    Invited to submit to Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AMAI) special issue on ISAIM 2024.
    Presentations:

  2. On Lower Bounds For Local Versions of Metric Embeddings.
    Vishesh Jain*, Duan Tu*.
    Submitted.

  3. Efficient Base Synopsis Generator for Private Data Release.
    Lev Reyzin*, Duan Tu*.
    In preparation.

Mathematical Biology

  1. Microglia Senescence Occurs in Both Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Area.
    Fatemeh Shaerzadeh, Leah Phan, Douglas Miller, Maxwell Dacquel, William Hachmeister, Carissa Hansen, Alexandra Bechtle, Duan Tu, Maia Martcheva, Thomas Foster, Ashok Kumar, Wolfgang Streit, Habibeh Khoshbouei.
    Glia. 2020;68 (11), 2228-2245. [Journal]
    Presentations:

Teaching and Mentoring

University of Illinois Chicago