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.
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:
Jan 2024, UIC Graduate Student Colloquium, Chicago, IL
Jan 2024, ISAIM 2024, Fort Lauderdale, FL
July, 2023, SLMath: Mathematics of Big Data: Sketching and (Multi-) Linear Algebra SLMath Summer Graduate School, IBM Research Almaden, CA
On Lower Bounds For Local Versions of Metric Embeddings.
Vishesh Jain*, Duan Tu*.
Submitted.
Efficient Base Synopsis Generator for Private Data Release.
Lev Reyzin*, Duan Tu*.
In preparation.
Mathematical Biology
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:
Nov 2019, NIMBioS Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, UT Knoxville, TN
Teaching and Mentoring
University of Illinois Chicago
Instructor
Math 182 Emerging Scholars Workshop for Calculus II: Spring '24