Ernest K. Ryu

Home Bio and CV News Teaching Book Publications Videos Software Group Ernest K. Ryu Associate Professor Department of Mathematics University of California, Los Angeles On leave (Jan 2026) Member of Technical Staff, OpenAI Research Interests Deep learning theory and optimization theory. Education and Experience University of California, Los Angeles Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics (26-) Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics (24-26) Fall 2024 – Seoul National University Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences March 2020 – Spring 2024 University of California, Los Angeles Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics July 2016 – December 2019 Stanford University Ph.D. in Computational and Mathematical Engineering M.S. in Statistics September 2010 – June 2016 California Institute of Technology B.S. in Physics B.S. in Electrical Engineering September 2006 – June 2010 Awards Sloan Research Fellowship, 2025 INFORMS Optimization Society Young Researchers Prize, 2024 Education Prize, College of Natural Science, SNU, 2024 KSIAM Outstanding Young Investigator Award, 2023 Excellent Research Award, College of Natural Science, SNU, 2023 Samsung Science & Technology Foundation Grant (No. SSTF-BA2101-02), 2021 Gene Golub Best Thesis Award, 2016 Simons Math+X Graduate Fellowship, 2012 NASA Tech Brief Award, 2011 DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (SCGF), 2010 Caltech Upper Class Merit Award, 2008 Miscellaneous My Mathematics Genealogy Erdös number: 3 (Stephen Boyd → Persi Diaconis → Paul Erdös) Contact Ernest K. Ryu (310) 794-6646 Mathematical Sciences Building 7619B 520 Portola Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095