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Quanquan Gu

Reinforcement Learning Computational Genomics Non-convex Optimization Statistical Machine Learning
University of California, Los Angeles Samueli Computer Science

About

Quanquan Gu is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Samueli School of Engineering, where he conducts research in machine learning, data mining, and optimization algorithms with applications spanning deep learning, reinforcement learning, and computational genomics. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign in 2014 and previously held faculty positions at the University of Virginia and postdoctoral research experience at Princeton University. Gu has received numerous awards for his work, including the NSF CAREER Award, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, AWS Machine Learning Research Award, and other honors that recognize his contributions to statistical machine learning and non‑convex optimization. His research aims to build the theoretical foundations of modern AI methods and apply them to complex data problems in science and engineering.

Research Performance Summary

335
Total Papers
28807
Total Citations
80
H-Index
2008-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

A similarity measure under Log-Euclidean metric for stereo matching

Year: 2008

Citations: 12

Venue: 2008 19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition

Latest Recorded Paper

Scalable Spatio-Temporal SE (3) Diffusion for Long-Horizon Protein Dynamics

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.02128

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
4
2025
39
2024
49
2023
44
2022
27
2021
34
2020
29
2019
15
2018
15
2017
11
2016
13

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 141
Journal 10
Book 2

Top Coauthors

Zhou Wang Zhang

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 43
Citations 649
Avg. Citations / Paper 15.1
H-Index 8

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 183
Citations 12711
Avg. Citations / Paper 69.5
H-Index 58

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 62
Citations 5897
Avg. Citations / Paper 95.1
H-Index 32

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 31
Citations 8837
Avg. Citations / Paper 285.1
H-Index 24

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 16
Citations 713
Avg. Citations / Paper 44.6
H-Index 9

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

qgu@cs.ucla.edu
3107944950

Detected Research Keywords

Reinforcement Learning Linear Linear Function Approximation Markov Decision Processes Convolutional Neural Networks Nearly Minimax Optimal Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Learning Linear Mixture Learning Linear Function Data Cyber Physical Stochastic Gradient Descent