About Me


I am Ben-Zheng Li (李本正), a PhD candidate (advised by Prof. Xi-Le Zhao) with the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China. My Ph.D. research project is "Modeling and Algorithm for High-dimensional Data Processing". It was conducted under the support of the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST - Doctoral Student Special Plan, and was supported by the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM). My research interests include (but are not limited to) high-dimensional data processing, tensor modeling, and efficient algorithms.

Experiences

  • 09/2022-12/2025: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC); PhD Student in Applied Mathematics (Supervisor: Prof. Xi-Le Zhao)

  • 11/2024-10/2025: National University of Singapore (NUS); Visiting PhD Student in Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science (Supervisor: Prof. Delin Chu)

  • 09/2019-06/2022: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC); Master Student in Applied Mathematics (Supervisor: Prof. Xi-Le Zhao)

  • 09/2015-06/2019: East China University of Technology (ECUT); Bachelor student in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (Supervisor: Prof. Guang Zeng)


News


(For the full list of news please check the News tab.)

  • March 2026: I started an assistant professor position at the Central China Normal University (CCNU), China.

  • November 2025: Our paper "Importance-Aware Nonlocal Tensor Nuclear Norm for High-Dimensional Image Recovery" (authors: Ben-Zheng Li, Xi-Le Zhao, Hao Zhang, Delin Chu) was accepted to Inverse Problems (IP).

  • November 2025: I successfully passed my PhD defense today. It has been a great milestone in my academic journey. My sincere thanks go to my supervisor Prof. Xi-Le Zhao for his continuous guidance and invaluable support throughout the preparation of the defense materials.

  • June 2025: Our paper "Dictionary-Based Block Term Decomposition for Third-Order Tensors" (authors: Ben-Zheng Li, Xi-Le Zhao, Hao Zhang, Delin Chu) was accepted to SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences (SIIMS).

  • Jan 2025: I am delighted to be awarded the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program – Doctoral Student Special Plan (中国科协青年人才托举工程博士生专项) by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), and was supported by the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM).

  • July 2024: I am delighted to be awarded the scholarship under the China Scholarship Council (CSC). I will pursue my studies as a Visiting PhD student (advised by Prof. Delin Chu) in the Department of Mathematics at the National University of Singapore (NUS).


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