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Contents

Education and Job History
Research Interests
Former Ph.D. Students
Honorary Affiliations
Prizes and Awards
Membership and Services
Recent Conference Organizations
Recent Reports and Papers
Past Reports and Papers

Education and Job History

• 2011 -               Professor and Department Head, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, College of Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota.
• 2002 - 2010:    Professor, Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• 1999 - 2001:    Associate Professor, Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• 1993 - 1999:    universitair docent, Econometrische Instituut, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.
• 1991 - 1993:    universitair docent, Vakgroep Econometrie, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
• June 1991:        Ph.D., Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University.
• June 1984:        B.Sc., Department of Mathematics, Fudan University.

Research Interests

• Optimization
• Operations Research
• Mathematical Programming
• Semidefinite Programming
• Financial Engineering
• Stochastic Programming

Former Ph.D. Students

• Man Hong Wong. Thesis: Robust Approach to Risk Management and Statistical Analysis, 2012.
• Bilian Chen. Thesis: Optimization with Block Variables: Theory and Applications, 2012.
• Xiaoguo Wang. Thesis: A Study of System Efficiencies Through Game Theory and Optimization, 2011.
• Zhening Li. Thesis: Polynomial Optimization Problems: Approximation Algorithms and Applications, 2011.
• Hongzhi He, (co-supervision with Youyi Feng and Frank Chen). Thesis: A Hub-to-Hub Revenue Management Model, 2010.
• Simai He. Thesis: Aspects of the Bridge Between Optimization and Game Theory, 2009.
• Li Chen. Thesis: Risk Measures, Robust Portfolios, and Other Minimax Models, 2008.
• Jiang Xie. Thesis: Constrained Portfolio Selection via High Performance Optimization Techniques, 2006.
• Yongwei Huang. Thesis: Complex Quadratic Optimization via Semidefinite Programming: Models and Applications, 2005.
• Xiaoqing Wang, (co-supervision with David Yao). Thesis: Theory and Algorithms for Separated Continuous Linear Programming and Its Extensions, 2005.
• Jianfeng Liang, (co-supervision with Duan Li). Thesis: Optimal Portfolio Selection: Models, Analysis, and Solution Methods, 2004.
• Jos F. Sturm. Thesis: Primal-Dual Interior Point Approach to Semidefinite Programming, 1997.

Honorary Affiliations

• Distinguished Honorary Professor, School of Management, Fudan University (2008 - 2011).
• Member of the Chair Professor Team, Tsinghua University (2009 - 2010).
• Adjunct Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (2009 - 2012).
• Adjunct Professor, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (2007 - ).
• Honorary Dean of School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (2003 - 2006).
• Adjunct Professor at School of Science, Shanghai University (1997 - ).

Prizes and Awards

• IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award, 2009. (Zhi-Quan Luo and Shuzhong Zhang, Dynamic Spectrum Management: Complexity and Duality, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, volume 2,  pages 57 - 73, 2008).
• SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize, 2003. (D.D. Yao, S. Zhang, X.Y. Zhou, Stochastic LQ Control via Semidefinite Programming, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, volume 40, pages 801-823, 2001). The SIAM Outstanding Paper Prizes were introduced in 1999, and are awarded annually. Three winners were selected each year among all the papers published in the 13 SIAM journals in the three years prior to the year of the award.
• Young Researcher Award, 2003 (HK$100,000). One recipient each faculty per year.
• The Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award, 2001. (Each faculty one recipient a year).
• Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001.
• Erasmus University Research Prize, 1999  (NLG15,000 ≈ €6,800). This prize is at the whole university level (7 faculties); one recipient a year.
• Listed Number 6 of Top 40 Dutch Economists, 1999.
• Ph.D. Thesis won runner-up prize for the 1991 TIMS College On Location Analysis best dissertation award.

Membership and Services

• Member of the University Senate, University of Minnesota (2012 - 2015).
• Vice President of the Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) (2008 - 2012).
• Council Member-at-Large of Mathematical Programming Society (2006 - 2009).
• Member of INFORMS (INstitute For Operations Research and Management Science), MPS (Mathematical Programming Society) and SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics).
• Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews.
• Editorial Board member of:
  • Journal of the Operations Research Society of China (2012 - ).
  • Operations Research (2006 - ).
  • SIAM Journal on Optimization (2003 - ).
  • Pacific Journal of Optimization (2003 - ).
  • Optimization and Engineering (2001 - ).
  • TOP (2006 - 2012).

Recent Conference Organizations

• Special Workshop in Honor of Prof. Paul Tseng: Large Scale Optimization: Analysis, Algorithm and Applications, May 21, 2010, School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai. The workshop was to honor a great colleague and friend of ours, Professor Paul Tseng, who went missing during a trip to Lijiang. The workshop was co-organized by Tom Luo and myself, with a lot of help from our friends at Fudan University. The workshop was sponsored by:
  • Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Department of Management Science, Fudan University
  • Center for Optimization and Applications, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University
  • Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Washington
  • The Tseng Family

   

• WINE2008 (Workshop on Internet and Network Economics), December 17 - 20, 2008; School of Journalism, Fudan University, Shanghai. The workshop was sponsored by:
  • Great Wisdom Network Technologies Inc., Shanghai
  • Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, CUHK
  • Department of Management Science, Fudan University, Shanghai
  • Key Laboratory of Management, Decision, and Information Systems, Chinese Academy of Sciences

   

• WOSP2007 (Workshop on Optimization and Signal Processing), December 19 - 21, 2007; Lecture Theater, WMW Mong Engineering Building, CUHK. Check the workshop webpage for the speakers, talks, and slides. The workshop was sponsored by:
  • Dept of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, CUHK
  • Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering, CUHK
  • Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Shenzhen

Recent Technical Reports and Journal Publications

• B. Jiang, S. Ma, and S. Zhang, Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers for Real and Complex Polynomial Optimization Models. (Report Version)
• B. Chen, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, On Tensor Tucker Decomposition: the Case for an Adjustable Core Size. (Report Version)
• S. Ma and S. Zhang, An Extragradient-Based Alternating Direction Method for Convex Minimization. (Report Version)
• Z. Li, A. Uschmajew, and S. Zhang, Linear Convergence Analysis of the Maximum Block Improvement Method for Spherically Constrained Optimization. (Report Version)
• A. Aubry, A. De Maio, B. Jiang, and S. Zhang, A Cognitive Design of the Radar Waveform Range-Doppler Response. (Report Version)
• B. Jiang, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, Approximation Methods for Complex Polynomial Optimization. (Report Version)
• B. Jiang, S. Ma, and S. Zhang, Tensor Principal Component Analysis via Convex Optimization. (Report Version)
• S. He, M.H. Wong, and S. Zhang, On the S-Lemma for Univariate Polynomials. (Report Version)
• M.H. Wong and S. Zhang, On Distributional Robust Probability Functions and Their Computations. (Report Version)
• S. He, B. Jiang, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, Probability Bounds for Polynomial Functions in Random Variables.  (Report Version)
• B. Jiang, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, On Cones of Nonnegative Quartic Forms. (Report Version)
• M.H. Wong and S. Zhang, Computing Best Bounds for Nonlinear Risk Measures with Partial Information. (Report Version)
• S. He, X.G. Wang and S. Zhang, The Price of Isolation: An Integrated Study of System Inefficiencies. (Report Version)
• S. He, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, Approximation Algorithms for Discrete Polynomial Optimization. (Report Version)
• S.I. Birbil, J.B.G. Frenk, J. Gromicho, and S. Zhang, A Network Airline Revenue Management Framework Based on Decomposition by Origins and Destinations. (Report Version)
• S. He, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, General Constrained Polynomial Optimization: an Approximation Approach. (Report Version)
• S. He, J. Zhang, S. Zhang, Polymatroid Optimization, Submodularity, and Joint Replenishment Games. To appear in Operations Research. (Report Version)
• X. Chen, J. Peng and S. Zhang, Existence of Sparse Solutions to the Standard Quadratic Programming with Random Matrices. To appear in Mathematical Programming. (Report Version)
• S. He, X.G. Wang, and S. Zhang, On a Competitive Revenue Maximization Game. To appear in Journal of Global Optimization. (Report Version)
• Y.W. Huang, Q. Li, W.K. Ma, and S. Zhang, Robust Multicast Beamforming for Spectrum Sharing-based Cognitive Radios, IEEE Transaction on Signal Processing, 60 (1), 527 - 533, 2012. (Report Version)
• B. Chen, S. He, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, Maximum Block Improvement and Polynomial Optimization, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 22, 87 - 107, 2012. (Report Version)
• A. De Maio, Y.W. Huang, M. Piezzo, S. Zhang and A. Farina, Design of Optimized Radar Codes with a Peak to Average Power Ratio Constraint, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 59 (6), 2683 -- 2697, 2011. (Report Version)
• A. De Maio, Y.W. Huang, D.P. Palomar, S. Zhang and A. Farina, Fractional QCQP with Applications in ML Steering Direction Estimation for Radar Detection, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 59 (1), 172 - 185, 2011. (Report Version)
• L. Chen, S. He, and S. Zhang, When All Risk-Adjusted Performance Measures Are the Same: In Praise of the Sharpe Ratio, Quantitative Finance, 11 (10), 1439 - 1447, 2011. (Report Version)
• L. Chen, S. He, and S. Zhang, Tight Bounds for Some Risk Measures, with Applications to Robust Portfolio Selection, Operations Research, 59 (4), 847 - 865, 2011. (Report Version)
• W. Ai, Y.W. Huang, and S. Zhang, New Results on Hermitian Matrix Rank-One Decomposition, Mathematical Programming Ser. A, 128, 253 - 283, 2011. (Report Version)
• S. He, Z. Li, and S. Zhang, Approximation Algorithms for Homogeneous Polynomial Optimization with Quadratic Constraints, Mathematical Programming Ser. B, 125, 353 - 383, 2010. (Report Version)
• Y.W. Huang and S. Zhang, Approximation Algorithms for Indefinite Complex Quadratic Maximization Problems, SCIENCE CHINA Mathematics, 53 (10) 2697 - 2708, 2010. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo, W.K. Ma, A.M.C. So, Y. Ye, and S. Zhang, Semidefinite Relaxation of Quadratic Optimization Problems, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 27 (3), 20 - 34, 2010. (Report Version)
• S. He, J. Zhang, S. Zhang, Bounding Probability of Small Deviation: A Fourth Moment Approach, Mathematics of Operations Research, 35 (1), 208 - 232, 2010. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo and S. Zhang, A Semidefinite Relaxation Scheme for Multivariate Quartic Polynomial Optimization With Quadratic Constraints, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 20 (4), 1716 - 1736, 2010. (Report Version)
• A. De Maio, S. De Nicola, Y.W. Huang, D.P. Palomar, S. Zhang and A. Farina, Code Design for Radar STAP via Optimization Theory, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 58 (2), 679 - 694, 2010. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo and S. Zhang, Duality Gap Estimation and Polynomial Time Approximation for Optimal Spectrum Management, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 57 (7), 2675 -- 2689, 2009. (Report Version)
• X.Q. Wang, S. Zhang, and D.D. Yao, Separated Continuous Conic Programming: Strong Duality and an Approximation Algorithm, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 48 (4), 2118 - 2138, 2009. (Report Version)
• W. Ai and S. Zhang, Strong Duality for the CDT Subproblem: A Necessary and Sufficient Condition, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 19 (4), 1735 - 1756, 2009. (Report Version)
• A. De Maio, S. De Nicola, Y.W. Huang, Z.Q. Luo, and S. Zhang, Design of Phase Codes for Radar Performance Optimization With a Similarity Constraint, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 57 (2), 610 - 621, 2009. (Report Version)
• A. De Maio, S. De Nicola, Y.W. Huang, S. Zhang, and A. Farina, Adaptive Detection and Estimation in the Presence of Useful Signal and Interference Mismatches, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 57 (2), 436 - 450, 2009. (Report Version)
• S.I. Birbil, J.B.G. Frenk, J. Gromicho, and S. Zhang, An Integrated Approach to Single-Leg Airline Revenue Management: The Role of Robust Optimization, Management Science, 55 (1), 148 - 163, 2009. (Report Version)
• W. Ai, Y.W. Huang, and S. Zhang, On the Low Rank Solutions for Linear Matrix Inequalities, Mathematics of Operations Research, 33 (4), 965 - 975, 2008. (Report Version)
• A. De Maio, S. De Nicola, Y.W. Huang, S. Zhang, and A. Farina, Code Design to Optimize Radar Detection Performance Under Accuracy and Similarity Constraints, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 56 (11), 5618 - 5629, 2008. (Report Version)
• J.F. Liang, S. Zhang and D. Li, Optioned Portfolio Selection: Models and Analysis, Mathematical Finance, 18 (4), 569 - 593, 2008. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo and S. Zhang, Dynamic Spectrum Management: Complexity and Duality, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (Special Issue on: Signal Processing and Networking for Dynamic Spectrum Access), 2 (1), 57 - 73, 2008. (Report Version)
• S. He, Z.Q. Luo, J. Nie, S. Zhang, Semidefnite Relaxation Bounds for Indefinite Homogeneous Quadratic Optimization, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 19, 503 - 523, 2008. (Report Version)
• R.J. Shen and S. Zhang, Robust Portfolio Selection Based on a Multi-stage Scenario Tree, European Journal of Operational Research, 191, 864 - 887, 2008. (Report Version)
• J. Brinkhuis and S. Zhang, A D-Induced Duality and Its Applications, Mathematical Programming, 114, 149 - 182, 2008. (Report Version)
• J. Xie, S. He, S. Zhang, Randomized Portfolio Selection, with Constraints, Pacific Journal of Optimization, 4, 89 - 112, 2008. (Report Version)
• D. Xu and S. Zhang, An Improved Approximation Algorithm for the Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem with Service Installation Costs, Operations Research Letters, 36, 46 - 50, 2008. (Report Version)
• D. Xu and S. Zhang, Approximation Bounds for Quadratic Maximization with Semidefinite Programming Relaxation, Science in China Series A, 50, 1583 - 1596, 2007. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo, N.D. Sidiropoulos, P. Tseng, and S. Zhang, Approximation Bounds for Quadratic Optimization with Homogeneous Quadratic Constraints, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 18, 1 - 28, 2007. (Report Version)
• Y.W. Huang and S. Zhang, Complex Matrix Decomposition and Quadratic Programming, Mathematics of Operations Research, 32, 758 - 768, 2007. (Report Version)
• D.D. Yao, S. Zhang and X.Y. Zhou, Tracking a Financial Benchmark Using a Few Assets, Operations Research, 54, 232 - 246, 2006. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang and Y.W. Huang, Complex Quadratic Optimization and Semidefinite Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 16, 871 - 890, 2006. (Report Version)
• T.W. Cheng and S. Zhang, On Implementation of a Self-Dual Embedding Method for Convex Programming, Optimization Methods and Software, 21, 75 - 103, 2006. (Report Version)
• W. Ai and S. Zhang, An $O(\sqrt{n}L)$ Iteration Primal-Dual Path-Following Method, Based on Wide Neighborhoods and Large Updates, for Monotone LCP, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 16, 400 - 417, 2005. (Report Version)
• A. Berkelaar, J. Gromicho, R. Kouwenberg and S. Zhang, A Primal-Dual Decomposition Algorithm for Multistage Stochastic Convex Programming, Mathematical Programming, 104, 153 - 177, 2005. (Report Version)
• S.W. Lam, D. Li and S. Zhang, A Value Estimation Approach to the Iri-Imai Method for Constrained Convex Optimization, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 125, 591 - 608, 2005. (Report Version)
• S.I. Birbil, S.C. Fang, J.B.G. Frenk and S. Zhang, Recursive Approximation of the Max Function, Operations Research Letters, 33, 450 - 458, 2005. (Report Version)
• B. Chen, K. Madsen and S. Zhang, On Characterization of Quadratic Splines, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 124, 93 - 111, 2005. (Report Version)
• X.D. Ji, S.S. Zhu, S.Y. Wang, S. Zhang, A Stochastic Linear Goal Programming Approach to Multistage Portfolio Management based on Scenario Generation via Linear Programming, IIE Transactions, 37, 957 - 969, 2005. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, A New Self-Dual Embedding Method for Convex Programming, Journal of Global Optimization, 29, 479 - 496, 2004. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo, J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, Multivariate Nonnegative Quadratic Mappings, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 14, 1140 - 1162, 2004. (Report Version)
• D.D. Yao, S. Zhang and X.Y. Zhou, Stochastic Linear-Quadratic Control via Semidefinite Programming, SIAM Review, 46, 87 - 111, 2004. (Report Version)
• Y. Ye and S. Zhang, New Results on Quadratic Minimization, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 14, 245 - 267, 2003. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, On Cones of Nonnegative Quadratic Functions, Mathematics of Operations Research, 28, 246 - 267, 2003. (Report Version)
• A. Berkelaar, C. Dert, B. Oldenkamp, S. Zhang, A Primal-Dual Decomposition-Based Interior Point Approach to Two-Stage Stochastic Linear Programming, Operations Research, 50, 904 - 915, 2002. (Report Version)
  
   

Selected Past Technical Reports and Publications

• J. Brinkhuis, Z.Q. Luo, and S. Zhang, Matrix Convex Functions With Applications to Weighted Centers for Semidefinite Programming, Technical Report SEEM2005-06, Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, On Conically Ordered Convex Programs, Technical Report SEEM2003-09, Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, A Primal-Dual Interior Point and Decomposition Approach to Multi-stage Stochastic Programming. In D.D. Yao, H. Zhang, and X.Y. Zhou eds, Stochastic Models and Optimization, Springer-Verlag, Chapter 5, 137 - 170, 2003. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, A Note on a Profit Maximizing Location Model, Annals of Operations Research, 103, 251 - 260, 2001. (Report Version)
• A.G. Holder, J.F. Sturm, and S. Zhang, Marginal and Parametric Analysis of the Central Optimal Solution, Information Systems and Operations Research, 39, 394 - 415, 2001. (Report Version)
• D.D. Yao, S. Zhang and X.Y. Zhou, A Primal-Dual Semidefinite Programming Approach to Linear Quadratic Control, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 46, 1442 - 1447, 2001. (Report Version)
• D.D. Yao, S. Zhang and X.Y. Zhou, Stochastic LQ Control via Semidefinite Programming, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 40, 801 - 823, 2001. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, On Sensitivity of Central Solutions in Semidefinite Programming, Mathematical Programming, 90, 205 - 227, 2001. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo, J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, Conic Convex Programming and Self-Dual Embedding, Optimization Methods and Software, 14, 169 - 218, 2000. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, On Weighted Centers for Semidefinite Programming, European Journal of Operational Research, 126, 391 - 407, 2000. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, Quadratic Maximization and Semidefinite Relaxation, Mathematical Programming, 87, 453 - 465, 2000. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, Global Error Bounds for Convex Conic Problems, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 10, 836 - 851, 2000. (Report Version)
• J.B.G. Frenk, K. Roos, T. Terlaky and S. Zhang (eds.), High Performance Optimization Techniques, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
• Z.Q. Luo and S. Zhang, On Extensions of the Frank-Wolfe Theorems, Computational Optimization and Applications, 13, 87 - 110, 1999. (Report Version)
• J. Csirik, J.B.G. Frenk, M. Labbe and S. Zhang, Two Simple Algorithms for Bin Covering, ACTA Cybernetica, 14, 13 - 25, 1999. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, New Variants of Finite Criss-Cross Pivot Algorithms for Linear Programming, European Journal of Operational Research, 116, 607 - 614, 1999. (Report Version)
• A.B. Berkelaar, J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, Polynomial Primal-Dual Cone Affine Scaling for Semidefinite Programming, Applied Numerical Mathematics, 29, 317 - 333, 1999. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, Symmetric Primal-Dual Path Following Algorithms for Semidefinite Programming, Applied Numerical Mathematics, 29, 301 - 315, 1999. (Report Version)
• J.B.G. Frenk, J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, An Interior-Point Based Subgradient Method for Nondifferentiable Convex Programming, Optimization Methods and Software, 10, 197 - 215, 1998. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, On the Long Step Path-Following Method for Semidefinite Programming, Operations Research Letters, 22, 145 - 150, 1998. (Report Version)
• J.A.A. van der Veen, G.J. Woeginger and S. Zhang, Sequencing Jobs that Require Common Resources on a Single Machine: A Solvable Case of the TSP, Mathematical Programming, 82, 235 - 254, 1998. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, An Interior Point Method, Based on Rank-one Updates, for Linear Programming, Mathematical Programming, 81, 77 - 87, 1998. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo, J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, Superlinear Convergence of a Symmetric Primal-Dual Path Following Algorithm for Semidefinite Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, 8, 59 - 81, 1998. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, On a Wide Region of Centers and Primal-Dual Interior Point Algorithms for Linear Programming, Mathematics of Operations Research, 22, 408 - 431, 1997. (Report Version)
• Z.Q. Luo, J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, Duality Results for Conic Convex Programming, Erasmus University, 1997. (Report Version)
• J.A.A. van der Veen and S. Zhang, Low-Complexity Algorithms for Sequencing Jobs with a Fixed Number of Job-Classes, Computers and Operations Research, 23, 1059 - 1067, 1996. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, New Complexity Results for the Iri-Imai Method, Annals of Operations Research, 62 (Special Volume on Interior Point Methods), 539 - 564, 1996. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, An O(\sqrt{n} L) Iteration Bound Primal-Dual Cone Affine Scaling Algorithm for Linear Programming, Mathematical Programming, 72, 177 - 194, 1996. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, A Dual and Interior Point Approach to Solve Convex Min-Max Problems. In D.-Z. Du and P.M. Pardalos eds., Minimax and Its Applications, Kluwer, 69 - 78, 1995. (Report Version)
• J.F. Sturm and S. Zhang, A Potential Reduction Method for Harmonically Convex Programming, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 84, 181 - 205, 1995. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, On the Strictly Complementary Slackness Relation in Linear Programming. In D.-Z. Du and J. Sun eds., Advances in Optimization and Approximation, Kluwer, 347 - 361, 1994. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, Convergence Property of the Iri-Imai Algorithm for Some Smooth Convex Programming Problems, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 82, 121 - 138, 1994. (Report Version)
• J.B.G. Frenk, M. Labbe and M. van Vliet and S. Zhang, Improved Algorithms for Machine Allocation in Manufacturing Systems, Operations Research, 42, 523 - 530, 1994. (Report Version)
• C. Schweigman and S. Zhang, Mathematics to the Masses: The Teachings of Hua Loo-Keng, The Mathematical Intelligencer, 16, 36 - 46, 1994. (Report Version)
• T. Terlaky and S. Zhang, Pivot Rules for Linear Programming: A Survey on Recent Theoretical Developments, Annals of Operations Research, 46, 203 - 233, 1993. (Report Version)
• S. Zhang, The Simplex Method for Some Special Problems, University of Groningen, 1991. (Report Version)