Ernest K. Ryu
Assistant 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
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
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