Zhitong Xu

I'm a first year PhD student at University of Utah, advised by Prof. Shandian Zhe. My research interests are among probabilistic methods, Bayesian machine learning and generative models.


Education
  • University of Utah
    University of Utah
    Kahlert School of Computing
    Ph.D. Student
    Aug. 2024 - present
  • New York University
    New York University
    M.S. in Computer Science
    Aug. 2021 - May. 2023
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    B.S. in Computer Science dual Mathematics
    Aug. 2016 - May. 2020
Experience
  • Microsoft (STCA)
    Microsoft (STCA)
    SE Intern
    June. 2023 - Aug. 2021
Selected Publications (view all )
Arbitrarily-Conditioned Multi-Functional Diffusion for Multi-Physics Emulation

Long Da, Zhitong Xu, Guang Yang, Akil Narayan, Shandian Zhe

Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2025

Arbitrarily-Conditioned Multi-Functional Diffusion for Multi-Physics Emulation

Long Da, Zhitong Xu, Guang Yang, Akil Narayan, Shandian Zhe

Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2025

Toward Efficient Kernel-Based Solvers for Nonlinear PDEs
Toward Efficient Kernel-Based Solvers for Nonlinear PDEs

Zhitong Xu*, Da Long*, Yiming Xu, Guang Yang, Shandian Zhe, Houman Owhadi (* equal contribution)

Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2025

Toward Efficient Kernel-Based Solvers for Nonlinear PDEs

Zhitong Xu*, Da Long*, Yiming Xu, Guang Yang, Shandian Zhe, Houman Owhadi (* equal contribution)

Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2025

Standard Gaussian Process is All You Need for High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimization
Standard Gaussian Process is All You Need for High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimization

Zhitong Xu, Haitao Wang, Jeff M. Phillips, Shandian Zhe

The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2025 Oral

Standard Gaussian Process is All You Need for High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimization

Zhitong Xu, Haitao Wang, Jeff M. Phillips, Shandian Zhe

The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2025 Oral

Invertible Fourier Neural Operators for Tackling Both Forward and Inverse Problems

Long Da, Zhitong Xu, Qiwei Yuan, Yin Yang, Shandian Zhe

The 28th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2025

Invertible Fourier Neural Operators for Tackling Both Forward and Inverse Problems

Long Da, Zhitong Xu, Qiwei Yuan, Yin Yang, Shandian Zhe

The 28th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 2025

All publications