Yesom Park

Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Mathematics, UCLA

Research Interests:
Scientific Machine Learning · Numerical Analysis

I am a Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA, where I work with Stanley Osher and Hayden Schaeffer.

My research explores the mathematical foundations of modern computation at the intersection of differential equations, machine learning, and numerical analysis. Rather than pursuing incremental algorithmic improvements, I seek mathematical principles that lead to computational methods that are not only faster or more accurate, but fundamentally better formulated. I rethink computational problems from first principles by identifying appropriate mathematical representations, uncovering hidden structures, and establishing connections across seemingly distinct fields.

This perspective shapes my research in scientific machine learning, neural representations, generative modeling, optimal transport, 3D computer vision, and convergence and preconditioning analysis.

I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics from Seoul National University, advised by Myungjoo Kang.