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Mathematics
Singapore
2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
63
Citations
21426
World Ranking
2700
National Ranking
47

Mathematics

D-Index
68
Citations
22794
World Ranking
307
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mathematics in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2019 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to approximation theory, wavelet theory, and image processing.
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions to approximation theory, wavelet theory, and image processing.

Overview

Zuowei Shen is a researcher affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their work primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a significant focus on Artificial Intelligence. Other subfields in which they have contributed include Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Numerical Analysis.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas related to machine learning and neural networks. Specific topics include:

  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
  • Image and Signal Denoising Methods
  • Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques
  • Machine Learning and Algorithms
  • Machine Learning and ELM

Zuowei Shen has authored numerous papers, with recent notable publications listed as follows:

  • Neural network approximation: Three hidden layers are enough, 2021, Neural Networks
  • Deep learning via dynamical systems: An approximation perspective, 2022, Journal of the European Mathematical Society
  • Deep Network Approximation for Smooth Functions, 2021, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
  • Deep Network With Approximation Error Being Reciprocal of Width to Power of Square Root of Depth, 2021, Neural Computation
  • Deep Network Approximation: Achieving Arbitrary Accuracy with Fixed Number of Neurons, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Their frequent co-authors include scholars such as Qianxiao Li, Haizhao Yang, Zhang Shi-jun, Ting Lin, and Jingpu Cheng.

Key venues publishing their research are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
  • Neural Networks
  • Neural Computation
  • Journal of the European Mathematical Society

Zuowei Shen has received several recognitions, including fellowships from significant scientific communities:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • SIAM Fellow, 2019, for contributions to approximation theory, wavelet theory, and image processing
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2017, for contributions to approximation theory, wavelet theory, and image processing

Best Publications

  • A Singular Value Thresholding Algorithm for Matrix Completion

    Jian-Feng Cai;Emmanuel J. Candès;Zuowei Shen

  • Affine Systems in L2(Rd): The Analysis of the Analysis Operator.

    Amos Ron;Zuowei Shen

  • Framelets: MRA-based constructions of wavelet frames☆☆☆

    Ingrid Daubechies;Bin Han;Amos Ron;Zuowei Shen

  • Split Bregman Methods and Frame Based Image Restoration

    Jian-Feng Cai;Stanley J. Osher;Zuowei Shen

  • Robust video denoising using low rank matrix completion

    Hui Ji;Chaoqiang Liu;Zuowei Shen;Yuhong Xu

  • Frames and Stable Bases for Shift-Invariant Subspaces of L2(IRd)

    Amos Ron;Zuowei Shen

  • A framelet-based image inpainting algorithm

    Jian-Feng Cai;Raymond H. Chan;Zuowei Shen

  • Image restoration: Total variation, wavelet frames, and beyond

    Jian Feng Cai;Bin Dong;Stanley Osher;Zuowei Shen

  • Linearized Bregman iterations for compressed sensing

    Jian-Feng Cai;Stanley J. Osher;Zuowei Shen

  • Blind motion deblurring from a single image using sparse approximation

    Jian-Feng Cai;Hui Ji;Chaoqiang Liu;Zuowei Shen

  • Affine systems inL 2 (ℝ d ) II: Dual systems

    Amos Ron;Zuowei Shen

  • Weyl-Heisenberg Frames and Riesz Bases in L2(Rd).

    Amos Ron;Zuowei Shen

  • Wavelet Algorithms for High-Resolution Image Reconstruction

    Raymond H. Chan;Tony F. Chan;Lixin Shen;Zuowei Shen

  • Framelet-Based Blind Motion Deblurring From a Single Image

    Jian-Feng Cai;Hui Ji;Chaoqiang Liu;Zuowei Shen

  • Data-driven tight frame construction and image denoising

    Jian-Feng Cai;Hui Ji;Zuowei Shen;Gui-Bo Ye

  • Linearized Bregman Iterations for Frame-Based Image Deblurring

    Jian-Feng Cai;Stanley Osher;Zuowei Shen

  • Refinable function vectors

    Zuowei Shen

  • CONVERGENCE OF THE LINEARIZED BREGMAN ITERATION FOR ℓ1-NORM MINIMIZATION

    Jian-Feng Cai;Stanley J. Osher;Zuowei Shen

  • Weyl-Heisenberg Frames and Riesz Bases in L2(Rd).

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  • Robust Video Restoration by Joint Sparse and Low Rank Matrix Approximation

    Hui Ji;Sibin Huang;Zuowei Shen;Yuhong Xu

  • MRA-based wavelet frames and applications

    Bin Dong;Zuowei Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui Ji
Hui Ji National University of Singapore
Jian-Feng Cai
Jian-Feng Cai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Amos Ron
Amos Ron University of Wisconsin–Madison
Raymond H. Chan
Raymond H. Chan Lingnan University
Bin Han
Bin Han University of Alberta
Stanley Osher
Stanley Osher University of California, Los Angeles
Rong-Qing Jia
Rong-Qing Jia University of Alberta
Tony F. Chan
Tony F. Chan University of California, Los Angeles
Hongkai Zhao
Hongkai Zhao Duke University
Kim-Chuan Toh
Kim-Chuan Toh National University of Singapore

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