Zhuo-Cheng Xiao

Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Neuroscience at NYU Shanghai

Email: xiao.zc@nyu.edu

Zhuo-Cheng Xiao is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Neuroscience at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, he was a Swartz Fellow at New York University from 2020-2021, and a Courant Instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, from 2021-2023.

Dr. Xiao’s research focuses broadly on mathematics and neuroscience. His primary research directions include efficient and realistic computational cortical models, and mathematical theory and computational methods for spiking networks.

Research Interests

Mathematics:

  • Data-Driven Modeling
  • Applied Dynamical Systems
  • Coarse-Graining
  • Spiking Neural Networks

Neuroscience:

  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Visual Cortex
  • Hippocampus
  • Neural Oscillations

Education

  • Ph.D., Applied Mathematics
    University of Arizona, USA, 2020
  • B.S., Biology and Mathematics
    Peking University, China, 2016

Publications

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