Chandan Tankala

I am a Ph.D. student in mathematics. I completed my MS at Texas A&M University, College Station. My research interests broadly encompass probability theory and its applications in machine learning, with a particular focus on the analysis of sampling and optimization algorithms.

Probability Theory Machine Learning Sampling Optimization Neural Networks

Current Collaborations

Dr. Krishnakumar Balasubramanian University of California, Davis and Dr. Quan Zhou Texas A&M University, College Station
We are working on developing and analyzing discrete Langevin dynamics to sample from classical energy-based models like the Ising and Potts model.
Dr. Dheeraj Nagaraj Google DeepMind and Dr. Anant Raj Indian Institute of Science
We are working on analyzing a minimax optimization problem.

Publications

Chandan Tankala, Dheeraj M Nagaraj, Anant Raj
Beyond propagation of chaos: A stochastic algorithm for mean-field optimization
COLT 2025 • arXiv:2503.13115 [math.OC]