publications

2026

1. ICML

   Operator Splitting with Hamilton-Jacobi-based Proximals

   Nicholas Di , Eric C. Chi , and Samy Wu Fung

   In Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning , 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{Di2026OperatorSplitting,
     title = {Operator Splitting with Hamilton-Jacobi-based Proximals},
     author = {Di, Nicholas and Chi, Eric C. and Wu Fung, Samy},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning},
     year = {2026},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22370},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2601.22370}
   }

2025

1. AJHG

   The Causal Pivot: A structural approach to genetic heterogeneity and variant discovery in complex diseases

   Chad A. Shaw , Christopher J. Williams , Taotao Tan , Daniel Illera , Nicholas Di , Joshua M. Shulman , and John W. Belmont

   American Journal of Human Genetics, 2025

   Bib

   @article{Shaw2025CausalPivot,
     title = {The Causal Pivot: A structural approach to genetic heterogeneity and variant discovery in complex diseases},
     author = {Shaw, Chad A. and Williams, Christopher J. and Tan, Taotao and Illera, Daniel and Di, Nicholas and Shulman, Joshua M. and Belmont, John W.},
     journal = {American Journal of Human Genetics},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(25)00282-4}
   }

2. arXiv

   A Monte Carlo Approach for Nonsmooth Convex Optimization via Proximal Splitting Algorithms

   Nicholas Di , Eric C. Chi , and Samy Wu Fung

   arXiv, 2025

   Bib

   @article{Di2025MonteCarlo,
     title = {A Monte Carlo Approach for Nonsmooth Convex Optimization via Proximal Splitting Algorithms},
     author = {Di, Nicholas and Chi, Eric C. and Wu Fung, Samy},
     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {arXiv:2509.07914},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07914},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2509.07914}
   }

2023

1. TDE

   Gendered labor market outcomes during COVID-19: Evidence from early withdrawal of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation

   Nicholas Di

   The Developing Economist, 2023

   Bib

   @article{Di2023LaborMarkets,
     title = {Gendered labor market outcomes during COVID-19: Evidence from early withdrawal of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation},
     author = {Di, Nicholas},
     journal = {The Developing Economist},
     volume = {8},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {University of Texas, Austin}
   }