Rong Tang

Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Research Interests

Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing

Employment

May 2026 — present
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Aug 2023 — Apr 2026
Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Applied Mathematics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Education

Sep 2017 — Aug 2023
Ph.D. in MathematicsJohns Hopkins University
Sep 2013 — Jun 2017
B.S. in MathematicsUniversity of Science and Technology of China

Publications

  1. Energy dissipating ALE–MDR method for Navier–Stokes free boundary problems with moving contact line
    J. Hu, N. Lei, B. Li, R. Tang
    SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 48 (2026), pp. A494–A511
    DOI
  2. Convergent finite element approximations of surface evolution with relaxed minimal deformation
    G. Gao, B. Li, R. Tang
    Numerische Mathematik, 158 (2026), pp. 671–714
    DOI
  3. An energy-stable minimal deformation rate scheme for mean curvature flow and surface diffusion
    G. Gao, H. Garcke, B. Li, R. Tang
    SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 48 (2026), pp. A1095–A1197
    DOI arXiv
  4. Dynamic Ritz projection of mean curvature flow and optimal L2 convergence of parametric FEM
    B. Li, R. Tang
    SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 63 (2025), pp. 1454–1481
    DOI
  5. High-order mass-, energy- and momentum-conserving methods for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
    G. Akrivis, B. Li, R. Tang, H. Zhang
    Journal of Computational Physics, 532 (2025), art. 113974
    DOI
  6. Fractional Yamabe solitons and the fractional Nirenberg problem
    P. T. Ho, R. Tang
    Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis, 20 (2021), pp. 3215–3234
    DOI