My research concerns fundamental questions in control theory and inverse problems for partial differential equations. I am particularly interested in how controllability, observability, unique continuation, and identifiability are preserved, weakened, or lost under randomness, discretization, and partial observation.
A major part of my work studies the transfer of control and observability mechanisms across different mathematical settings. This includes understanding when deterministic control structures can be lifted to stochastic systems, and when continuous estimates and unique continuation properties remain valid, uniformly and quantitatively, after numerical discretization.
On the inverse-problem side, I study what can be recovered from limited or indirect observations, with emphasis on identifiability and quantitative stability for unknown sources and related structures. More broadly, I am interested in the mathematical boundary between what information a PDE system retains and what is irretrievably lost.
Experience
06.2023 - present
Assistant Professor
School of Mathematics, Southwest Jiaotong University (西南交通大学)
09.2025 - 02.2026
Visiting Scholar
Chair for Dynamics, Control, Machine Learning and Numerics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Host Professor: Prof. Dr. DhC. Enrique Zuazua
Education
09.2013 - 06.2017
B.Sc. in Mathematics
Sichuan University
Publications
Books
Inverse Problems for Stochastic Partial Differential Equations
Q. Lü, Y. Wang | SpringerBriefs on PDEs and Data Science, Springer Nature Singapore, 2026. ISBN 9789819590476
Articles
Exact controllability for stochastic first-order multi-dimensional hyperbolic systems
Z. Li, Q. Lü, Y. Wang, H. Yang | SIAM J. Control Optim., Accepted
Null controllability for stochastic fourth order semi-discrete parabolic equations
Y. Wang, Q. Zhao | Appl. Math. Optim., Accepted
scDCL: A multi-view single-cell RNA sequencing clustering method based on dual contrastive learning
L. Gan, H. Meng, Y. Chen, Y. Wang | Computational Biology and Chemistry, (2026), 108998
An Inverse Source Problem for Semilinear Stochastic Hyperbolic Equations
Q. Lü, Y. Wang | Inverse Problems, 41(11) (2025), 115014
The ϕ-null controllability for semi-discrete stochastic semilinear parabolic equations
Y. Wang, Q. Zhao | ESAIM Control Optim. Calc. Var., 31 (2025), Paper No. 98
Exact controllability for a refined stochastic plate equation
Q. Lü, Y. Wang | Chinese Ann. Math. Ser. B, 46(3) (2025), 415–442
Stability and regularization for ill-posed Cauchy problem of a stochastic parabolic differential equation
F. Dou, P. Lü, Y. Wang | Inverse Problems, 40(11) (2024), 115005
Null controllability for stochastic coupled systems of fourth order parabolic equations
Y. Wang | J. Math. Anal. Appl., 538 (2024), 128426
Null controllability for fourth order stochastic parabolic equations
Q. Lü, Y. Wang | SIAM J. Control Optim., 60 (2022), 1563–1590
Preprints
Null Controllability of a Stochastic Parabolic Equation with a Space-Dependent Analytic Noise Coefficient
Q. Lü, Y. Wang — Submitted
Stability Estimates for the Inverse Recovery of Drift and Diffusion Point Sources in Stochastic Parabolic Equations
Q. Lü, Y. Wang — Submitted
Carleman Estimates for Wave Equations on the Half-Line: AI-Assisted Weights and Applications
C. An, Y. Wang, Q. Ye, Z. Zhang, Q. Zhuang — Submitted
A Geometric Inverse Source Problem for Stochastic Parabolic Equations
Y. Li, Q. Lü, M. Qian, Y. Wang — Submitted
Invited Talks
Inverse problems for stochastic partial differential equations
[Slides]- 第34届长江偏微分方程会议, Aug. 22, 2026
- 第十五届全国反问题、成像及其应用会议暨CSIAM反问题与成像专委会2026年学术年会, May 17, 2026
- EDP and Applied Mathematics Seminar, Dec. 10, 2025
Controllability of stochastic fourth order partial differential equations
[Slides]- The 15th Academic Conference on Mathematical Control Theory and Applications, Nov. 9, 2024
- 中国工业与应用数学学会系统与控制数学 2024 年学术研讨会, Aug. 18, 2024
- 中国仿真学会不确定性系统分析与仿真大会, Aug. 3, 2024
Research Grants
Controllability of stochastic plate equations, 2026-2027.
Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No. 2026NSFSC0777)
Controllability of fourth order semilinear stochastic partial differential equations, 2025-2027.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12401589)
Controllability of a fourth-order coupled stochastic parabolic system, 2024-2025.
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2682024CX013)
Academic Service
Reviewer
Mathematical Reviews / MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society) — reviewer
Journal Refereeing
Teaching Experience
Courses Instructed
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Introduction to Major (专业导论)
2024