Tian Lan
AI/ML Ph.D. Student
Learning reliable structure from complex data
I am a Ph.D. student (2023-present) advised by Prof. Chen Zhang. I received my Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University (2019-2023).
My research spans causal inference, large language models, time-series anomaly detection, and dynamic systems, with an emphasis on principled methods for real-world temporal and multimodal data.
Research interests Causal inference Large language models Time-series anomaly detection Dynamic systems
Latest updates
News
Recent papers, preprints, revisions, and publication updates.
Paper accepted to ICML 2026: Towards foundation models for zero-shot time series anomaly detection: Leveraging synthetic data and relative context discrepancy
arXiv linkPreprint posted: VETime: Vision Enhanced Zero-Shot Time Series Anomaly Detection
arXiv linkPreprint posted: Towards foundation models for zero-shot time series anomaly detection: Leveraging synthetic data and relative context discrepancy
arXiv linkPreprint posted: AXIS: Explainable Time Series Anomaly Detection with Large Language Models
arXiv linkPaper accepted to NIPS 2025: TraffiDent: A Dataset for Understanding the Interplay Between Traffic Dynamics and Incidents
arXiv linkPreprint posted: Tensor State Space-based Dynamic Multilayer Network Modeling
arXiv linkPreprint posted: CICADA: Cross-Domain Interpretable Coding for Anomaly Detection and Adaptation in Multivariate Time Series
arXiv linkSelected work
Research
Projects across causal discovery, foundation models, time-series analysis, and applied AI systems.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.16681
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2025
arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.00415
arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.02413
IISE Transactions, 2025
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025
arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.24378
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024
arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.13836
KDD 2023
Recognition
Awards
Selected academic awards, scholarships, and honors.
First-Class Comprehensive Scholarship
Tsinghua University
First-Class Comprehensive Scholarship
Tsinghua University
“Haodushu” Scholarship
Tsinghua University
China Team Selection Competition (CTSC)
National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI)