Jian Tan

Principal Researcher, AI Defense, Cisco

  • Joined January 2026

Names

Jian Tan (Preferred)

Emails

****@alibaba-inc.com (Confirmed)
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****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
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****@cisco.com (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Principal Researcher
AI Defense, Cisco (cisco.com)
2025 – Present
 
Researcher
Cloud, Alibaba Group (alibaba-inc.com)
2018 – 2025
 
Principal Researcher
Cloud, Alibaba Group (alibaba-inc.com)
2018 – 2025
 
Assistant Professor
ECE, The Ohio State University (osu.edu)
2015 – 2018
 
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus (osu.edu)
2015 – 2018
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisor
2002 – 2008
 

Expertise

LLM, Context Engineering, Machine learning and its applications
2018 – Present
 
Stochastic Analysis, Large-scale Optimization, Bayesian Optimization
2017 – 2021
 
Stochastic processors, Optimization, Statistics
2002 – 2018