Current Ph.D. Students
Difan Song
Research interests: Experimental design,… (co-advisor: Jeff Wu).
Shangkun Wang
Research interests: Uncertainty quantification,…
Wei-Yang Yu
Research interests: Experimental design,…
Former Ph.D. Students
“Novel Experimental Design Techniques for Data Science,” 2024.
Current position: Data Scientist, Databricks, San Francisco, CA.
Akhil Vakayil
“Optimal Sampling for Statistical Modeling and Validation,” 2023.
Current position: Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo, New York, NY.
Arvind Krishna
“Calibration and Optimization of Computer Models with applications to Acoustics and Materials Discovery,” 2021.
Current position: Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Statistics, Northwestern University
Jialei Chen
“Engineering-Driven Learning Approaches for Bio-Manufacturing and Personalized Medicine,” 2021. (co-advisor: Chuck Zhang).
Current position: Data and Applied Scientist, Microsoft
“Computer and Biological Experiments: Modeling, Estimation, and Uncertainty Quantification,” 2020. (co-advisor: Jeff Wu).
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, GA.
“Recent Advances on the Reduction and Analysis of Big and High Dimensional Data,” 2018. (co-advisor: Jeff Wu).
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Fang Cao
“Advances in Calibration and Interpolation: Censored and Big Data Applications,” 2017.
Current position: Wells Fargo Securities Associate, Wells Fargo, Charlotte, NC.
Evren Gul
“Designs for Computer Experiments and Uncertainty Quantification,” 2016.
Current position: Sr. Data Scientist, Loyalty One, Chicago.
Li Gu
“Minimum Energy Designs: Extensions, Algorithms, and Applications,” 2016, (co-advisor: Jeff Wu).
Current position: Applied Scientist II, Amazon, Inc.
“Fast Methods for Identifying High Dimensional Systems Using Observations,” 2015, (co-advisor: Jan Shi).
Current position: Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Huan Yan
“Statistical Adjustment, Calibration, and Uncertainty Quantification of Complex Computer Models,” 2014.
Current position: Quantitative Analytics Consultant, Wells Fargo, Charlotte.
Chia-Jung Chang
“Statistical and Engineering Methods for Model Enhancement,” 2012 (co-advisor: Jan Shi).
Current position: Quantitative Risk Manager, State Street Corporation, Boston, MA.
Shan Ba
“Multi-Layer Designs & Composite Gaussian Process Models with Engineering Applications,” 2012.
Current position: Data Science Applied Researcher, LinkedIn, Sunnyvale, CA.
“Computer and physical experiments: design, modeling, and multivariate interpolation,” 2010.
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA.
“Contributions to computer experiments and binary time series,” 2008.(co-advisor: Jeff Wu).
Current position: Professor, Department of Statistics, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
James Delaney
“Contribution to the analysis of experiments using empirical Bayes techniques,” 2006.
Current position: Lead Data Scientist, The Climate Corporation, San Francisco, CA.