Yo Joong Choe

Yo Joong Choe is an Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD (Singapore), with a joint Ph.D. in Statistics and Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University. His research bridges statistics, machine learning, and natural language processing, focusing on game-theoretic statistics, sequential inference, and representation geometry in large language models.

• Current role: Assistant Professor at INSEAD
• Education: Joint Ph.D. in Statistics and Machine Learning (CMU), advised by Aaditya Ramdas
• Previous role: DSI Faraco Family Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Chicago

His research addresses challenges in anytime-valid inference for sequential experiments and representation analysis in LLMs. A recent paper formalizes combining e-values under asymmetric information using adjusters, with applications to financial data testing. He has mentored data science projects at University of Chicago and CMU, including a team winning the 2023–2024 Award for Excellence in Data Science.

• Scientific awards
  • 2023–2024 Award for Excellence in Data Science (as mentor)
• Teaching experience
  • Guest lectures at University of Chicago and Georgetown University
  • TA roles for courses in financial time series, machine learning, and probability