جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Ariel Pakesمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Econometrics
• Industrial Organization
• Economics of Technological Change
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Ariel Pakes is the Thomas Professor of Economics at Harvard University, part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Economics. He previously held the Charles and Dorothea Dilley Professorship at Yale University and tenured roles at institutions including the University of Wisconsin and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on industrial organization (I.O.), the economics of technological change, and econometric theory. Pakes has advised notable students who now lead economics departments globally and has received prestigious awards including the Frisch Medal (1986) and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002). Education: Pakes earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1980. His academic journey includes roles as a lecturer at Harvard and positions at the University of Jerusalem. Research Interests: Pakes has pioneered methodologies for analyzing I.O. models, including demand and cost system estimation. Recent work examines AI’s impact on pricing strategies, antitrust policy implications of market dynamics, and healthcare cost structures. His theoretical contributions include simulation estimators and frameworks for dynamic oligopolies. Awards: Frisch Medal (Econometric Society, 1986) Fellow of the Econometric Society (1988) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) Best Graduate Student Advisor Award (Yale University, 1996) Advisory and Grants: Pakes has served on NSF panels, including the Economics Advisory Panel and Presidential Fellow Advisory Board. His consulting work spans government agencies and large firms. He edited the RAND Journal of Economics and co-chaired the AEA Census Advisory Panel. Labs/Teams: Collaborates with NBER as a Research Associate and contributes to interdisciplinary projects like the PNAS issue on 'Science, Technology and the Economy.'

John Duchiمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Statistical Learning
• Optimization
• Privacy in Machine Learning
• +۳ مورد دیگر

John Duchi is an Associate Professor at Stanford University, holding positions in the Department of Statistics and the Department of Electrical Engineering (with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science). He is affiliated with the School of Engineering. His research focuses on statistical learning, optimization, information theory, and computation, with an emphasis on balancing computational efficiency, privacy, and robustness. Key interests include developing algorithms for large-scale optimization, privacy-preserving techniques, and tools for evaluating machine learning systems' validity. Education: BS and MS in Computer Science (Stanford University, 2007–2008), MA in Statistics (UC Berkeley, 2012), and PhD in EECS (UC Berkeley, 2014). Research Interests: His work addresses three core areas: (1) optimizing trade-offs between computational resources and statistical performance, (2) creating scalable optimization methods, and (3) quantifying confidence in machine learning systems. Recent publications highlight contributions to privacy in federated learning, robust statistical validation, and uncertainty quantification. Articles: His recent work explores topics like distribution-free M-estimation, private federated learning, and instance-optimal mechanisms for statistical estimation. These studies emphasize privacy, robustness, and scalable solutions for modern data challenges. Advising & Grants: While no advisees are listed, his research has been supported by grants focused on optimization, privacy, and statistical theory.

Ellen Riloffمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Natural Language Processing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Sentiment Analysis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Ellen Riloff serves as Department Head and Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Arizona, where she leads research at the intersection of natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence. Her work bridges theoretical advancements with real-world applications in social computing, planetary science, and crisis response systems. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1994) Research Focus: Dr. Riloff specializes in affective computing and information extraction , developing techniques to recognize emotion, social cues, and embodied expressions in text. Her methodologies frequently employ bootstrapping, stacked learning, and semantic lexicon induction. Recent projects address crisis informatics (e.g., social cue recognition in emergencies) and interdisciplinary applications like the Mars Target Encyclopedia for planetary science data extraction. Publication Trends: Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2021–2025) reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) affective event modeling in social contexts with applications to crisis response; (2) domain-specific NLP for planetary science and food systems; and (3) advanced language model techniques including retrieval-augmented generation and multi-view prompting. Her work increasingly integrates deep learning with traditional linguistic features. Grants and Leadership: Dr. Riloff has directed multiple NSF-funded projects, including RI: Small: Recognizing Implicit Personal States in Natural Language (2016) and RI: Small: Acquiring Domain Knowledge from Text through Cooperative Bootstrapping (2010). These initiatives pioneered bootstrapping frameworks for affective event recognition and information extraction. She also co-organized the Workshop on Pattern-based Approaches to NLP (2023), highlighting her leadership in advancing hybrid NLP methodologies. Collaborative Infrastructure: She co-developed the Mars Target Encyclopedia—a large-scale information extraction system that processes planetary science literature to create structured databases of Mars surface targets. This project demonstrates her commitment to building reusable scientific infrastructure through NLP.

Yiping Luمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Machine Learning
• Scientific Machine Learning (AI4Science)
• Numerical Algorithms
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Yiping Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering. His research focuses on developing interdisciplinary approaches combining domain knowledge (differential equations, stochastic processes), machine learning, and experiments. Key interests include scientific machine learning (AI4Science), stochastic simulation, and robust machine learning. Education: Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Stanford University (2023) B.S. in Computational Mathematics, Peking University (2019) Research Highlights: Hybrid research integrating ML with scientific domains like PDEs and inverse problems Development of Physics-Informed Learning frameworks Contributions to deep learning theory (ResNets, neural collapse) Advances in kernel operator learning and adversarial robustness Awards: CPAL Rising Star Award (2024) University of Chicago Data Science Rising Star (2022) Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (2021) Labs/Teams: SCALE Lab (Scientific Computation and Learning at Northwestern) Collaborations with NYU's Courant Institute and Stanford

Claire Donnatمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Statistics
• Machine Learning
• Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Claire Donnat is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago, specializing in statistical and machine learning methods for graph-structured and high-dimensional data. Her work bridges theoretical innovation with applications in biomedical research, environmental science, and public health. Education: B.S. and M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Ecole Polytechnique; Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University (2020). Her research focuses on three methodological directions: (1) statistical foundations for graph neural networks (GNNs), (2) structured estimation with graph constraints, and (3) multimodal data integration with uncertainty quantification. Key applications include thermotolerance in photosynthetic microbes, family network analysis for child welfare, and spatial transcriptomics. The 15 most recent publications highlight her work in GNNs, CCA, tensor modeling, and epidemic analysis, with keywords spanning statistics, machine learning, and network science. Her methodological contributions address challenges in sparsity, graph topology, and heterogeneous data fusion. Scientific Awards: Facebook Research Award (2021), C3.AI COVID Grand Challenge winner (2020), Lumiata hackathon winner (2020), Stanford Centennial Award (2019), and others. Claire's research group actively recruits postdocs and students for projects involving graph-based modeling, data integration, and biomedical applications. She also provides research consulting in statistical methodology and graph modeling for life sciences.

• Nonparametric Statistics
• High Dimensional Data Analysis
• Statistical Methods in Finance
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Vladimir Spokoiny is a Professor at the Departments of Mathematics and Economics of the Humboldt University of Berlin and Head of the Research Group "Stochastic Algorithms and Nonparametric Statistics" at the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) in Berlin, Germany. His research spans multiple areas of statistics, machine learning, and financial mathematics, with significant contributions to nonparametric statistics, high-dimensional data analysis, and statistical methods in finance. Spokoiny received his M.Sc. in applied mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineering in 1981 and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1988. He completed his Habilitation at Humboldt University in 1996. His academic career includes positions at the All-Union Institute of Railway Transport in Moscow, the Institute for Information Transmission Problems in Moscow, and the Institute for Applied Analysis and Statistics in Berlin before joining the Weierstrass Institute and Humboldt University where he has been a professor since 2002. Spokoiny's research focuses on adaptive nonparametric smoothing and hypothesis testing, high dimensional data analysis, statistical methods in finance, image analysis with applications to medicine, classification, and nonlinear time series. His work often addresses the challenges of nonstationarity in time series data and develops innovative methods for volatility estimation and risk management. He has made significant contributions to the development of adaptive weights smoothing procedures, which have applications in image processing, community detection, and manifold learning. His recent work has expanded into high-dimensional statistics, Bayesian inference, and optimization methods for machine learning, with publications demonstrating novel approaches to Gaussian approximation, Laplace methods, and statistical inference in non-Euclidean spaces. Spokoiny has supervised numerous PhD students including Oliver Reiss, Danilo Mercurio, Ying Chen, Elmar Diederichs, and Mstislav Elagin, whose research has focused on mathematical finance, time series analysis, and statistical methods. He serves as an Associate Editor for The Annals of Statistics (since 2004) and Statistics and Decisions (since 2002), and has previously served on the editorial board of the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. His professional activities include reviewing for major statistical journals including Annals of Statistics, Bernoulli, Econometrica, and Journal of American Statistical Association, as well as reviewing grant proposals for the National Science Foundation (USA), German Research Foundation, and Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Spokoiny is a member of several professional societies including the International Statistical Institute, American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and Bernoulli Society. He is fluent in Russian (mother tongue), English, and German, and has good knowledge of French. His research group at WIAS focuses on developing novel statistical methodologies with applications across various scientific domains, particularly emphasizing adaptivity and robustness in complex data environments. The group's work has significant implications for financial risk management, medical imaging, and machine learning applications, with recent publications addressing fundamental questions in high-dimensional statistics and nonparametric inference.

Xiaofeng Shaoمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Econometrics
• Time Series Analysis
• Change-Point Analysis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Xiaofeng Shao is a Professor of Statistics & Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis, with a joint appointment in the Department of Economics. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and previously served at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 18 years. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association. His research focuses on econometrics, time series analysis, change-point detection, high-dimensional statistics, nonparametric methods, and functional data analysis. Recent work emphasizes object-valued time series modeling and machine learning applications in high-dimensional and imaging data. Notable contributions include the dependent wild bootstrap method and self-normalization techniques for time series inference. Key awards include Fellowships from leading statistical societies. His publications span over 20 years, addressing topics like change-point detection in climate projections, statistical methods for COVID-19 infection trends, and high-dimensional dependence testing.

• Econometric Theory
• Machine Learning/Nonparametrics
• Robust Inference for Clustered & Network Data
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Harold D. Chiang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on econometric theory and methods, particularly robust inference techniques for clustered and network data, machine learning applications, and causal inference frameworks like regression discontinuity/kink designs. He employs computational statistics and asymptotic theory to address methodological challenges in high-dimensional and complex datasets.

Axel Gandyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Computational Statistics
• Statistics in Finance
• Survival Analysis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Axel Gandy is a Professor of Statistics at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London. He serves as Director of the EPSRC CDT in Modern Statistics and Statistical Machine Learning , overseeing PhD supervision and advanced statistical training.

Bruce E. Hansenمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Econometrics
• Time Series Analysis
• Model Selection and Averaging
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Bruce E. Hansen is the Mary Claire Aschenbrener Phipps Distinguished Chair and Trygve Haavelmo Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Economics. He maintains an active research program with publications extending through 2025, demonstrating his continued prominence in econometric methodology. His research interests include: Econometric theory and methodology Time series analysis and forecasting Model selection, averaging, and shrinkage techniques Threshold and structural change models Statistical inference for clustered and dependent data Hansen's recent work focuses on innovative approaches to model averaging, standard error estimation for complex data structures, and unit root testing. His publications demonstrate both theoretical rigor and practical applicability to economic data analysis, with particular attention to handling clustered data, serial correlation, and model uncertainty. His influential publications include 'Least Squares Model Averaging' in Econometrica (2007) which introduced Mallows Model Averaging, and 'A Modern Gauss-Markov Theorem' (2022), both representing significant theoretical contributions to econometrics. His two textbooks 'Probability and Statistics for Economists' and 'Econometrics' (Princeton University Press, 2022) reflect his commitment to teaching and disseminating econometric knowledge. Hansen's research has been supported by multiple National Science Foundation grants (SES-9022176, SES-9120576, SBR-9412339, and SBR-9807111), highlighting the significance and quality of his contributions to the field.

Hyuck Jin Parkمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Landslide Hazard Assessment
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Machine Learning Applications
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Hyuck Jin Park is a Full Professor in the Department of Energy Resources and Geosystems Engineering at Sejong University, South Korea, where he has been teaching and conducting research since 2003. With a Ph.D. in Engineering Geology from Purdue University, his expertise spans geotechnical engineering, landslide analysis, and geospatial technologies. Professor Park has built a distinguished career in landslide hazard assessment, combining traditional geotechnical approaches with modern machine learning techniques to improve prediction accuracy and risk management. His educational background includes: B.S. in Geology from Yonsei University (1990) M.S. in Geophysics from Yonsei University (1993) Ph.D. in Engineering Geology from Purdue University (2011) Professor Park's research focuses on the spatial and temporal probability of landslide occurrence, utilizing fuzzy logic, probabilistic analysis, GIS, Monte Carlo simulation, and machine learning for landslide hazard assessment. His work integrates physically based models with statistical approaches to better understand landslide mechanisms and improve prediction capabilities. He has made significant contributions to the development of methodologies that account for geological uncertainties in hazard assessment, with applications ranging from rock slope stability to rainfall-induced shallow landslides. His recent publications demonstrate a clear trend toward integrating explainable artificial intelligence with traditional geotechnical approaches for natural hazard assessment. Professor Park's work increasingly focuses on making machine learning models transparent and interpretable while maintaining high predictive accuracy. The research spans multiple hazard types including landslides, earthquakes, and floods, with a growing emphasis on climate change impacts and data-scarce environments. With an h-index of 28 and over 3,421 citations, Professor Park has established himself as a leading researcher in his field. His work has been published in high-impact journals including Engineering Geology, Landslides, and Catena, reflecting the significance and quality of his contributions to geotechnical engineering and natural hazard assessment. Professor Park has mentored numerous researchers through collaborative projects and has secured funding for his innovative work in landslide prediction and hazard assessment. His research has involved significant international collaboration, particularly with researchers from Malaysia, Australia, and Yemen, addressing landslide and flood risks in diverse geographical contexts. He leads research activities within the Department of Geoinformation Engineering at Sejong University and has contributed to the development of specialized tools like DEWS (Distance, Elevation, Watershed, and Slope unit) for landslide early warning systems.

Ben Bloem-Reddyمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Machine Learning
• Causal Inference
• Bayesian Methods
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Ben Bloem-Reddy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver Campus. His research focuses on statistical theory and applications in machine learning, particularly in causal inference, Bayesian methods, neural networks, and probabilistic models. He advises current students Quanhan (Johnny) Xi, Kenny Chiu, and Gian Carlo Diluvi. His work bridges foundational statistical theory with practical machine learning challenges, including causal discovery, model identifiability, and uncertainty quantification. Recent research explores topics such as latent variable models, generative processes, and symmetry in data and algorithms. His contributions span interdisciplinary areas like particle physics applications and information theory-based compression techniques. Ben’s research trends emphasize advancing theoretical guarantees for modern machine learning systems while addressing real-world problems. His publications frequently intersect with algebraic topology (e.g., cocycles in causal inference) and nonparametric methods. He maintains an active lab within the Department of Statistics, fostering collaborations across UBC’s academic ecosystem. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided information. His advising and grant activities focus on statistical methodology development, as evidenced by his student supervision and published work. His office is located in ESB 3168, and he can be reached at benbr@stat.ubc.ca.

Joseph P. Romanoمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Statistics
• Econometrics
• Bootstrap Methods
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Joseph P. Romano is a distinguished Professor of Statistics and Economics at Stanford University, where he has been on the faculty since 1986. He holds joint appointments in both the Department of Statistics and the Department of Economics, reflecting his interdisciplinary research that bridges statistical theory with economic applications. Romano has established himself as a leading scholar in mathematical statistics with significant contributions to econometrics, climate science, and multiple testing methodologies. Ph.D. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley (1986) M.S. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley (1983) A.B. in Statistics, Princeton University (1982), Summa Cum Laude Romano's research focuses on the theoretical foundations and practical applications of statistical methods, particularly in nonparametric statistics, bootstrap and resampling techniques, and multiple testing procedures. His work addresses the challenges of analyzing massive datasets with complex structures, such as those found in biotechnology, clinical trials, and econometrics. He has developed universal statistical tools applicable across diverse fields including climate science, genetics, finance, and education. His recent work emphasizes methods for multiple testing and multivariate inference driven by the availability of massive datasets, where he tackles issues like unknown dependence structures, heterogeneity, and high dimensionality. Analysis of Romano's recent publications reveals a consistent focus on developing robust statistical methodologies for complex data structures. His work spans theoretical advances in U-statistics with growing dimensions, practical applications in seroprevalence studies, and innovative approaches to ranking inference across various domains. The interdisciplinary nature of his research is evident in publications spanning economics journals, statistics journals, and even behavioral science preprints, demonstrating the broad applicability of his methodological contributions. 2021 LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year, Out to Innovate Fellow, International Association of Applied Econometrics (2020) Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award Romano has mentored dozens of doctoral students throughout his career at Stanford, serving as dissertation advisor, co-advisor, and committee member for numerous PhD candidates in Statistics. His research has been consistently supported by National Science Foundation grants, including recent funding for computer-intensive inference with applications to social sciences (2020-2023) and randomization inference for contemporary statistical problems (2013-2016). He has served in various administrative roles at Stanford including Associate Chairman and Chair of Committee on Faculty Affairs. Beyond his academic pursuits, Romano is actively involved in the 500 Queer Scientists visibility campaign and maintains a balanced life with passions in music (having performed at Carnegie Hall), competitive tennis (ranked nationally in his age group), cooking, and architecture.

Lance Ripsمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• cognitive psychology
• reasoning
• concepts and categorization
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Lance Rips is a Professor in the Psychology Department at Northwestern University , Evanston, IL. His research focuses on cognitive psychology, particularly concepts, reasoning, and autobiographical memory. Academic Rank: Professor Institution: Northwestern University Department: Psychology Department Contact: ripslab@gmail.com , rips@northwestern.edu Research interests include: Deductive and inductive reasoning Concepts of objects/events over time Causal cognition Mathematical thinking (numbers, non-Euclidean geometry) Informal argumentation and survey methodology His lab investigates foundational questions in cognition, with recent work on conditional reasoning, object individuation, and developmental understanding of substances. Publications span journals like Cognitive Science , Psychological Science , and Cognition .

• Functional data analysis
• Non-Euclidean data analysis
• High-dimensional data analysis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Associate Professor LIN Zhenhua serves as a Presidential Young Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS), with additional affiliation at the Institute of Data Science since 2021. His research develops cutting-edge statistical methodologies for complex data structures across multiple domains. Dr. LIN completed his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 2017 under Fang Yao's supervision, following M.Sc. degrees from Simon Fraser University (2013, 2010) and a B.Sc. from Fudan University (2008). Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2017 (Advisor: Fang Yao) M.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 2013, 2010 B.Sc., Fudan University, 2008 His research program spans functional data analysis (developing techniques for curves and surfaces), non-Euclidean data analysis (statistical methods on manifolds), high-dimensional statistics (p > n problems), and constrained statistical modeling. LIN's work bridges theoretical statistics with practical applications through rigorous mathematical frameworks and computational implementations. Recent publications reveal strong emphasis on bootstrap methods for high-dimensional inference, Riemannian geometry approaches for manifold-valued data, and innovative functional data techniques. His research shows consistent output with multiple 2025 publications in top journals including Biometrika, Bernoulli, and Journal of the American Statistical Association. Professional Recognition Presidential Young Professor, NUS (2019-present) Associate Editor, Bernoulli (2022-2024) Associate Editor, Statistics (2023-present) Young Researchers Committee, Bernoulli Society (2020-2024) Professor LIN actively mentors graduate students as evidenced by numerous collaborative publications with trainees. He teaches advanced courses including ST5215 Advanced Statistical Theory, DSA4211 High-dimensional Statistical Analysis, and ST5223 Statistical Models across multiple academic years. His research group develops specialized software packages including hdanova, matrix-manifold, synfd, mcfda, and iRFDA, making advanced statistical methods accessible to practitioners.