Zheng Yuan | Ph.D.

About me

I am a fourth year PhD student in Statistics at Northwestern University. Prior to joining Northwestern, I received my Master's degree in Statistical Science at Duke University advised by Prof. Peter Hoff and Prof. Merlise A. Clyde.

I am broadly interested in statistical inference and statistical learning, with specific interests in developing methods which leverage structure in the data or feature information to yield better prediction and inference. I am also really interested in understanding how statistical inference and statistical learning can have a great impact on decision making in capital markets. For example, advanced statistical techniques can be applied to solve complex trading problems and therefore change the markets. Meanwhile, I have a passion in studying how statistics is communicated to the general public and in the classroom as well.

Education

Ph.D. in Statistics, Northwestern University, Sep. 2020 - present
M.S. in Statistical Science, Duke University, Aug. 2018 - May. 2020
B.S. in Statistics, Nankai University, Sep. 2014 - Jun. 2018

Contact

ZhengYuan2025@u.northwestern.edu
2006 Sheridan Rd,
Evanston, IL 60208