Ph.D.s in INSTORE
Ph.D. Awardees and Advisors
2020
- Weiwei Li, “Data Science Methods with Applications to Genetic Sequencing.”
- Advisor: Jan Hannig
- Placement: Facebook
2019
- Lu Wang, “Stochastic Models for Service and Taxi Systems.”
- Advisor: Vidyadhar Kulkarni
- Placement: Wells Fargo
- Liuqing Yang, “Statistical Methods for Deconvolution in Cancer Genomics.”
- Advisor: J.S. Marron
- Placement: Abbvie
- Yang Yu, “Analyzing Sampling in Stochastic Optimization: Importance Sampling and Statistical Inference.”
- Advisor: Amarjit Budhiraja and Shu Lu
- Placement: Google
- Haipeng Gao, “Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Cusp Catastrophe Model.”
- Advisor: Chuanshu Ji
- Placement: Paypal
2018
- Wanyi Chen, “A Data-Driven Approach for Operational Improvement in Emergency Departments.”
- Advisors: Nilay Argon and Serhan Ziya
- Placement: Post-doc, Harvard Medical School
- Yufeng Liu, “Advanced Statistical Learning Techniques for High-Dimensional Imaging Data.”
- Advisors: Yufeng Liu and Hongtu Zhu
- Placement: Uber
2017
- Yunxiao Liu, “Essays in High-Frequency Financial Econometrics.”
- Advisor: Chuanshu Ji and George Tauchen (Duke University)
- Placement: Uber Technologies
- Siyun Yu, “Optimal Resource Utilization in Service Systems.”
- Advisor: Vidyadhar Kulkarni
- Placement: Cox Automotive
2015
- Gen Li, “Integrated Analysis of Multiple Data Sets with Biomedical Applications.”
- Advisors: Andrew Nobel and Haipeng Shen
- Placement: Columbia University
2014
- Han Ye, “Data-driven workforce management in call centers.”
- Advisor: Haipeng Shen
- Placement: University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign