Dr. Anderson Zhang

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Anderson Ye Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from Yale University in 2018 and holds a B.Sc. in Statistics from Zhejiang University. His academic work spans several high-impact areas within statistics and data science including group synchronization, spectral analysis, ranking pairwise comparisons, clustering mixture models, network analysis, and mean field variational inference. He has served as an instructor at the University of Chicago prior to his appointment at the University of Pennsylvania. Zhang has contributed to a variety of academic journals and conferences, displaying expertise in optimal clustering and spectral methods.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2019-01-01 — Present

University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA

Teaching and conducting research in statistics and data science.

Instructor

2018-01-01 — 2019-01-01

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Instructed courses in statistics.

Awards

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Sloan Research Fellowship

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NSF CAREER Award

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New Researcher Award

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Francis J. Anscombe Award

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IBM Student Paper Award

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Chu Kochen Scholarship

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
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