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Professor Yuqi Gu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University. He has a diverse academic background, having previously served as a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University, where he was mentored by Professor David B. Dunson. He completed his Ph.D. in Statistics at the University of Michigan under the guidance of Professor Gongjun Xu. His academic journey began with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Tsinghua University. Professor Gu's research primarily focuses on latent variable models and their various applications in education, psychology, and the social behavioral sciences. His specific research interests include methods and theory related to multidimensional discrete latent structure, probabilistic graphical models, multivariate categorical data analysis, psychometrics, tensor decompositions, Bayesian statistics, and deep generative models.
Duke University • Durham, NC
Conducted research and collaborated on statistical methods with a focus on latent variable models.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)