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Yunpeng
Zhao Assistant Professor Department of Statistics Volgenau School of Engineering George Mason University Phone: 703-993-1674 Email: yzhao15@gmu.edu |
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics, George Mason University. My thesis advisors are Professor Liza Levina and Professor Ji Zhu.
Research Interests
- Statistical theory and methodology for complex network analysis.
- Machine learning and high-dimensional analysis.
- Spectral theory of random matrices with applications in network analysis.
- Zhao, Y., Levina, E. and Zhu, J. (2013), Link prediction for partially observed networks. Submitted Annals of Applied Statistics .
- Zhao, Y., Levina, E. and Zhu, J. (2012), Consistency of community detection in networks under degree-corrected stochastic block models. Annals of Statistics , Volume 40, Number 4 (2012), 2266-2292. arXiv:1110.3854.
- Zhao, Y., Levina, E. and Zhu, J. (2011). Community extraction for social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(18):7321-7326. (A winner of ASA Statistical Computing and Graphics Sections 2011 Student Paper Competition).
- Wang, F., Zhao, Y. (2007). A two-sided inequality of gamma function. J. Math. Res. Exposition 27 (2007), no. 4,667-670
- JSM 2011, Community extraction for social networks.
- ICSA 2011, Consistency of community detection for networks under degree-corrected block models.
Playing bridge is my main hobby in spare time, because it is a good application of probability theory. (You don't believe the reason, do you?) Some useful resources:
- Bridge Base Online-- BBO -- is a free online bridge service.
- U of M bridge club