Welcome to my corner of the world …
I am Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College. My research interests include Bayesian statistics, Monte Carlo methods, differential privacy, and applied statistics. Prior to Dartmouth, I completed my Ph.D. in Statistics at Harvard University and B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Wellesley College.
My Chinese name is 鞠念桥 and you can also call me Phyllis. You can contact me at `nianqiao DOT ju AT dartmouth DOT edu'.
In my blog phylliswithdata.wordpress.com, I thrive to communicate statistical ideas and research in data privacy to a broad audience. I am on the organizing team of the Online Monte Carlo Seminar. Follow us on YouTube.
Interests
- Bayesian statistics
- Computational statistics & data augmentation
- Data privacy
- Computational biology
Education
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Ph.D. in Statistics, 2021
Harvard University
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B.A. in Mathematics & Physics, 2016
Wellesley College
News
- Honored to receive the 2025 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award by International Society for Bayesian Analysis.
- Fall 2025 season of Online Monte Carlo Seminar returns on September 23.
- I am joining the Department of Mathematics at Dartmouth College in July 2025. I am teaching MATH 20 (Probability) in Fall'25 and MATH 146 (Current topics in applied math, on data privacy and Bayesian statistics) in Winter'26.
- New manuscript SOMA: a novel sampler for exchangeable variables with Yifei Xiong is on arxiv.
- Spectral gap bounds for reversible hybrid Gibbs chains with Qian Qin and Guanyang Wang has been accepted by the Annals of Statistics.
Recent Publications
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(2025).
Learning mixed-infection strains from older hosts: a new sampling scheme for malaria epidemiology and population genetics.
MedRxiv preprint.
(2025).
SOMA: A Novel Sampler for Bayesian Inference from Privatized Data.
Arxiv preprint.
(2025).
Spectral gap bounds for reversible hybrid Gibbs chains.
AoS.
Recent & Upcoming Talks
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Awards
Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award
Department of Statistics Undergraduate Advising Award
Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
Awarded to teaching assistants who receive student evaluations higher than 4.5 out of 5 points. Won 3 times, in fall 2018, spring 2019, and fall 2020.
Grants
NIH-NIAID: Systems biology to predict progression and treatment response in NTM pulmonary infections.
Subaward from Mayo Clinic.