Nianqiao Ju
Ph.D. student in Statistics
Harvard University
Biography
I am a fifth-year Ph.D. student in Statistics at Harvard University, supervised by Pierre Jacob. My research interests include agent-based models and Monte Carlo methods.
My Chinese name is written as 鞠念桥 and you can also call me Phyllis. You can contact me at nju AT g DOT harvard DOT edu.
I maintain a blog at phylliswithdata.com.
Interests
- Agent-based models
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo
- Sequential Monte Carlo
Education
-
PhD in Statistics, 2021 (expected)
Harvard University
-
BA in Mathematics, 2016
Wellesley College
Recent & Upcoming Talks
Quickly discover relevant content by filtering talks.
Recent Publications
Quickly discover relevant content by filtering publications.
A simple Markov chain for independent Bernoulli variables conditioned on their sum
We consider a vector of $N$ independent binary variables, each with a different probability of success. The distribution of the vector …
Awards
NSF Travel Grant for WSDM'19
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.
Experience
Visiting Ph.D. Student
University of Oxford
Hosted by Professor Arnaud Doucet.