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Wei Zhong

Wei Zhong

Teaching & Research Assistant / Graduate Instructor

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  • About me

    Professor, Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics and Department of Statistics, Xiamen University Description

  • Education

    • Penn State University

      2008 - 2012
      PhD Statistics

      Activities and Societies: - President of Student Advisory Committee, Department of Statistics, Penn State (August 2010 - May 2011) - Vice President of Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Penn State, (August 2011 - July 2012)

    • Beijing Normal University

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Statistics

  • Experience

    • Penn State University

      Aug 2008 - Aug 2012
      Teaching & Research Assistant / Graduate Instructor

      Department of StatisticsPenn State University My Research Interests * High/Ultrahigh dimensional data analysis: large p small n problems * Nonparametric and semiparametric models * Large covariance matrix estimation * Application of statistics in genetics, information science, finance etc

    • Merck & Co., Inc.

      Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
      Market Analyst (Internship)

      - Statistical analysis to support marketing decision;- Implemented Bootstrapping to effectively reduce the standard errors of estimates;- Applied Propensity Score Matching to choose matched controls for causal inference;- Wrote two technical reports and did one final presentation.

    • Xiamen University

      Sept 2012 - now

      Research and Teaching Research and Teaching

      • Professor

        Aug 2017 - now

      • Associate Professor

        Aug 2014 - Jul 2017

      • Assistant Professor

        Sept 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • SAS