Mingyang Ren

Associate Professor (tenure-track)
School of Mathematical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Email: mingyangren [at] sjtu.edu.cn

Research Interests

• Heterogeneous data analysis: subgroup analysis, transfer learning, integrative analysis
• Graphical model: directed acyclic graph, Gaussian graphical mixture model, network data
• High-dimensional data analysis: robust high-dimensional regression, tensor analysis
• Biostatistics: brain functional connectivity network analysis, cancer genomics

Education & Work Experiences

• Aug. 2024 - Present, Associate Professor (tenure-track)
  School of Mathematical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Aug. 2022 - Jul. 2024, Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Mentor: Prof. Junhui Wang
• Dec. 2021 - Jul. 2022, Research Assistant
  School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong
• Dec. 2019 - Dec. 2020, Joint Ph.D. in Biostatistics
  Department of Biostatistics, Yale University
  Advisor: Prof. Shuangge Ma
• Sep. 2017 - Jul. 2022, Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics
  School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Advisor: Prof. Sanguo Zhang
• Sep. 2013 – Jul. 2017, B.S. in Mathematics
  School of Mathematics and Statistics, Wuhan University

Awards and Honors

• 2025   Shanghai BYL Talent (Oversea Talent Introduction Program)
• 2024   Junior Researcher Award Honorable Mention, International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) China Conference
• 2023   ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award, International Biometric Society
• 2022   Chinese Academy of Sciences President Award
• 2021   National Scholarship for Ph.D. Candidates
• 2020   Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences President Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professional Services

Journal Reviewer

• Journal of the American Statistical Association; Biometrics; Bernoulli; Statistica Sinica; Statistics in Medicine; Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics; Artificial Intelligence Review; Scientific Reports; ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software