Mingyang Ren
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Email: mingyangren [at] cuhk.edu.hk
Education & Work Experiences
- Aug. 2022 - Current, 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, School of Public Health, 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
Research Interests
- Heterogeneous data analysis: integrative analysis, transfer learning, subgroup 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
Awards and Honors
- 2023 ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award, International Biometric Society
- 2022 Chinese Academy of Sciences President Award (Excellent Prize)
- 2021 National Scholarship for Doctoral Students
- 2020 Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences President Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professional Services
Journal Reviewer
- Journal of the American Statistical Association; Biometrics; Statistics in Medicine; Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics; Scientific Reports; ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
Professional Society Membership
- Eastern North American Region, International Biometric Society. Dec. 2022 - Dec. 2023