Faculty

Qijia Jiang, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Statistics
Research Interests: Connection between optimization, MCMC sampling, dynamical system, interacting particle system; Blending machine learning with traditional numerical algorithms for: PDE, sampling, optimal transport, control; AI4Science: data-driven approaches to computational problems arising in physics & chemistry

Xiao Hui Tai, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Statistics
Research Interests: use of non-traditional sources of data to study problems in data-scarce settings, with a focus on conflict, crime and the developing world.
4242 Mathematical Sciences Building

Jairo Fuquene Patino, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Statistics
Research Interests:  Practical and theoretical Bayesian statistics with application to public health and medicine, demography, environmental data, small area estimation, official statistics, fMRI and survey sampling data, among others.
Mathematical Sciences Building 4113

Xiucai Ding, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor
  • Statistics
Research Interests: Manifold learning, deep learning, and large foundation models; High-dimensional statistics and applied random matrix theory; Non-stationary time series analysis; Applications in biological and medical sciences
Mathematical Sciences Building 4111

Jane-Ling Wang, Ph.D.

  • Distinguished Research Professor
  • Statistics
Research Interests: Deep Learning, Conformal Inference, Causal Inference, Functional and Longitudinal Data Analysis, Survival Analysis
4228 Mathematical Sciences Building
One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616

Duncan Temple Lang, Ph.D.

  • Professor
  • Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
  • Statistics
Research Interests: Statistical and Scientific Computing, R/S Data Analysis Environments, Programming Language Design, Software Infrastructure and Engineering, Meta-programming, Dynamic graphics, Reproducible Research Tools, Statistical Education
4210 Mathematical Sciences Building
One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616