I am a tenure-track assistant professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the The University of Hong Kong. My home department is Innovation and Information Management Business Analytics. I am also part of the Statistics group.

Education and Training

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 2021 - 2022.
  Advisors: Prof. Kathryn Roeder and Prof. Jing Lei
• Ph.D. in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, 2016 - 2021.
  Advisor: Prof. Runze Li
• Bachelor in Statistics, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China, 2012 - 2016.

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, 2023 - present.
• Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, 2022 - 2023.

Research Interests

My research broadly lies at the interface of statistics and machine learning. I am generally interested in statistics for AI (especially large language models), statistical inference under differential privacy, and leveraging machine learning methods to improve the efficiency of statistical procedures.

Contact

Email: zhanruic [at] hku [dot] hk

Opportunities

Opportunities: I am actively looking for Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, and research assistants. If you are interested, please send me an email with your CV and a sample of your best work.