PhD researcher in Statistics
In Professor Dora Y. Zhang’s research group.
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A physicist's curiosity,
a statistician's skepticism.
I am Liyu Cao. I trained in physics, now do a PhD in Statistics at the University of Hong Kong, and keep one foot in quantitative finance.
I began in physics, where a model earns its place by explaining a mechanism and surviving a test. Statistics gave me a sharper language for uncertainty, and finance made the gap between a prediction and a decision impossible to ignore.
Outside research:
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The Lab is where small statistical ideas become things you can play with. For research or collaboration, send me an email.
- Now
- PhD researcher, Statistics · HKU
- Also
- Quantitative Research Analyst · Simplicity Capital
- Trained in
- Physics, with a Finance minor · Nankai
- Research
- Now and earlier →
The path so far.
Quantitative Research Analyst
Quantitative research in industry, alongside the PhD.
Physics degree, Finance minor
Bachelor’s training in physics with a minor in finance; National Scholarship recipient.
Generative models for microbiome data
Research experience in Li Ma's group.
Optimization under uncertainty
Research experience in Ying Cui's group.
Deep learning price forecasts
Group research in Weiping Zhang's group.
Active topological glass
Molecular dynamics research in Yao Li's group, presented at a national condensed-matter conference.
Training and tools.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Physics with a minor in Finance, Nankai University; Berkeley Global Access exchange, UC Berkeley, 2023; doctoral study in Statistics, HKU
- Recognition
- National Scholarship, Nankai University
- Teaching
- Quantitative Strategies and Algorithmic Trading (STAT8020); Spatial Data Analysis (STAT6016)
- Tools
- Python and R for analysis; PyTorch and scientific computing for models; reproducible code and visual explanations