Biography
Hello, I’m Changhao Ge (葛昶昊), a third-year PhD student in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science at the University of Pennsylvania, under the supervision of Professor Hongzhe Li. I am also a member of the Statistical Genetics and Genomics Laboratory. Prior to joining Penn, I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the University of Science and Technology of China. My current research interests include Bayesian statistics, machine learning, statistical computation, and optimization.
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Interests
- Statistical Algorithms
- Bayesian Statistics
- Machine Learning
- Computation and Optimization
Education
PhD in Applied Math, 2027(expected)
University of Pennsylvania
MA in Statistics and Data Sciences, 2026(expected)
Wharton School of Business, UPenn
BSc in Statistics, 2022
University of Science and Technology of China
Publications
(2025).
Simultaneous Estimation of Many Sparse Networks via Hierarchical Poisson Log-Normal Model.
JCGS.
(2025).
RCANE: A Deep Learning Algorithm for Whole-genome Pan-Cancer Somatic Copy Number Aberration Prediction using RNA-seq Data.
Commun. Biol..
(2023).
A Variational Spike-and-Slab Approach for Group Variable Selection.
Bayesian Analysis.
Experience
Research Assistant
Conducting statistical research with focus on scRNA-seq data.
Teaching Assistant of Advanced Calculus
Teaching Assistant of Prof. John Green
Teaching Assistant of Probability and Mathematical Statistics
Teaching Assistant of Prof. Hong Zhang
Online Research Intern
Conducting research in variational bayes and variable selection under the supervision of Prof. Jun Liu.
Awards/Honors
Benjamin Franklin Scholarship
National Scholarship
Skills
Python
C/C++
R
Contact
- gech@sas.upenn.edu
- 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelpia, PA 19104