about me

Ziyuan Zhang

I am a second-year PhD student in the Department of Statistics at Purdue University. I passed my PhD qualifying exam in August 2026, so now I can focus more on my research! Before that, I was a master's student in Mathematical Finance and Financial Technology, jointly trained by the School of Statistics and Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, where I was very fortunate to study under the guidance of Professor Yixuan Qiu. I received my bachelor's degree from the School of Statistics and Management at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2022. I enjoy all kinds of fun activities and have recently fallen in love with bouldering. Feel free to reach out to chat about study and life :) This is my English homepage; welcome to visit my Chinese homepage to learn more ❤

Education

Purdue University | Statistics | PhD2025.08-2030.06

Boston University | Mathematical Finance & Financial Technology | Master's Degree2023.09-2025.07

Major courses: Corporate Finance, Stochastic Calculus, Fundamentals of Finance, Programming (Python, C++).

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | Mathematical Finance & Financial Technology | Master's Degree2022.09-2025.07

Major courses: Financial Stochastic Analysis, Financial Econometrics, Statistical Theory and Methods, Data Analysis and Statistical Modeling, Optimization Methods and Applications.

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics | Data Science and Big Data Technology | Bachelor's Degree2018.09-2022.07

Major courses: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Text Mining, Databases, Distributed Computing, C Programming, Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Data Analysis and Visualization, Operations Research, Corporate Finance, Management Accounting, National Economic Accounting.