Yang Li

Contact Mobile: 515-***-****

Department of Statistics

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Iowa State University

Email: abppjn@r.postjobfree.com

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WWW: www.yangli.us

Ames, IA 50011

(Sept. 2008 2013)

Iowa State University

Education

Ph.D. in statistics, GPA: 3.97/4.0

Advisor: Dr. Zhengyuan Zhu

Dissertation title: Covariance structure estimation on spheres

(Sept. 2001 Aug. 2006)

University of Minnesota

Ph.D. in physics, GPA: 3.97/4.0

Area of Study: theoretical nuclear physics

(Sept. 1996 July 2001)

University of Science and Technology of China

B.S. in School for the Gifted Young, GPA: 3.6/4.0

Area of Study: atomic and molecular physics

Research

Nonparametric/semiparametric estimations of spatial covariance structure

Interests

on Euclidean spaces and on spheres

Convolution-based nonstationary spatial random elds on spheres

Multivariate spatial processes on spheres

Spatial point patterns and its applications in cellular network data

Application of time series analysis

Survey sampling and its data analysis

Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Research

Experience

Research assistant (Jan. 2009 present)

Estimate the covariance function on spheres using nonparametric meth-

ods

Use semiparametric method to estimate variogram and spectrum on Rd

Model convolution-based nonstationary random elds on spheres

Perform numerical study in variogram matrix function on spheres

Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology, Ames, IA

Research assistant (Jan. 2009 present)

Calibrate soil erosion losses in two di erent frameworks

Use multivariate and data mining methods for data analysis

Consult on applied and interdisciplinary research projects

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AT&T Research Lab, Florham Park, NJ

Student intern - Technical II (May July 2012)

Search for spatial anomalies using K-scan method in cellular network

Model and analyse the spatial correlation between customer-submitted

data and the system-collected network data

Noble Americas, Stamford, CT

Student summer intern (June Aug. 2011)

Forecast market prices with time series methods

Search for analog patterns from historical price database

Department of Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Postdoctoral research associate (Sept. 2006 Aug. 2008)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Research assistant (May 2003 Aug. 2006)

Department of Statistics, Iowa State University

Teaching

Experience

Lab instructor (Jan. 2009 May 2010)

Prepare lab materials for Stat421 (Survey Sampling)

Lead the lab section and teach using statistical software (e.g. SAS, R)

Grade homework, hold o ce hours, update class web page

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota

Lab instructor/Teaching assistant (Sept. 2001 May 2005)

Lead recitation sections and explain the problem-solving techniques

Prepare lab materials and lead lab sections

SRMS Student Travel Award, American Statistical Association (2011)

Awards

Holly and Beth Fryer Award, Iowa State University (2010)

Outstanding Student Award, University of Science and Technology of China

(1996, 1997, 2001)

SAS, R/S-Plus, C, Python, Mathematica, TEX

Technical

Expertise

Referee service for journals

Professional

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (1 paper)

Service

Physical Review Letters (1 paper)

Physical Review C (2 papers)

American Statistical Association

Professional

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Membership

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Publications & J. Du, C. Ma, and Y. Li, Isotropic variogram matrix functions on spheres, to

appear in Mathematical Geosciences (2012).

Manuscripts in

Statistics

Y. Li and Z. Zhu, Nonparametric estimation of covariance functions on spheres,

submitted to Journal of Nonparametric Statistics (2012).

Y. Li and Z. Zhu, Semiparametric estimation of the variogram and its spec-

trum, in preparation.

Y. Li and Z. Zhu, Modeling nonstationary random elds on spheres through

convolution, in preparation.

Publications in Y. Li and K. Tuchin, Probing the low-x structure of nuclear matter with d-

i ractive hadron production in pA collisions, Physical Review C 78, 024905

Physics

(2008).

Y. Li, Baryon enhancement in high-density QCD and relativistic heavy ion

collisions, Journal of Physics G 35, 104051 (2008).

Y. Li and K. Tuchin, Spectrum of di ractively produced gluons in onium-

nucleus collisions, Nuclear Physics A 807, 190 (2008).

Y. Li and K. Tuchin, Gluon multiplicity in coherent di raction of onium on a

heavy nucleus, Physical Review D 77, 114012 (2008).

Y. Li and K. Tuchin, Gluon recombination in high parton density QCD: inclu-

sive pion production, Physical Review D 75, 074022 (2007).

R. J. Fries, J. I. Kapusta, and Y. Li, Near- elds and initial energy density in

high energy nuclear collisions, Preprint: nucl-th/0604054.

R. J. Fries, J. I. Kapusta, and Y. Li, From color elds to quark gluon plasma,

Nuclear Physics A 774, 861 (2006).

J. I. Kapusta and Y. Li, Rescattering e ects on intensity interferometry, Phys-

ical Review C 72, 064902 (2005).

Y. Li and J. I. Kapusta, Nonrelativistic rescattering e ects on two-particle cor-

relation, Journal of Physics G 31, S331 (2005).

J. I. Kapusta and Y. Li, HBT interferometry with rescattering in the medium,

Acta Physica Hungarica A 24, 125 (2005).

J. I. Kapusta and Y. Li, Rescattering e ects on HBT interferometry, Journal of

Physics G 30, S1069 (2004).

Final presentation for Stat 621 (Advanced Survey Sampling), Department of

Selected

Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Closed Capture-Recapture Sam-

Presentations

pling and Models, December 9, 2009.

Final presentation for Stat 651 (Advanced Time Series), Department of Statis-

tics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Extended Tapered Block Bootstrap,

May 4, 2010.

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Survey working group seminar, Department of Statistics, Iowa State Universi-

ty, Ames, IA, USLE and RUSLE2 Soil Loss Analysis in National Resources

Inventory, October 11, 2010.

Final presentation for Stat 606 (Advanced Spatial Statistics), Department of

Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Nonparametric Covariogram Es-

timation for Spatial Data, December 14, 2010.

Contributed talk at JSM 2011, Miami Beach, FL, Calibration of Soil Erosion

Estimates Under New Protocols, August 3, 2011.

Survey working group seminar, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University,

Ames, IA, Survey of Iowa Farmers on Use of Cellulosic Biomass as a Bio-

fuel, October 3, 2011.

Statistics Department Talk, AT&T Research Lab, Florham Park, NJ, Spatial

Anomalous Events from MTS and Correlation with Cellular Network Data,

July 13, 2012.

Professor Zhengyuan Zhu

References

Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Email: abppjn@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 515-***-****

Dr. Zhu is my graduate advisor.

Professor Sarah M. Nusser

Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Email: abppjn@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 515-***-****

Professor Wayne A. Fuller

Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

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Phone: 515-***-****

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