About
Yikai Wang ---- Ph.D. Student at UNC
Greetings! I’m Yikai Wang, currently persuing Ph.D. degree in Statistics and Operations Research Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). My research interest lies in large language models,reinforcement learning, optimization.
Education Background
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC2023-present Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research
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Zhejiang University, China2019-2023 B.S. in Computer Science
Experiences
- Internship at Hundsun Technologies Inc.
2022 Summer Data Risk R&D Management Department
- Teaching
- STOR 113: Decision Models for Business and Economics
Terms: 2023 Fall | Role: Teaching Assistant - STOR 455: Methods of Data Analysis
Terms: 2024 Spring, 2024 Fall | Role: Teaching Assistant - STOR 155: Introduction to Data Models and Inference
Terms: 2024 Summer, 2025 Summer | Role: Instructor - STOR 120: Foundations of Statistics and Data Science
Terms: 2025 Spring, 2025 Fall | Role: Lab Instructor
- STOR 113: Decision Models for Business and Economics
Skills and Expertise
I specialize both in coding and machine learning theory. My proficiency includes Python, C++, R, and frameworks such as Pytorch for machine learning and data analysis. On the theoretical side, I’m well-versed in optimization, statistics and stochastic modeling.