Will Wei Sun
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Associate Professor (with tenure) of Quantitative Methods and Statistics (Courtesy) ContactEmail: sun244@purdue.eduPhone: 765-494-4085 Office: KRAN 359 Address: 403 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907 |
Education
- Ph.D. in Statistics, Purdue University, 2015
- M.S. in Statistics and Computer Science, Purdue University, 2014
- M.S. in Statistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011
- B.S. in Statistics, Nankai University, China, 2009
Research Interests
Machine Learning
- Trustworthy reinforcement learning
- Tensor data analysis
Data Science Applications
- Two-sided markets
- Dynamic pricing
- Dynamic assortment selection
- Computational advertising
- Neuroimaging analysis
Fundings
National Science Foundation: Trustworthy Reinforcement Learning for Online Decision Making, $450K, 2022-2025
Ross-Lynn Research Scholar Funds: Design of Markets and Services Based on Learned User Behavior, $126K, 2022-2024
Office of Naval Research: Statistical Theory and Method of Large Tensor Data, $150K, 2020-2022
Honors and Awards
Salgo-Noren Outstanding Master's Teaching Award, First runner-up, Purdue University, 2023
Jay N. Ross Young Faculty Scholar, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2020-2021
Distinguished Teacher, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2019, 2020, 2021
Adobe Research Gift Award, 2019
Provost Research Award, University of Miami, 2017, 2018
IMS Travel Award, Institute of Mathematical Society, 2013, 2015
I.W. Burr Award, Department of Statistics, Purdue University, 2015
Lynn Fellowship, Purdue University, 2011-2015
Service and Experience
Associate Editor, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, 2018-
Assistant Professor, Miami Business School, Miami, FL. August 2016 - May 2019
Research Scientist, Advertising Science team, Yahoo Research, Sunnyvale, CA. June 2015 - August 2016
Visiting Student, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University, NJ. Sep 2014 - May 2015
Summer Intern, Advertising Science team, Yahoo Research, Sunnyvale, CA. June 2014 - August 2014
Visiting Student Fellow, Program on Massive Datasets, SAMSI, Durham, NC. Jan 2013 - May 2013