Cheng Mao

School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: cheng.mao[at]math.gatech.edu
Office: Skiles 102C
Address: 686 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA

About

I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematics at Georgia Tech. My research interests can be broadly summarized as the mathematics of data science, which is a mix of mathematical statistics, applied probability, theoretical computer science, and other related fields. In recent years, my primary research focus has been on statistical inference on random graphs.

Before joining Georgia Tech, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University from 2018 to 2019, working with Yihong Wu. I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Mathematics and Statistics from MIT in 2018, advised by Philippe Rigollet. I received B.S. and M.A. degrees in Mathematics from UCLA in 2013.

Students

Jingyi (Joy) Zhang (Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, co-advised with Debankur Mukherjee)
Shenduo Zhang (Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech)
Abhishek Dhawan (now postdoc at UIUC, Ph.D. 2024, co-advised with Anton Bernshteyn)

Postdoc

Timothy Wee (2024-)