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Wei Zhang

Chinese mathematicianborn 1981

Supervised 11 doctoral students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2019 and 2026; wrote 1 thesis in engineering; Wikidata names Shou-Wu Zhang as doctoral advisor and lists 5 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Wei Zhang, pictured

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Theses1

Advisors1

The thesis record names Constantinos Daskalakis; Wikidata names Shou-Wu Zhang.

  • cited by a thesis record

    Constantinos Daskalakis“Online Auctions with Multiple Items”

    2024 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · master's

Students11

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata5

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 16 people: 11 cited by thesis records, 5 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career5

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

Works1

2024 · held from 1 repository · a work missing?