Yuguo Chen: advisors and students

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Yuguo Chen

American statistician

Supervised 20 doctoral students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Wikidata names Jun Liu and Tze Leung Lai as doctoral advisors and lists 12 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 3 other registers.

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Students20

cited by a thesis record
ByeongJip Kim “Statistical inference in complex networks: community detection, change-point detection, link prediction, and two-sample testing”
2025 · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Siddhanth Sabharwal “Multi-location networks and ecosystem detection: methods and applications”
2025 · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sayan Chakrabarty “Subsampling based inference for network data”
2024 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Ying Liu “Identifiability and estimation for restricted latent class models and hidden Markov models”
2024 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Xiang Cui “Inferring influence in dynamic networks and multiple sampling for estimation of fractional Brownian motion”
2022 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Joshua Daniel Loyal “Dimension reduction methods for quantifying local variable importance and the statistical analysis of network data”
2022 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yan Liu “Statistical inference for complex networks”
2021 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Xiao Su “Variational approximation for importance sampling and statistical inference on social influence”
2019 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mark M. Fredrickson “Causal inference for complex data: randomization inference for treatment effect heterogeneity, network outcomes, and subgroup specific effects”
2018 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Fan Yang “Statistical inference based on characteristic functions for intractable likelihood problems”
2018 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yinghan Chen “Sampling for network motif detection and estimation of Q-matrix and learning trajectories in DINA model”
2017 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Weihong Huang “Statistical algorithms using multisets and statistical inference of heterogeneous networks”
2017 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Subhadeep Paul “Consistent community detection in uni-layer and multi-layer networks”
2017 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
Srijan Sengupta “Statistical analysis of networks with community structure and bootstrap methods for big data”
2016 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Robert David Eisinger “Sampling for conditional inference on contingency tables, multigraphs, and high dimensional tables”
2016 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Daniel K Sewell “Statistical models and inference for dynamic networks”
2015 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jingfei Zhang “Statistical inference on network data”
2014 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Na Cui “Contributions to modeling parasite dynamics and dimension reduction”
2012 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jong Hyun Yun “Ensemble filtering for state space models”
2012 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yang Feng “Bayesian quantile linear regression”
2011 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral

Advisors on Wikidata2

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stated by Wikidata
Jun Liu
stated by Wikidata
Tze Leung Lai

Students on Wikidata12

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stated by Wikidata
Scotland C. Leman
born 1974
stated by Wikidata
Daniel K Sewell
stated by Wikidata
Emma Zhang
stated by Wikidata
Fan Yang
stated by Wikidata
Jonghyun Yun
stated by Wikidata
Mark M Fredrickson
stated by Wikidata
Na Cui
stated by Wikidata
Robert David Eisinger
stated by Wikidata
Subhadeep Paul
stated by Wikidata
Weihong Huang
stated by Wikidata
Yang Feng
stated by Wikidata
Yinghan Chen

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.

1 step up
stated by WikidataJun Liustated by WikidataTze Leung Lai
2 steps up
stated by WikidataAugustine Kongstated by WikidataDavid Siegmundstated by WikidataWing-Hung Wong
3 steps up
stated by WikidataArthur P. Dempsterstated by WikidataGrace Wahbastated by WikidataHerbert Robbins
4 steps up
stated by WikidataEmanuel Parzenstated by WikidataHassler Whitneystated by WikidataJohn Tukey

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 44 people: 27 cited by thesis records, 18 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career1

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until 2001
Stanford University
studied

Sat beside the lineage41

committee member or committee chair, not advisor

cited by a thesis record
ByeongJip Kim “Statistical inference in complex networks: community detection, change-point detection, link prediction, and two-sample testing”
committee chair · 2025 · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Siddhanth Sabharwal “Multi-location networks and ecosystem detection: methods and applications”
committee chair · 2025 · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Diptarka Saha “Deep models, lighter footprint compressing, explaining, and transferring Bayesian neural networks”
committee member · 2025 · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Eric Alan Wayman “Restricted latent class models for polytomous attributes”
committee member · 2025 · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sayan Chakrabarty “Subsampling based inference for network data”
committee chair · 2024 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Ying Liu “Identifiability and estimation for restricted latent class models and hidden Markov models”
committee chair · 2024 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Zihe Liu “Bayesian sparsity learning with variational automatic relevance determination”
committee member · 2024 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Zhendong Sun “Estimation and forecasting with time-varying parameters models and sequential method”
committee member · 2024 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Shishuang He “Identifiability and estimation of mixed membership stochastic blockmodels”
committee member · 2023 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Xiang Cui “Inferring influence in dynamic networks and multiple sampling for estimation of fractional Brownian motion”
committee chair · 2022 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sarah Elizabeth Formentini “Random survival forests: quantifying uncertainties and other extensions”
committee member · 2022 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Joshua Daniel Loyal “Dimension reduction methods for quantifying local variable importance and the statistical analysis of network data”
committee chair · 2022 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Siqi Zhang “Exploitable structures and complexities of modern nonconvex optimization: Fundamental limits and efficient algorithms”
committee member · 2022 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yan Liu “Statistical inference for complex networks”
committee chair · 2021 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Xinming Yang “Bayesian high dimensional modeling with group structures”
committee member · 2020 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Xiao Su “Variational approximation for importance sampling and statistical inference on social influence”
committee chair · 2019 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
William Biscarri “Statistical methods for binomial and Gaussian sequences”
committee member · 2019 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Michael Gordon Nute “Statistical estimation problems in phylogenomics and applications in microbial ecology”
committee member · 2019 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mark M. Fredrickson “Causal inference for complex data: randomization inference for treatment effect heterogeneity, network outcomes, and subgroup specific effects”
committee chair · 2018 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Roberto Guidotti “Regional risk and resilience analysis of interdependent critical infrastructure”
committee member · 2018 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yifeng He “Inference of high-dimensional linear models with time-varying coefficients”
committee member · 2018 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Fan Yang “Statistical inference based on characteristic functions for intractable likelihood problems”
committee chair · 2018 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yinghan Chen “Sampling for network motif detection and estimation of Q-matrix and learning trajectories in DINA model”
committee chair · 2017 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Weihong Huang “Statistical algorithms using multisets and statistical inference of heterogeneous networks”
committee chair · 2017 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Subhadeep Paul “Consistent community detection in uni-layer and multi-layer networks”
committee chair · 2017 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Hoong Chieh Yeong “Dimensional reduction in nonlinear estimation of multiscale systems”
committee member · 2017 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Srijan Sengupta “Statistical analysis of networks with community structure and bootstrap methods for big data”
committee chair · 2016 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Robert David Eisinger “Sampling for conditional inference on contingency tables, multigraphs, and high dimensional tables”
committee chair · 2016 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Pinchao Zhang “Database optimization algorithm for empirical potentials”
committee member · 2016 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Daniel K Sewell “Statistical models and inference for dynamic networks”
committee chair · 2015 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Ming Ji “Semi-supervised learning and relevance search on networked data”
committee member · 2014 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jingfei Zhang “Statistical inference on network data”
committee chair · 2014 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yufei Liu “Statistical modeling of heterogeneous data”
committee member · 2013 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Xianyang Zhang “Statistical inference for dependent data”
committee member · 2013 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Na Cui “Contributions to modeling parasite dynamics and dimension reduction”
committee chair · 2012 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yunwen Yang “Bayesian empirical likelihood for quantile regression”
committee member · 2012 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jong Hyun Yun “Ensemble filtering for state space models”
committee chair · 2012 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Mark D. Butala “A state-space approach to dynamic tomography”
committee member · 2011 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Yang Feng “Bayesian quantile linear regression”
committee chair · 2011 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jianfeng Xu “Bayesian Latent Class Models”
committee member · 2011 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Lei Zhang “Sensor development for estimation of biomass yield applied to Miscanthus Giganteus”
committee member · 2011 · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · doctoral

At a glance

known as: statistician
awards: Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2024
member of: Institute of Mathematical Statistics, from 2024
Wikipedia: in 1 language

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaYuguo Chen
stated by WikidataWikidataQ91111520
stated by WikidataISNI0000000127495945

papers

stated by WikidataDBLP42/5151

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project69311

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@misc{academicancestry_Q91111520,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Yuguo Chen: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q91111520},
  note = {read on 2026-11-03}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, November 3). Yuguo Chen: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-11-03]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q91111520