Jun Yan
Professor at University of Connecticut
Mansfield, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolJun Yan is a Professor of Statistics at the University of Connecticut with 14 years post-PhD academic experience and a continuous faculty appointment there since 2007. Trained at University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) with prior graduate work in economics and statistics, he blends rigorous statistical theory with applied computation, as reflected by his long-standing academic website statcomp.org. His career spans research, teaching, and mentoring across institutions, and he has advanced statistical methodology while guiding graduate students and shaping curriculum. Based in Mansfield, Connecticut, he brings a global academic background from China to the United States and a cross-disciplinary perspective linking economics and statistics. Colleagues value his steady leadership through promotion from assistant to full professor and his sustained commitment to scholarly communication and reproducible computation.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster's Degree, Statistics, Master's Degree, Statistics at Renmin University of ChinaMaster of Arts (M.A.), Economics, Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics at University of Miami
Github Skills (36)
missing-data10
anova10
linear-models10
least-squares10
statistical-learning9
textbook9
statistics9
asa9
root-finding9
statistical-models9
statsmodels9
svd9
goodness-of-fit9
stochastic-processes8
integral8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
scc-uconn/NESS19
Dec 2018 - Aug 2021
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
statds/ids-s23
Jan 2023 - Jan 2026
Class notes for Introduction to Data Science, Spring 2023, Uconn
Contributions:9 reviews, 60 PRs, 176 pushes in 3 years
data-sciencecomputingstatistics
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