Xiaorui Zhu
Research Scientist
Towson, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolXiaorui Zhu is a research scientist and assistant professor with 12 years of experience applying statistical methods, time-series analysis, and machine learning to business analytics and finance. He blends academic rigor—evidenced by a Ph.D. in Business Analytics and a published adaptive QMLE for GARCH models—with practical analytics work for industry clients and higher-education research projects. Skilled in R, Python, and SAS, he has built extensive custom tooling (hundreds of R functions and large-scale Monte Carlo simulations) to accelerate model development and text-mining workflows. His cross-disciplinary background in finance and applied statistics enables him to translate complex models into actionable financial and marketing insights. Based in Towson, Maryland, he is driven to turn quantitative research into public-benefiting applications and classroom impact. A not-obvious strength: he has repeatedly improved estimation efficiency without relying on strict distributional assumptions, showing a penchant for robust, pragmatic solutions.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Finance, Master's degree, Finance at Penn State UniversityMaster's Degree, Applied Statistics, 4.0, Master's Degree, Applied Statistics, 4.0 at Beijing University of TechnologycourseraDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Business Analytics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Business Analytics at University of Cincinnati College of BusinessBachelor's Degree, Statistics, 3.6, Bachelor's Degree, Statistics, 3.6 at Capital University of Economics and Business
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
191reputation
81kreached
7answers
4questions
Github Skills (31)
jekyll8
github-pages7
jekyll-theme7
slot6
mathematical-optimization6
package6
shiny6
math6
wavelet6
rstudio6
matlab6
r6
rubygems5
r-package5
ruby4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
XiaoruiZhu/SurrogateRsq
Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 71 commits, 40 pushes in 1 year 5 months
XiaoruiZhu/AdpQMLE
May 2014 - Apr 2016
Contributions:111 commits, 40 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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