About me

Contact

chencheng (at) uchicago (dot) edu

Bio

I am a postdoctoral scholar mentored by Professor Rina Foygel Barber at Department of Statistics, University of Chicago.

Prior to that, I completed my PhD in Statistics at Stanford University, jointly advised by Professor John Duchi and Andrea Montanari. I am fortunate to be a recipient of the William R. Hewlett Stanford Graduate Fellowship. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Computational Mathematics from Peking University.

I will start as an Assistant Professor in Statistics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, from Aug 2026.

I’m broadly interested in mathematical theory and algorithms for high-dimensional data and statistical models. Over the years, I spanned over topics on high-dimensional statistics, statistical theory on machine learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning theory, and conformal prediction.

Employment

• Assistant Professor in Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2026.8 (to start)
• Postdoctoral Scholar in Statistics, University of Chicago, 2025.8 – 2026.8
• Research Intern, LinkedIn Corporation, 2023.6 – 2023.9

Education

• Ph.D. in Statistics, Stanford University, 2019.9 – 2025.6
• B.S. in Mathematics, Peking University, 2015.9 – 2019.6