Profile
Dr. Ching-Chi Yang is an Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Memphis. He received a doctoral degree in statistics from The Pennsylvania State University in 2019. His primary interests include response surface methodology, interval data, statistical learning, and dimensional analysis. His research projects have covered a range of topics such as using response surface methodology to design a motorcycle, determining the optimal treatment for diabetic patients, and predicting stock prices via stock research reports.
For more information, please visit the website, https://blogs.memphis.edu/chingchiyang/.
Education
- Ph.D. Statistics - The Pennsylvania State University - 2019
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor , Mathematics - The University of Memphis - 2019 -
- Graduate Instructor, Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Statistics - The Pennsylvania State University - 2013 - 2019
- Teaching assistant, Statistics - The University of South Florida - 2012 - 2013
Honors/Awards
- 2018 Fall Technical Conference Student Scholarship - American Society for Quality - 2018
- Jack and Eleanor Pettit Scholarship in Science - The Pennsylvania State University - 2016
Teaching Experience
- MATH 7/8636 Adv. Statistical Learning II - The University of Memphis
- MATH 7/8635 Adv. Statistical Learning I - The University of Memphis
- MATH 7654 Inference Theory - The University of Memphis
- MATH 4/6686 Statistical Learning II - The University of Memphis
- MATH 4/6685 Statistical Learning I - The University of Memphis
- MATH 4/6637 Stat Analysis/App Big Data - The University of Memphis
- MATH 4/6636 Intro Statistical Theory - The University of Memphis
- MATH 4/6635 Introduction to Probability Theory - The University of Memphis
- MATH 4/6614 Probability/Statistics - The University of Memphis
Support
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Solutions for Supply Chain Risk Management: A Data-Driven Approach - UofM Next Generation Supply Chain Technologies and Innovation Challenge - 15000 - 2024-2025
Outreach
- Predictors for Language Development and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Infants - Edina R Bene, Tanjala Trine Gipson, David Kimbrough Oller, Ching-Chi Yang - 2024 -  
- Open Educational Resources for Actuarial Science - Don Hong, Vajira Manathunga, Jennifer Yantz, Ching-Chi Yang - 2024 -  
- Development of Wiper Linkage Design and Optimization Software - Tsai-Jung Chen and Ching-Chi Yang - 2024 - - Advance Materials Corporation - Taiwan
- Analysis of the Impact of Vehicle Body Geometric Parameters on Aerodynamic Drag - Tsai-Jung Chen and Ching-Chi Yang - 2023 -  
- Flow field model to control the furnace temperature - Tsai-Jung Chen, Ying-Ji Hong, and Ching-Chi Yang - 2021 -  
- HIV patients’ reading ability and comprehension with medical-related instructions - Sachiko Terui, Joy Goldsmith, Lih-Yuan Deng, Xinhua Yu, and Ching-Chi Yang - 2020 - 2023 -  
- Emotion diffusion effect of official COVID-19 posts - Haiyan Yu and Ching-Chi Yang - 2020 - 2022 -  
- Epigenetic clock research - Zhaoming Wang, Lih-Yuan Deng, Zhenghong Li, and Ching-Chi Yang - 2020 - 2021 -  
Service
- The University of Memphis - Recruitment Committee for Statistics/Data Science Position - 2023 - present
- The University of Memphis - One of the founding members of the Data Science Center - 2022 - present
- The University of Memphis - Presentations for the MATH 3410/3411 honors seminar - 2022 - present
- The University of Memphis - Organize colloquia/seminars for the Math department - 2021 - present
- The University of Memphis - Webmaster for the department website (MSCI) - 2020 - present
- The University of Memphis - Area Chair of the Memphis DATA Conference - 2020 - present
- The University of Memphis - Provided questions and Graded Masters/Ph.D. Qualifying Exams - 2019 - present
- The University of Memphis - Graduate committee (Ph.D. and Masters) in the stat group - 2019 - present
- The University of Memphis - Webmaster for the 6th International Conference on Design of Experiments (ICODOE) - 2023
- The University of Memphis - Local arrangement committee for the Mid-South DATA Conference 2023 - 2023
- The University of Memphis - Organize a panel for the Memphis DATA Conference 2022 - 2022
- The University of Memphis - Organize seminars for the data science cluster - 2022
- The University of Memphis - Create a news blog for the Math department - 2021 - 2022
- The University of Memphis - Judge for the West Tennessee ASA chapter Research Symposium - 2021
- The University of Memphis - Graduate Fair - 2019 - 2021
- The 3rd edition of Statistical Inference by George Casella and Roger L. Berger. - Reviewer - 2023
- ICSS 2022 (2022 INFORMS Conference on Service Science) - Program committee - 2022
- Elsevier Computer Speech & Language journal - Reviewer - 2022
- Stat (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20491573) - Reviewer - 2020
- Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation - Reviewer - 2020
Journal Articles
Yang, C. C., & Lin, D. K. J. (under revision) “Response Surface Methodology for Interval Response”. Journal of Quality Technology. Deng, L. Y., Winter, B. R., Horng Shiau, J. J., Horng-Shing Lu, H., Kumar, N., & Yang, C. C. (2024). Efficient spectral tests for multiple recursive generators. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 1-16. Yu, H., Yang, C. C., & Yu, P. (2023). Constrained optimization for stratified treatment rules in reducing hospital readmission rates of diabetic patients. European Journal of Operational Research, 308(3), 1355-1364. Impact Factor: 6.4 Terui, S., Goldsmith, J. V., Huang, J., Yang, C. C., Yu, X., Deng, L. Y., & Wicke, R. (2023). Validating the Communicating Care Needs Tool for HIV (CCNT-HIV). Journal of Health Communication, 28(12), 805-814. Impact Factor: 4.4 Deng, L. Y., Yang, C. C., Bowman, D., Lin, D. K., & Lu, H. H. S. (2023). Big Data Model Building Using Dimension Reduction and Sample Selection. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 1-13. Impact Factor: 3.3 Deng, L. Y., Winter, B. R., Shiau, J. J. H., Lu, H. H. S., Kumar, N., & Yang, C. C. (2023). Parallelizable efficient large order multiple recursive generators. Parallel Computing, 103036. Impact Factor: 0.983 Yu, H., Yang, C. C., Yu, P., & Liu, K. (2022). Emotion diffusion effect: Negative sentiment COVID-19 tweets of public organizations attract more responses from followers. PloS one, 17(3), e0264794. Impact Factor: 3.7 - Hasan, M., Deng, L. Y., Sabatini, J., Bowman, D., Yang, C. C., & Hollander, J. (2022). Effect of Q-matrix Misspecification on Variational Autoencoders (VAE) for Multidimensional Item Response Theory (MIRT) Models Estimation. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (p. 811).
Yang, C. C., & Lin, D. K. (2021). A note on selection of basis quantities for dimensional analysis. Quality Engineering, 33(2), 240-251. Impact Factor: 2.286 Pasiah, K. B., Deng, L. Y., Bowman, D., & Yang, C. C. (2021, July). Searching for Large-Order Multiple Recursive Generators. In 2021 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) (pp. 1-12). IEEE. Impact Factor: 1.69 Deng, L. Y., Bowman, D., Yang, C. C., & Lu, H. H. S. (2021, July). Extending RC4 to construct secure random number generators. In 2021 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM) (pp. 1-12). IEEE. Impact Factor: 1.69 Mainali, S., Garzon, M., Venugopal, D., Jana, K., Yang, C. C., Kumar, N., ... & Deng, L. Y. (2021). An information-theoretic approach to dimensionality reduction in data science. International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, 12, 185-203. Impact Factor: 2.4 Yang, C. C., & Lin, D. K. (2019). Stochastic lead time with order crossover. Quality Technology & Quantitative Management, 16(5), 575-587. Impact Factor: 2.8 Presentations
"Big Data Model Building using Dimension Reduction and Sample Selection". (2024). St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. "Response Surface Methodology for Interval Response". (2023). the Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. "Selection of Basis Quantities for Dimensional Analysis". (2022). the Western Tennessee Chapter of the American Statistical Association, Memphis, TN. "Extending RC4 to Construct Secure Random Number Generators". (2021). Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM), Fairfax, VA. "Information Signals of Text and Quantitative Measures in Financial Analyst Reports". (2020). Yuanta Financial Holdings Co., Ltd., Taiwan. "Response Surface Methodology in Dimensional Analysis". (2020). DAE: Design and Analysis of Experiments Conference, Knoxville, TN.
Appendix A - Teaching Experience
- MATH 7654 - Inference Theory
- MATH 4/6636 - Introduction to Statistical Theory
- MATH 7/8636 - Adv. Statistical Learning II
- MATH 4/6635 - Introduction to Probability Theory
- MATH 7/8635 - Adv. Statistical Learning I
- MATH 4/6686 - Statistical Learning II
- MATH 4/6685 - Statistical Learning I
- MATH 4/6635 - Introduction to Probability Theory
Appendix B - Student Advising/Mentoring Appendix C - Research/Scholarship/Creative Activities
Under preparation:
- Yang, C.C., & Lin, D.K.J. “Response Surface Methodology via Dimensional Analysis” to be submitted to Technometrics.
- Yang C.C. & Yu, H. “Stratified Treatment Rules with Mean Response Prediction for Rare Events in Reducing Hospital Readmission Rates of Diabetic Patients”, to be submitted.
- Yu, H. & Yang, C.C. “Optimal Convolution Filter with Multiple Resolution Modelling”, to be submitted.
- Chen, T. J., & Yang, C. C., “Analysis of the Impact of Vehicle Body Geometric Parameters on Aerodynamic Drag”. Under preparation.
Appendix E - Outreach
2024:
- Autism spectrum disorder in children study with David Kimbrough Oller, Edina R Bene, and Tanjala Trine Gipson (UTHSC).
- Operation data in Hospital-related research with Haiyan Yu at the Center for Data and Decision Sciences, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
2023:
- HIV patients’ reading ability and comprehension with medical-related instructions with Schiko Terui at the University of Georgia, Joy Goldsmith, Lih-Yuan Deng, and Xinhua Yu
- Development of Wiper Linkage Design and Optimization Software with Tsai-Jung Chen at the National PingTung University of Science & Technology.
- Operation data in Hospital-related research with Haiyan Yu at the Center for Data and Decision Sciences, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
2022:
- Consultant for statistical method in obtaining the optimal wind resistance of a motorcycle with Tsai-Jung Chen at the National PingTung University of Science & Technology.
- Operation data in Hospital related research with Haiyan Yu at Center for Data and Decision Sciences, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
- Random Integrated Subdata Ensemble (RISE) method is a novel approach to build a more efficient big data model such as variable selections and/or model building with Lih-Yuan Deng, Hongmei Zhang, Bernie J Daigle, and Xichen Mou.
- 2021:
- Epigenetic clock research with Zhaoming Wang at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
- Covid-19 related research with Haiyan Yu at Center for Data and Decision Sciences, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
- Consultant for statistical method in flow field model to control the furnace temperature with Tsai-Jung Chen at The National PingTung University of Science & Technology and with a potential corporation with Ying-Ji Hong at The National Cheng Kung University.
- 2020:
- HIV patients’ reading ability and comprehension with medical-related instructions with Schiko Terui, Joy Goldsmith, Lih-Yuan Deng, and Xinhua Yu
- Covid-19 related research with Haiyen Yu at Center for Data and Decision Sciences, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
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