Yizao Wang's Teaching

Current Semester

Undergraduate Capstone Projects/Independent Studies

Please contact me if you are interested in working on a capstone project or an independent study on topics from or related to probability, from either theoretical or algorithmic aspect. Minimum requirement is to have taken and preferably one from the following It is strongly recommended that students have taken a brief look of the following resources to have a rough idea of a capstone project/independent study, before coming to talk to me. A commitement of around 100 hours on the project is expected.

Current and past projects

  1. Yiyang Yu (2023SS): Random walks and electric networks.
  2. Weiyun Meng (2022SS): Cayley’s formula and Ramsey’s theorem.
  3. Zhenzhong Zhang (2022SS): Glauber dynamics for Ising model.
  4. Zhongyue Ma (2021US): Branching processes.
  5. Christopher Koloseike (2019FS): Simulations for continuum Brownian trees.
  6. Danyang Long (2019US): Selected models in stochastic geometry.
  7. Prince Abunku (2017SS): Algorithms on graphs.
  8. Michael Chambers (2017SS): Binomial model in financial mathematics.
  9. Killian Rakes (2016SS): Simulation study of preferential attachment random graph models.
  10. Micah Darrell (2015FS-2016SS): Limit theorems and interacting particle systems.
  11. Xinlu Yu (2015FS): Simulation study of simple exclusive processes.
  12. Weiqing Yu (2013-2014): Applying extreme value theory to evaluation in real life (recipient of Charles Phelps Taft Senior Thesis Fellowship).

Miscellanea

Courses taught in previous semesters