About me

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Zijian Chen
PhD Candidate (advisor: Archana Venkataraman),
Neural Systems Analysis Laboratory; affiliated with Center for Brain Recovery
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Boston University


[CV up to 10/2025]

Email me if you need a more up-to-date and detailed CV.

Contact

Address: 8 St. Mary’s Street, PHO 409, Boston, MA 02215

Email: Primary: zijianc [AT] bu [DOT] edu; Secondary: zijian [DOT] chen [AT] wisc [DOT] edu.

Research Interest

Graph and Manifold Learning; Statistical Signal Analysis; Stochastic Modeling

Math that I use (and am interested in): Probability, PDEs, a bit of (applied) Discrete Differential Geometry and Algebraic Topology

Education

  • Ph.D.(ing) in Electrical Engineering (2023 - ??)
    Boston University

  • M.A. in Mathematics (2021 - 2023)
    University of Wisconsin - Madison (Advisor: Hao Shen)

  • B.S. in Statistics (2018 - 2022)
    East China Normal University

     

    Bachelor minor in Mathematics (2020 - 2022)
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Miscellaneous

  • Languages I speak: Cantonese(native), Mandarin(fluent), English(proficient)

  • My Linkedin page.

And maybe some fun facts…

  • I enjoy flying (both as pilots and as passengers). I fly Piper Warriors myself. My base is KBED, which is the second busiest airport in New England after KBOS.

  • I also sail and I drive – so basically I manage all transportation modes, except outer space ones.

  • I love inverse engineering, including:

    • video game design philosophies and implementation with Unreal Engine. For example, auto-targeting; dark vision in Dishonoured 2.

    • video game soundtrack composing with Logic Pro.