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Dr. Yijun Zhao
Associate Professor Director of the MS in Data Science (MSDS) Program Co-director of the Dual MS in Data Science and MA in Economic Program Co-director of the Joint MS in Data Science and Quantitative Econometrics Program Computer and Information Sciences Department Fordham University |
Research Overview
My research lab advances machine learning and foundation models with applications across healthcare AI (MS prognosis, lupus flares, MRI motion/pose, MSK radiographs), educational AI (admissions analytics, LOR bias, AI-generated materials, LLM bias auditing & mitigation), and computational finance (statistical arbitrage, sentiment & meme stocks). Methodologically, we develop calibrated ensembles, temporal models for longitudinal data, and representation learning approaches that emphasize fairness, robustness, and cross-domain relevance.
Publications
Explore our works from different perspectives:
At-a-Glance Highlights
- Healthcare AI: MRI motion reduction & pose estimation; disease course prediction in MS; lupus hospitalization/flare prediction.
- Educational AI: detecting AI-generated application materials; linguistic bias in recommendation letters; COVID-era student adaptation.
- Methodology: calibrated ensembles for heterogeneous data; temporal imputation for longitudinal EHR; attention & representation learning.
- Finance/Markets: LSTM-based statistical arbitrage; social sentiment and meme stocks.