Catherine Yu-Chi Chen
PhD Student
Stanford ICME
Stanford ICME
About Me
Hi! I'm Catherine, a fifth-year PhD student in the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) at Stanford University, advised by Lihua Lei. I received my B.A. in Data Science at Columbia University.
Research
My research focuses on statistical decision-making and optimization under uncertainty, with an emphasis on risk-sensitive and sequential methods. I develop theoretically grounded algorithms for controlling tail risk and making reliable decisions under distributional uncertainty, with applications including but not limited to, AI, finance, and economics.