Qilong Pan's research focuses on developing scalable statistical methods, with a particular emphasis on Gaussian Processes and GPU acceleration.

Biography

Qilong Pan is a Ph.D. candidate in Statistics at KAUST, supervised by Prof. Ying Sun. His research focuses on scalable Gaussian Process modeling, high-performance statistical computing, and GPU-accelerated inference for large-scale spatial and computer experiment data.


 

Research Interests

Qilong Pan's work bridges statistical modeling, optimization, and high-performance computing (HPC) to tackle complex challenges in geospatial analytics and machine learning. He develops efficient algorithms and software for Vecchia-based approximations, aiming to enable practical Gaussian Process applications on modern supercomputers.

Education

Master of Science (M.S.)
Statistics, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2023
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Statistics, Wuhan University of Technolgy, China, 2021
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
English, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2021

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