Areas of Focus
- Probability Theory
- Statistical Theory
- Data Science
Work Experience
- 2022-present - Peking University, School of Mathematical Sciences, Chair Professor
- 2021 July-Dec - University of Pennsylvania, Gilbert Helman Chair Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science
- 2017-2021 - University of Pennsylvania, Department of Statistics, Tenured Associate Professor
- 2016-2017 - University of Chicago, Department of Statistics, Tenured Associate Professor
- 2012-2016 - University of Chicago, Department of Statistics, Assistant Professor
- 2012 Jan-May - MSRI, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2011 Sep-2012 Jun - Stanford University, Department of Mathematics, Postdoctoral Researcher (Szego Assistant Professor)
- 2011 Jun-Aug - University of Washington, School of Computer Science & Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006 Bachelor: Peking University, School of Mathematical Sciences
- 2011 PhD: University of California, Berkeley, Department of Statistics
Publications
- Proof of the satisfiability conjecture for large $k$ (with A. Sly and N. Sun), Jian Ding, 2022
- Exponential decay of correlations in the two-dimensional random field Ising model, Jian Ding and Jiaming Xia, 2021
- Tightness of Liouville first passage percolation for γ ∈ (0,2), Jian Ding, Julien Dubédat, Alexander Dunlap, Hugo Falconet, 2020
- Localization near the edge for the Anderson Bernoulli model on the two dimensional lattice, Jian Ding and Charles K. Smart, 2020
- Upper bounds on Liouville first passage percolation and Watabiki’s prediction, Jian Ding and Subhajit Goswami, 2019
- Convergence in law of the maximum of the two-dimensional discrete Gaussian free field, Maury Bramson, Jian Ding, Ofer Zeitouni, 2016
- Maximum independent sets on random regular graphs, Jian Ding, Allan Sly, Nike Sun, 2016
- Cover times, blanket times, and majorizing measures, Jian Ding, James R. Lee, Yuval Peres, 2012
Awards
- Loève Prize, 2024
- London Mathematical Society Berwick Prize 2023 (shared with Ewain Gwynne)
- The Xplorer Prize, 2023
- Frontiers of Science Award 2023 (shared with Allan Sly and Nike Sun)
- Frontiers of Science Award 2023 (shared with Julien Dubédat, Alexander Dunlap and Hugo Falconet)
- Plenary speaker, International Congress of Mathematical Physics 2024
- IMS Medallion Lecture 2024
- ICCM Gold Medal 2022
- Invited Lecture in International Congress of Mathematicians (joint with Julien Dubédat and Ewain Gwynne), 2022
- Plenary Lecture, International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians 2022
- Invited Address in AMS Sectional Meeting, Boston 2018
- Rollo Davidson Prize, 2017 (shared with Nike Sun)
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 2015-2019 (NCE)
- NSF Career Award, 2015-2021 (NCE)
