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Peng Liao
Data Scientist at Tencent, PhD
Peng LIAO is a Data Scientist at Tencent with a background in statistics and revenue management.3 He holds a PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he focused on revenue management problems.3 Prior to joining Tencent, Peng was a Quantitative Researcher at DRW and a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Statistics at Harvard University under the supervision of Prof. Susan Murphy.1 He received his Doctoral degree in Statistics from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor's degree in Statistics from Sun Yat-Sen University (Zhongshan University).1
Peng's research interests include sequential decision-making problems with applications in mobile health, developing new experimental designs for mobile health, and online Reinforcement Learning algorithms.1 He has published several papers in prestigious journals and conferences, focusing on topics such as micro-randomized trials, causal inference, and policy evaluation in mobile health settings.1
In 2018, Peng gave a talk at AICamp where he shared his experience transitioning from academia to the tech industry, specifically from neuroscience to AI.2 His professional email addresses are ressonliao@gmail.com and liaopeng@tencent.com.4
