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Mehrdad Mohammadi

Research Interests

Reinforcement Learning, Statistical Learning, Nonparametric statistics, Decision Making, Applied Machine Learning, Applied Econometrics

Education

Ph.D. Statistics , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2020 - Current
MS. Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign         2020 - 2023
MS. Statistics , University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2020 - 2023
MA. in Economics and Econometrics , Pennsylvania State University 2018 - 2020
MPhil. in Economics, LMEC, University of Bologna, Italy    2015 - 2018
B.Sc. Finance and Accounting, Petroleum University of Technology, Iran  2011 - 2015

Awards and Honors

University of Illinois, Doctoral Student Leadership and Service Award, 2023
University of Illinois, Graduate College Doctoral Grant, 2021
University of Illinois, Ph.D. Program Fellowship, 2020-2025
University of Illinois, Block Grant Fellowship, 2020-2021
Pennsylvania State University Ph.D. Program Fellowship, 2018-2020
University of Bologna, Best Student University-Wide Award 2017
University of Bologna Education Scholarship, 2015- 2017

Courses Taught

Instructor:

Stat 200 - Statistical Analysis [Listed as Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students]

Teaching Assistant:
Data Science Exploration, Fall 2024
Probability and Statistics I, Spring 2024

Probability and Statistics II , Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
Applied Bayesian Statistics, Fall 2021
Methods of Applied Statistics, Summer 2021

Additional Campus Affiliations

Advisor to the University of Illinois Chancellor on Middle East Affairs
SALAAM MENA Cultural Center Inaugural Director Hiring Committee Member
SALAAM MENA Cultural Center Founding Committee Member 
Statistics Doctoral Student Association, Founder and President
Treasurer and Director, Iranian Heritage Foundation
Board Member and Interim Chair; Student Cultural Programming Fee