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CV Updated Nov 2026

General Information

Full Name Alexander Win Hsu

Education

  • 2021-2026
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • PhD in Applied Math
    • Advised by Bamdad Hosseini and Sasha Aravkin
  • 2020
    Claremont Graduate University
    • MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics
  • 2016-2020
    Claremont McKenna College
    • BA in Mathematics
    • Minor in Computer Science

Experience

  • 2026-Present
    NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    • Mentored by Andrew Stuart
  • 2022-2025
    Graduate Student Researcher
    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
    • I worked for the Math Sciences and Computational Algorithms team to provide support to modelers, as well as develop new statistical tools and ideas for modeling disease.
    • I developed a custom Gaussian process regression package that scales to millions of observations and predictions across time, location and demographics.
  • 2020-2021
    Machine Learning Engineer
    Yelp Inc.
    • Improved model for customer retention using XGBoost with proportional hazards
    • Developed and implemented improved statistical estimators for retention predictions
    • Built and launched experiments for uplift models for making budget recommendations that directly optimize revenue
    • Applied causal inference techniques to better understand the relationship between pricing, conversion, and retention

Honors and Awards

  • 2026
    • NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
  • 2025
    • Carl E. Pearson Fellowship for outstanding work by a PhD student in the Department of Applied Mathematics
  • 2023
    • Boeing Excellence Award for Research in Applied Math
  • 2020
    • Best Undergraduate Thesis in Mathematics
    • Outstanding Major in Mathematics

Other Interests

  • Olympic Weightlifting
  • Classical piano
  • Judo