- Professor & Associate Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo
Mu Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where he currently holds a University Research Chair and serves as the Associate Dean of AI Strategy in its Faculty of Mathematics. He obtained his AB magna cum laude in applied mathematics from Harvard University, and his PhD in statistics from Stanford University. He is an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Experience
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2025–presentAssociate Dean of AI Strategy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo
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2014–presentProfessor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
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2021–2024Director of Graduate Data Science Program, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo
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2007–2014Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
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2001–2007Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
Education
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2001Stanford University, PhD in Statistics
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1995Harvard University, AB magna cum laude in Applied Mathematics
Honours
University Research Chair, University of Waterloo (appointed 2024). Fellow, American Statistical Association (elected 2019). Phi Beta Kappa (elected 1995).
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