Qilin Li

Qilin Li

PhD Candidate in Statistics at UW–Madison

Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Biography

I am a final-year PhD candidate in Statistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, advised by Professor Yazhen Wang. My research focuses on developing statistical and computational methods for complex quantitative problems, with current work in Bayesian inference, sequential methods, and quantum computing.

I am particularly interested in problems that combine rigorous statistical reasoning, algorithm design, and large-scale computation. My work spans Bayesian methods for quantum algorithms, uncertainty quantification, statistical machine learning, and high-performance computing, with experience in Python, C/C++, CUDA, R, and Qiskit.

More broadly, I am interested in quantitative research problems at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, stochastic methods, and computation. In my spare time, I enjoy traveling and playing basketball.

Interests
  • Bayesian and sequential inference
  • Statistical machine learning and stochastic methods
  • Statistical methods for quantum computing
Education
  • PhD in Statistics, 2021–2027 (expected)

    University of Wisconsin–Madison

  • MS in Computer Sciences, 2025–2026

    University of Wisconsin–Madison

  • BS in Statistics, 2017–2021

    University of Science and Technology of China

Skills

Statistical Modeling
Probability & Stochastic Processes
Bayesian Inference
Machine Learning
Optimization
Python
C/C++
High Performance Computing
Quantum Computing

Recent Publications

(2026). Harnessing Bayesian Statistics to Accelerate Iterative Quantum Amplitude Estimation. In Quantum.

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