FENG BILL SHI bill10@uchicago.edu
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Research Interest
Mathematical modeling and computational study of complex networks, with applications in coherently
articulated questions in real-world complex systems; current research focuses on the models of metaknowledge, social opinions, and nano-particulate composites.
Education
Thesis: Modeling Networks and Dynamics in Complex Systems
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
May 2013
Programming
Python
MATLAB
C/C++
R
Languages
Chinese
English
2010 - present
2010 - present
M. S. in Statistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
May 2012
Thesis: Diffusion through Information Networks
Thesis: Shape Deformation on Tetrahedral Control Meshes
B. S. (Honors) in Math and Applied Mathematics, Zhejiang University
June 2008
Research Assistant
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Study theoretical models for coevolutionary networks with a focus on the evolving voter model;
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Advance statistical algorithms for inferring implicit networks on which information diffuses;
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Investigate diffusion-limited antibody-virus interactions in the human mucus layer;
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Build network-based multiscale assessment tools for electrical properties of nano-composites;
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Study the asymptotic behavior of high-aspect-ratio ellipsoids under shear flow.
Postdoctoral Scholar
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Study higher-order interactions in complex systems using hypergraphs;
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Investigate the influences of conventions, biases and novelties in shaping the landscape of science;
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Develop models for discovery of network interactions.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC
08/2008 - 05/2013
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
06/2013 - present
Research Experience
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY, RICHLAND, WA
08/2012
Research Intern
Develop efficient algorithms for contingency analysis of power grids via network theory and tools.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, NC
07/2011
Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students 2011
Project: Models for Predicting Indoor Pollution from Questionnaire and Outdoor Pollution Data: The Inner-City Asthma Air Pollution Study (in collaboration with Rho, Inc. Chapel Hill, NC)
The Twenty-Seventh Annual Workshop on Mathematical Problems in Industry
Project: Fast Computation of Loss Distributions for Credit Portfolios (in collaboration with Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC)
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Devise a fast algorithm to compute loss distributions of portfolios using Gibbs sampler;
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Estimate the likelihood of serious losses of portfolios using importance sampling and milestoning.
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NEWARK, NJ
06/2011
Graduate Research Fellow
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Study the dynamics of the evolving voter model with two opinions using simulations and moment-closure approximations.
STATISTICAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE, RTP, NC
08/2010 – 06/2011
Publications
F. Shi, J. G. Foster, and J. A. Evans, Weaving the Fabric of Science: Dynamic network models of science’s
unfolding structure, to appear in Social Networks
F. Shi, P.J. Mucha, Nonaxisymmetric high-aspect-ratio ellipsoids under shear: Lowest-order correction
for finite aspect ratios, Physical Review E 90 (1), 013005, 2014
S.A. McKinley, A. Chen, F. Shi, S. Wang, P.J. Mucha, M.G. Forest, S.K. Lai, Modeling Neutralization Kinetics of HIV by Broadly Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies in Genital Secretions Coating the Cervicovaginal Mucosa, PloS one 9 (6), e100598, 2014
A. Chen, S. A. McKinley, S. Wang, F. Shi, P. J. Mucha, M. G. Forest, S. K. Lai, Transient antibody-mucin interactions produce a dynamic molecular shield against viral invasion, Biophysical Journal , Volume 106 , Issue 9 , 2028 - 2036 (2014)
F. Shi, M. G. Forest, P. J. Mucha, S. Wang, R. Zhou, Network-based assessments of percolation-induced current distributions in sheared rod macromolecular dispersions, SIAM: Multiscale Modeling & Simulation 12 (1), 249-264 (2014)
F. Shi, P. J. Mucha, R. Durrett, Multi-opinion evolving voter model with infinitely many phase transitions, Physical Review E 88 (6), 062818 (2013)
F. Shi, S. Wang, P. J. Mucha, M. G. Forest, Percolation-induced exponential scaling in the large current tails of random resistor networks, SIAM: Multiscale Modeling & Simulation 11 (4), 1298-1310 (2013)
R. Durrett, J. P. Gleeson, A. L. Lloyd, P. J. Mucha, F. Shi, D. Sivakoff, J. E. S. Socolar, C. Varghese, Graph fission in an evolving voter model, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (10), 3682-3687 (2013)
Y. Zhao, C. Xiao, F. Shi, Q. Peng, Rigid mesh deformation with detail preserving, Computer Research and Development, Vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 1-7. Jan. 2010
Honors and Awards
Graduate School Science & Technology Fellowship
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC
2008 - 2009
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC
08/2011 - 12/2011
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Selected Topics in Mathematics (undergraduate level course)
Graduate Research Consultant & Teaching Assistant
Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences I (senior-undergraduate level course)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC
08/2010 - 12/2010
Instructor
Pre-Calculus (freshman-undergraduate level course)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NC
01/2010 - 05/2010
Manuscript
D. Burstein, F. Kentner, J. Kun, F. Shi, Information Monitoring in Routing Networks, under review
X. Yang, F. Shi, J. A. Evans, B. Lv, Investor Sentiment and Stock Market Activity, under review
S. Wang, F. Shi, M. G. Forest, P. J. Mucha, Dielectric And Charge Storage Anisotropy And Scaling Behavior
Of Shear-Induced 3d Nano-Rod Composite Films, in preparation
Selectited Presentations
“Modeling and Predicting Evolution of Networks”, 2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX
“Frontier of Science”, Data Lunch Seminar, Computation Institute, University of Chicago, Aug 2014
“Coevolution of Network Structures and Dynamics”, 2014 SIAM Workshop-Network Science, Chicago
“Network Analysis of Anisotropic Electrical Properties in Percolating Sheared Nanorod Dispersions”, SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, Raleigh, NC, April 4, 2012
“Robust Scaling Behaviors in Evolving Voter Models”, Complex Networks Transition Workshop at SAMSI, RTP, NC, June 7, 2011
“Simplified Models of High-Aspect-Ratio Ellipsoids under Shear”, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN, November 24, 2009