Kevin Yang
E-mail: kevinyang AT math DOT harvard DOT edu
Department of Mathematics, Harvard.
About:
Education:
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, Stanford University (2017-2022). Advisor: Amir Dembo.
- A.B. in Mathematics, Harvard University (2013-2017).
Upcoming Events:
Awards and Honors:
- Fellowship, Northern California Chapter of the ARCS Foundation, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.
- Herb Alexander Award, Harvard University Department of Mathematics.
- Certificate for Distinction and Excellence in Teaching, Derek C. Bok Center at Harvard University, Fall 2014 to Spring 2017.
Research:
- Yang, K. Time-inhomogeneous KPZ equation from non-equilibrium Ginzburg-Landau SDEs.
- Yang, K. Fluctuations for some non-stationary interacting particle systems via Boltzmann-Gibbs Principle. Forum of Mathematics, Sigma, 11, E32, 2023.
- Yang, K. Non-Stationary Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation from ASEP with a slow bond. Accepted, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare, Prob. et. Stat..
- Yang, K. Hairer-Quastel universality in non-stationarity via energy solution theory. Electronic Journal of Probability, 28, 1-26, 2023.
- Yang, K. KPZ Equation from non-simple variations on open ASEP. Probability Theory and Related Fields, 183, 415-545, 2022.
- Yang, K. Kardar-Parisi-Zhang Equation from Long-Range Exclusion Processes. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 400, 1535-1663, 2023.
- Yang, K. Stochastic Burgers Equation via Energy Solutions from Non-Stationary Particle Systems.
- Megumi Asada, Ryan Chen, Eva Fourakis, Yujin Kim, Andrew Kwon, Jared D. Lichtman, Blake Mackall, Steven J. Miller, Eric Winsor, Karl Winsor, Jianing Yang, Kevin Yang. Lower-Order Biases Second Moments of Dirichlet Coefficients in Families of L-Functions. Experimental Mathematics. DOI: 10.1080/10586458.2021.1980453. 2021.
- Paula Burkhardt, Peter Cohen, Jonathan DeWitt, Max Hlavacek, Steven J. Miller, Carsten Sprunger, Yen Nhi Truong Vu, Roger Van Peski and Kevin Yang. Random matrix ensembles with split limiting behavior. Random Matrices: Theory and Application. Vol. 07, No. 03, 1850006. 2018.
- Asada M, Fourakis E, Miller SJ, Yang K, Appendix to Some Results in the Theory of Low-lying Zeros: Determining the 1-level density, identifying the group symmetry and the arithmetic of moments of Satake parameters. Families of Automorphic Forms and the Trace Formula. 435-476. Simons Symposia. Springer, Cham. 2016.
- Yu Z, Liu N, Liu J, Yang K, Wang X. Neuroglobin, a novel target for endogenous neuroprotection against stroke and neurodegenerative disorders. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 6995-7014. 2012.
Undergraduate Thesis:
Talks:
- Summer School on Stochastic Analysis, EPFL, Aug. 2023.
- Workshop: Laplacian Growth Models, Theory and Applications, Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation, Jun. 2023.
- Probability Seminar, UCSD, May 2023.
- Seminario de Probabilidade e Mecanica Estatistica, May 2023.
- Probability Seminar, Cornell University, Mar. 2023.
- Joint Applied Math/Probability Seminar, Stanford University, Feb. 2023.
- Workshop: Stochastic PDEs and Related Topics, Brin Mathematics Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Nov. 2022.
- Probability Seminar, University of Warwick, Nov. 2022.
- Stochastics Seminar, University of Utah, Sept. 2022.
- Probability Seminar, U.C. Berkeley, Sept. 2022.
- [Online] Bristol–Warwick–QMUL Informal Online Probability Seminar, May 2022.
- [Online] Probability and the City, New York, Dec. 2021. Video.
- [Online] Probability Seminar, U.C. Berkeley, Nov. 2021.
- Program Associates Short Talks, MSRI, Oct. 2021. Video.
- Mathematical Physics and Probability Seminar, UC Davis, Sept. 2021.
- Introductory Talk on Scaling Limits for Interacting Particle Systems, MSRI, Sept. 2021. Video.
- [Online] Junior Integrable Probability Seminar, May 2021.
- [Online] Student Probability/PDE Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, April 2021.
- [Online] Probability Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Feb. 2021.
- [Online] Probability Seminar, Stanford University, Nov. 2020. Video.
- [Online] Stochastic PDE Seminar, Columbia University, Oct. 2020. Video.
- [Online] Bernoulli-IMS One World Symposium Aug. 2020.
- Mathematical Physics and Probability Seminar, UC Davis, Dec. 2018.
- Probability Seminar, Columbia University, Oct. 2018.
- Maine/Quebec Number Theory Conference (w/ Steven J. Miller), Oct. 2015.
Previous Events:
- Summer School on Stochastic Analysis, EPFL, Aug. 2023.
- Workshop: Laplacian Growth Models, Theory and Applications, Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation, Jun. 2023.
- Workshop: Stochastic PDEs and Related Topics, Brin Mathematics Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Nov. 2022.
- I was a Program Associate at MSRI in Fall 2021 for "Universality and Integrability in Random Matrix Theory and Interacting Particle Systems".
- Advances in Asymptotic Probability, In honor of Amir Dembo's 60th birthday.
Teaching:
Stanford University:
- Summer 2021: TA for Math 63DM: Discrete Methods
- Spring 2021: TA for Math 51 ACE: Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus
- Summer 2020: Instructor for Math 114: Applied Matrix Theory
- Winter 2020: TA for Math 63CM: Analysis and ODEs
- Fall 2019: TA for Math 51 ACE: Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus
- Summer 2019: CA for Math 115: Functions of a Real Variable
- Winter 2019: TA for Math 21 ACE: Calculus
- Fall 2018: CA for Math 104: Applied Matrix Theory
- Spring 2018: CA for Math 115: Functions of a Real Variable
- Fall 2017: CA for Math 115: Functions of a Real Variable
Harvard University:
- Spring 2017: CA for Math 123: Theory of Rings and Fields
- Fall 2016: CA for Math 114: Real Analysis II
- Spring 2016: CA for Math 129: Number Fields
- Fall 2015: CA for Math 124: Number Theory
- Spring 2015: CA for Math 123: Theory of Rings and Fields
- Fall 2014: CA for Math 122: Theory of Groups and Vector Spaces
Other:
Non-Math: