Dennis Shen

Dennis Shen

Postdoc

UC Berkeley

Biography

I am on the 2022-2023 academic job market!

Hi! I am a FODSI postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, where I am fortunate to be hosted by Professors Peng Ding, Jasjeet Sekhon, and Bin Yu. Previously, I completed my PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) from MIT, where I was fortunate to be advised by Professor Devavrat Shah.

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Interests

  • Causal Inference
  • Machine Learning
  • High-dimensional Statistics
  • Matrix/Tensor Completion

Education

  • PhD in EECS, 2020

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • MS in EECS, 2017

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • BS in EE, 2015

    University of California, San Diego

Publications

Same Root Different Leaves: Time Series and Cross-Sectional Methods in Panel Data

Under review, 2022.
Dennis Shen, Peng Ding, Jasjeet Sekhon, Bin Yu
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On Model Identification and Out-of-Sample Prediction of Principal Component Regression: Applications to Synthetic Controls

Under review, 2022.
Anish Agarwal, Devavrat Shah, Dennis Shen
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Public health implications of opening National Football League stadiums during the COVID-19 pandemic

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2022
Bernardo García Bulle, Dennis Shen, Devavrat Shah, Anette E Hosoi
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Causal Imputation via Synthetic Interventions

Causal Learning and Reasoning (CLeaR), 2022.
Chandler Squires, Dennis Shen, Anish Agarwal, Devavrat Shah, Caroline Uhler
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Causal Matrix Completion

Working paper, 2022.
Anish Agarwal, Munther Dahleh, Devavrat Shah, Dennis Shen
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Industry Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Consultant

Uber Technologies

Jul 2021 – Present
 
 
 
 
 

Consultant

TauRx Therapeutics

Oct 2020 – Present
 
 
 
 
 

Core Data Science Research Intern

Facebook

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 Menlo Park, California

Art

Sometimes, I dillydally in art.

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