WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
About me
Welcome! I’m Wanting Gao, a Ph.D. student in Electrical & Systems Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, working with Prof. Xudong Chen and Prof. Hong Hu.
My research brings together probability, random graph theory, statistical inference, and structural control theory. I am interested in understanding how structure emerges in large random networks, and how we can recover that structure from noisy observations.
I received my M.S. in Engineering Data Analytics & Statistics from Washington University in St. Louis in 2025. Previously, I earned a B.S. in Management, majoring in E-commerce, from Jinan University.
What I’m working on
Graphons and cycle-cover properties of random graphs; convergence rates; and inference in noisy networks.
More about my researchNews
Recent highlightsNew preprint: Convergence rate of H-property for step-graphons, with Hong Hu and Xudong Chen.
Began my Ph.D. in Electrical & Systems Engineering at WashU.
Selected as a Young Author Award finalist at NECSYS 2025.
Received WashU ESE’s Outstanding Master’s Research Award and completed my M.S.
Selected publications
View allOn the H-property for Step-graphons: The Residual Case
NECSYS 2025 · IFAC-PapersOnLine, 59(4), 7–12
Let’s connect
I’m happy to connect with people interested in random networks, probability, and statistical inference.
g.wanting@wustl.edu