Zhou Zaiying is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Tsinghua University. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from Tsinghua University and was a visiting scholar in the Department of Statistics at Harvard University. She also serves as a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews, a council member of the Chinese Young Statisticians Association, and an expert member of Tsinghua University’s Practice-Based Teaching Advisory Group.
Her research spans statistics and data science, with dozens of SCI-indexed publications. She has led or participated in a number of national and provincial/ministerial-level research projects.
Alongside her research, Professor Zhou has a distinguished record in teaching. She teaches Applied Statistics at the graduate level and a range of undergraduate courses, including Experimental Design and Analysis, Statistical Computing and Software, Linear Regression Analysis, and Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics. Her courses have consistently ranked among the top 5% in university-wide teaching evaluations for many consecutive years. Over the past two years, every course she has taught has received a perfect evaluation score and ranked first among comparable courses across the university.
Her teaching excellence has earned her some of Tsinghua University’s most distinguished teaching honors. She received the “Qingyun Zhuguang · My Favorite Teacher Award,” initiated by the University Student Union and selected by a university-wide vote of undergraduate students, as well as the “Young Faculty Teaching Excellence Award,” the university’s highest teaching honor for young faculty members. She was also recognized for “Outstanding Teachers and Courses in the Eyes of Graduating Students,” an honor determined by a university-wide vote of graduating undergraduates.
Her course Linear Regression Analysis was selected as a “National First-Class Undergraduate Course (Offline)” and a “Beijing High-Quality Undergraduate Course,” and was also recognized as a “Premium Course” and a “Demonstration Course.” Experimental Design and Analysis was recognized as a “Premium Course,” and Statistical Computing and Software as a “Demonstration Course.”
Professor Zhou has also been recognized as a “Demonstration Teacher” and has received Tsinghua University’s “Annual Teaching Excellence Award” every year since 2021. Her other honors include the Second Prize in the Young Faculty Teaching Competition, Outstanding Teacher for Online Teaching During the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Period, and Outstanding Instructor in the National Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, where she has guided students to win national first and second prizes.
