Yunshu Zhang

Yunshu Zhang
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Contact Information

Teaching

Current Courses (Fall 2026)

  • STAT4050 - Stat Computing With R

    The goal of this course is to introduce students to the R programming language and related eco-system. This course will provide a skill-set that is in demand in both the research and business environments. In addition, R is a platform that is used and required in other advanced classes taught at Wharton, so that this class will prepare students for these higher level classes and electives.

    STAT4050001 ( Syllabus )

    STAT4050002 ( Syllabus )

  • STAT7050 - Stat Computing With R

    The goal of this course is to introduce students to the R programming language and related eco-system. This course will provide a skill-set that is in demand in both the research and business environments. In addition, R is a platform that is used and required in other advanced classes taught at Wharton, so that this class will prepare students for these higher level classes and electives.

    STAT7050001 ( Syllabus )

All Courses

  • STAT1010 - Intro Business Stat

    Data summaries and descriptive statistics; introduction to a statistical computer package; Probability: distributions, expectation, variance, covariance, portfolios, central limit theorem; statistical inference of univariate data; Statistical inference for bivariate data: inference for intrinsically linear simple regression models.

  • STAT4050 - Stat Computing with R

    The goal of this course is to introduce students to the R programming language and related eco-system. This course will provide a skill-set that is in demand in both the research and business environments. In addition, R is a platform that is used and required in other advanced classes taught at Wharton, so that this class will prepare students for these higher level classes and electives.

  • STAT7050 - Stat Computing with R

    The goal of this course is to introduce students to the R programming language and related eco-system. This course will provide a skill-set that is in demand in both the research and business environments. In addition, R is a platform that is used and required in other advanced classes taught at Wharton, so that this class will prepare students for these higher level classes and electives.

Knowledge at Wharton

Greenhushing: When Firms Do More Than They Say

Some companies downplay their environmental efforts, a practice known as greenhushing. A new working paper co-authored by Wharton’s Serguei Netessine finds that this gap between what firms say and what they do is associated with higher subsequent abnormal stock returns.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 9/8/2026
AI Is Producing More Software. Why Isn’t It Being Used?

A Wharton study finds that while AI dramatically speeds up software development, human bottlenecks prevent many of those gains from reaching customers.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 9/8/2026
The Hidden Financial Risks of the AI Boom

Joao Gomes, Wharton professor of finance and senior vice dean of research, centers, and academic initiatives, explains why the Federal Reserve needs to pay closer attention to how the massive AI boom is being financed.…Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 9/4/2026