Mentor: Da Yang, Assistant Professor, Geophysical Sciences
William Zheng is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Chicago, majoring in Physics and Statistics. He has a strong interest in machine learning and reinforcement learning, particularly in their applications to physics research. This summer, he will be conducting research in Professor Da Yang’s group, focusing on the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). His work will involve using machine learning techniques to forecast the MJO and interpreting the models to uncover patterns and underlying mechanisms of this complex weather system.