About
Edric (Ed) Tam is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University working with Barbara Engelhardt. He works at the intersection of Statistics and AI, with a strong focus on applications in business, economics and biomedicine. His postdoctoral research has been supported by a Warren Alpert Fellowship as well as a Croucher Postdoctoral fellowship.
He received his PhD in Statistical Science from Duke University with David Dunson, and holds degrees in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering from Chicago, Yale and Johns Hopkins. His professional research and engineering experience include stints at Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple AIML.
Research Interests
- Bayesian Statistics, Probabilistic Machine Learning, Spectral Methods
- Sampling, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Generative Modeling
- Deep Learning, Artificial intelligence, Embeddings
- Applications in Biology, Medicine, Business and Economics
Personal
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Citizenship: USA
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Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
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Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, German (intermediate)
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Hobbies:
- Basketball, Hiking, Rowing, Fencing (Foil)
- Reading Kung-Fu novels, Writing mobile apps, Eating very spicy things!
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Proud Alum of Summer Science Program (SSP) and Deerfield Academy!
Contact
Email: edrictam@stanford.edu
Last updated: 2025-11-20