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Biography

Shao-Yu Jheng

Shao-Yu Jheng is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at Harvard University, advised by Melissa Dell, conducting research related to the political economy and economic development in historical Japan. He is jointly developing new deep learning methods, from multi-modal record linkage to graph neural networks, to unlock the potential of large-scale Japanese historical archival data, which can be used to answer big questions about the East Asian miracle.

Jheng received his M.A. in economics, and his B.A. in foreign languages and literatures from National Taiwan University

At the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Jheng chairs the Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective.

Affiliations

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
  • Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
 
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