Jieming Kong

Cornell ORIE | USC OR&AI PhD student | WorldQuant consultant;

Los Angeles, California, United States

About

I am pursing Operations Research & Artificial Intelligence PhD at USC, and I am also pursuing a CS master. I got my Master of Engineering in Operations Research from Cornell University, and Bachelor of science majoring in Physics in Shandong University. My current research direction is analyzing and designing online algorithms in a computationally efficient way. I have several internships and research experience in finding financial signals (Alphas) and simulation optimization algorithms.

Experience

  • Research Assistant at 美国南加州大学
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    Analyzed and compared the performances of the online algorithms like Dynamic Programming, CE heuristics, and static threshold algorithms via extreme value theory.

  • Consultant at WorldQuant
    Oct 2023 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Finding different kinds of Alphas(financial signals in messy markets), from fundamental alphas to option alphas. Predicting the performance of the Alphas in the recent two years using the training data. Evaluate the OS/IS ratio to avoid overfitting. Trying to combine alphas into combo, using equal weights as well as non-equal weights to generate super-alphas.

  • Research Assistant at 美国康奈尔大学
    Jan 2025 - Jun 2025 · 6 mos

    Worked on simulation optimization; specifically, improved the efficiency of the solvers both from experiment and math foundation.

  • 山东大学 (9 mos)
    • Research Assistant
      Sep 2023 - May 2024 · 9 mos

      Developed an algorithm to solve a graph theory problem, which named ‘Burning Number of the Graph’, using both heuristic path and rigorous proof.

    • Teaching Assistant
      Sep 2023 - Nov 2023 · 3 mos

      Classical Mechanics I

  • Quantitative Analyst at 华泰证券
    Jul 2023 - Sep 2023 · 3 mos