Ryan McCorvie

Mathematician and statistician based in Oakland, California. I work at the intersection of probability theory, machine learning, and AI. Previously Goldman Sachs quant; PhD studies at UC Berkeley.

Ryan McCorvie

Recent

ongoing academic

Joined a working group formalizing stochastic calculus, specifically Itô's lemma, in Lean, the interactive theorem prover. Also joined a weekly Lean meetup in San Francisco which is open to all. Occassionally Lean-stream on twitch

Feb 2026 project

Vibecoded a clone of the LinkedIn geometric deduction puzzle game Queens, including a level editor. This version lets you play the full history, and randomizes boards for replayability. Play →

Nov 2025 research

Analyzed TSMC AI chip production capacity as a consultant for Epoch AI. Used TSMC and ASML financial statements and fab construction timelines. Read →

Sep 2025 project

Introducing Elo on the Dohyo. I applied Elo ratings to sumo wrestling to see how they compare with official banzuke rankings and tournament results. Includes match-by-match forecasts and historical analysis. Read → Forecasts → Code →

Sep 2025 public health

CalCAT paper published in Frontiers in Public Health. Describes the technical and organizational design of California's long-running COVID forecast aggregation dashboard, which I helped build and maintain. Read → Dashboard →

2024 consulting

Profile of me and my statistical consulting work. Read →

2022 public health

Co-authored analysis of risk tradeoffs in COVID testing policy for schools, done with colleagues at the CA Dept of Public Health and UCSF, published in IJERPH. Paper →

2021 public health

Co-authored analysis of racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 exposure, testing, and case rates in California, with colleagues at CDPH and Stanford. Published in Health Affairs. Paper →

ongoing academic

Solutions to problem sets from graduate probability courses, including David Williams' Probability with Martingales and Terence Tao's Math 275A. These get a surprising amount of traffic from probability students. Browse →

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