Juri Trifonov is a Predoctoral Research Professional at the Becker Friedman Institute’s Big Data Initiative. He works with Professors Azeem Shaikh and Max Tabord-Meehan on research in econometric theory. Juri grew up in Tallinn, Estonia. He received his B.S. in Economics and M.S. in Finance from Higher School of Economics. Juri’s research interests lie broadly in econometric theory.