My Expertise
Time to event data analysis; count data analysis; regression analysis; or data analysis in a broad sense.
Field of Research (FoR)
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Biography
ABOUT ME
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at the School of Mathematics and Statistics. My research interest is in the broad area of developing statistical methods to model real-life phenomena and make inferences. I teach courses on statistical methods in applied areas such as social science, marketing, engineering, and epidemiology.
Education
- PhD in Statistics, the University of Hong Kong, 2008
- MSc in Applied Probability &...view more
ABOUT ME
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at the School of Mathematics and Statistics. My research interest is in the broad area of developing statistical methods to model real-life phenomena and make inferences. I teach courses on statistical methods in applied areas such as social science, marketing, engineering, and epidemiology.
Education
- PhD in Statistics, the University of Hong Kong, 2008
- MSc in Applied Probability & Statistics, Lanzhou University, 2004
- BSc in Mathematics, Lanzhou University, 2001
RESEARCH
Research interests
- Nonparametric and semiparametric statistics
- Point processes and their statistical inference
- Survival Analysis
- Financial Data Modelling
TEACHING & OUTREACH
Courses taught
- MATH3851 - Experimental Design and Categorical Data (current)
- MATH3831 - Statistical Methods for Social and Market Research (current)
- MATH5835 - Stochastic Processes
- MATH3821 - Statistical Modelling and Computing
- MATH2099 - Mathematics 2B -- Statistics Stream
- MATH2859 - Probability, Statistics and Information
Professional affiliations and service positions
- Statistics Honours Coordinator, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW (2013-2017)
- Member, Statistical Society of Australia
- Member, American Statistical Association
- Councillor, Statistical Society of Australia NSW Branch (2012-2013)
- Assistant Secretary & Coordinator of SSAI AGR seminars, Statistical Society of Australia NSW Branch (2013)
My Research Supervision
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Areas of supervision
- Statistical inference for point processes and its applications;
- semi- and non-parametric inference;
- survival data analysis;
- statistical computation;
- financial data analysis and modelling.
Currently supervising
- Thomas Stindl (PhD, 2016 S1 -- ): Inference for renewal Hawkes process and its applications
- Wai Hong Tan (PhD, 2015 S2 -- ): Point process models for online content popularity prediction
- Dexun Li (MRes, 2018 S1 -- ): Inference for stochastic volatility models and its applications
Location
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
The Red Centre
Room 1031
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