Dr Feng Chen

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

PhD supervision interests

• Statistical inference for marked point processes and its applications in finance, insurance, and other applied areas
• Semi- and non-parametric inference for nonstationary self-exciting processes and their applications
• Recurrent event data modelling and its applications in biostatistics

TEACHING & OUTREACH

Courses taught

• MATH3851 - Experimental Design and Categorical Data (current)
• MATH3831 - Statistical Methods for Social and Market Research 
• 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
• 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)