The Statistics Group in HKU Business School

We are a research group focusing on statistics and business analytics at the HKU Business School. The group consists of 6 full-time faculty. The group’s main research interests span the frontiers of modern statistical methodology and applications. The specific research directions include (but are not limited to) machine learning, artificial intelligence, high dimensional statistical inference, functional data, time series analysis, econometrics, factor models, and privacy protection. Our research is widely applied in areas such as health care, bioinformatics, service engineering, financial market, educational assessments, and psychological measurements.

Prospective Ph.D. applicants are welcome to get in touch with any faculty members for further information!

News

April 3, 2024

Dr. Jianlong Shao passed the PhD oral examination!

July 31, 2023

Professor Weichen Wang have received the RGC Early Career Scheme funding 27307623 “Ranking Inferences with Multiway Comparisons”.

July 5, 2023

The group successfully held the first summer workshop on statistics and data analytics.

June 23, 2023

Dr. Suxi Zheng passed the PhD oral examination!

May 1, 2023

Professors Haipeng Shen and Dan Yang received the HKU Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2023.

18 April 2023

Professors Zhanrui Cai received the Institute of Mathematical Statistics New Researcher Travel Award.

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