Biography
I am an incoming postdoctoral research scientist in Biostatistics at Columbia University, advised by Professor Yuanjia Wang. Currently, I also serve on the Statistical Society of Canada ’s Student and Recent Graduates Committee.
I was very fortunate to be supervised by Professors Grace Y. Yi, Wenqing He, Shelley B. Bull, and Rahim Moineddin during my PhD and Master’s studies. I also have the privilege to work as research trainees at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, University of Toronto, and Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences.
Interests
- Ensemble learning
- Incomplete data
- Variable selection
- Reinforcement learning
- Uncertainty quantification
- Generative models
Education
PhD in Statistics, 2024
University of Western Ontario
MSc in Biostatistics, Thesis Option, 2020
University of Toronto
HBSc in Mathematics and Statistics, 2017
University of Toronto
Recent Publications
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Selected Seminar & Conference Presentations
Research Experience
Statistical Consultant
Graduate Research Trainee
Research Topics: Joint Models, Survival Analysis, Longitudinal Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Power Determination, Sample Size
Biostatistics Practicum Researcher
Research Topics: Missing Data, Longitudinal Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials
Research Assistant
Research Topics: Asymptotic Approximation Model, Partial Differential Equation
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses: Data Science Concepts, Introduction to Statistics, Statistics for Science, Probability & Statistics II, Generalized Linear Models, Statistical Modeling I, Statistical Modeling II, Advanced Data Analysis, Time Series, Introduction to Study Design, Statistical Inference
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses: Calculus I, Calculus II, Multivariate Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra II, Statistics I, Introduction to Probability, Introduction to Statistics, Probability & Statistics I, Probability & Statistics II, Regression Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Methods of Applied Statistics, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Courses: Calculus I, Calculus II, Multivariate Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra I, Differential Equation, Statistics I, Introduction to Probability, Introduction to Statistics
Selected Projects
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Skills
R
Python
SAS
Contact
- ybian44@uwo.ca
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Room 164, Western Science Centre
Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences
University of Western Ontario
London, ON N6A 5B7