Faculty Members
Department Chair: Dr. Tom Loughin
Graduate Program Chair: Dr. Tim Swartz
Undergraduate Program Chair: Dr. Rachel Altman
Actuarial Science Co-ordinator: Dr. Cary Tsai
Faculty |
Area of Research |
E-mail address |
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| Altman, Rachel | Latent variable models (e.g., hidden Markov models, mixed models), survival time methods | rachelm at sfu.ca |
| Bégin, Jean-François | Financial modelling, risk management, financial econometrics, filtering methods, credit risk, option pricing | jbegin at sfu.ca |
| Bingham, Derek | Design of experiments, industrial statistics, Bayesian methods | dbingham at sfu.ca |
| Bornn, Luke | Spatial and spatio-temporal modelling. Monte Carlo methods and statistical computing. Environmetrics. Statistics in sport | lbornn at sfu.ca |
| Campbell, Dave | Functional Data Analysis, Dynamic Systems Models, Time Frequency Representations | dac5 at sfu.ca |
| Cao, Jiguo | Functional Data Analysis, Statistical Genomics, Bayesian Inference |
jca76 at sfu.ca |
| Graham, Jinko | Statistical genetics and genomics, Monte Carlo methods, statistical computing | jgraham at sfu.ca |
| Hu, Joan | Incomplete data analyses, interim reviews and related design issues in health studies | joanh at sfu.ca |
| Richard,Lockhart | Goodness-of-fit testing, inference on stochastic processes, large sample theory. | lockhart at sfu.ca |
| Loughin, Marie | Lab Instructor | mloughin at sfu.ca |
| Loughin, Tom | Categorical data analysis, design and analysis of experiments, statistics in sports. | tloughin at sfu.ca |
| Lu, Yi | Risk Theory, Stochastic Modeling, Statistical Applications | yilu at sfu.ca |
| McNeney, Brad | Statistical methods in genetic epidemiology, statistical computing |
mcneney at sfu.ca |
| Parker, Gary | Financial Risk Management, Interest Rate Risk | gparker at stat.sfu.ca |
| Sanders, Barbara | Pension plan design and risk management; stochastic modeling. | bsanders at sfu.ca |
| Schwarz, Carl | Statistical ecology; capture-recapture models; linear and generalized linear models | cschwarz at sfu.ca |
| Sitter, Randy | Survey sampling; industrial statistics; design of experiment | SSC Memorial Session |
| Swartz, Tim | Statistical Computing, Bayesian Statistics, Statistics in Sport |
tim at stat.sfu.ca |
| Tang, Boxin | Design of experiments; industrial statistics | boxint at sfu.ca |
| Thompson, Steve | Sampling theory and methods; environmental statistics; statistical design and inference | thompson at sfu.ca |
| Tsai, Cary | Risk Theory, Mortality Model, Longevity Risk, Stochastic Processes in Insurance and Finance |
cltsai at sfu.ca |
| Wang, Liangliang | Bayesian statistics; Monte Carlo methods; Functional data analysis | lwa68 at sfu.ca |
| Zhou, Michelle | (On Leave) Model diagnosis, model selection, risk prediction, and longitudinal data analysis |
qmzhou at sfu.ca |
Limited Term |
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| Davis, Jack | jackd at sfu.ca | |
Emeritus Faculty |
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| Stephens,Michael | Goodness-of-fit testing, directional data. | stephens at sfu.ca |
| Routledge, Rick | Biometrics estimating the sizes of animal populations. | routledg at sfu.ca |
Retired Faculty |
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| Eaves, David | Biometrics, generalized linear modelling, theory of inference. | In Memoriam |
| Villegas, Cesareo | Foundations of Bayesian inference. | In Memoriam |
| Insley, Robin | Lab Instructor | insley at sfu.ca |
| Weldon, Larry | Foundations of statistics, stochastic modeling and simulation, multivariate. | weldon at sfu.ca |
Associate Faculty |
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| Lu, Zhaosong | Theory and algorithms for deterministic and/or stochastic continuous optimization, applications of continuous optimization in statistics. | zhaosong at sfu.ca |
| McCandless, Lawrence | Bayesian statistics, statistical methods for epidemiology, causal inference in observational studies, confounding bias, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, hierarchical modelling. | mccandl at sfu.ca |
| Pei, Jian | Data mining and big data analytics. | jpei at cs.sfu.ca |
| Schulte, Oliver | Machine Learning for Structured Data, Computational Logic, Computational Game Theory |
oschulte at cs.sfu.ca |
| Xie, Hui | Missing data analysis, eHealth and mhealth, Combining Social and Health Behavior Data from Multiple Sources, Statistical Methods for Disclosure Control. |
xiehuix at sfu.ca |
Adjunct Faculty |
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| Ainsworth, Laurie PhiStat Research and Consulting | Development of statistical methodology for environmental & health data especially with respect to:multivariate analysis; functional data analysis; zero-inflated spatial models; data visualization and qualitative methods. | laurie at phistat.ca | |
| Balshaw, Rob BC Centre for Desease Control |
Life history data, longitudinal data, mixed models, clinical trials, study design, methods for biomarker discovery and validation | robert.balshaw at bccdc.ca | |
| Braun, John University of British Columbia-Okanagan |
Computational statistics, with applications to fire science; statistical process control; statistical education. | john.braun at ubc.ca | |
| Chipman, Hugh, Acadia University | Industrial statistics, Bayesian methods, Statistical learning, Statistical computing | hugh.chipman at acadiau.ca | |
| Dean, Charmaine Western University |
Discrete and lifetime data, extra-Poisson variation. |
dean at sfu.ca |
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| Gill, Paramjit University of British Columbia-Okanagan |
Sports statistics, round robin models, spatio-temporal modelling | paramjit.gill at ubc.ca | |
| Guttorp, Peter University of Washington |
Use of stochastic models in scientific applications in hydrology, atmospheric science, geophysics, environmental science, and hematology. | peter at stat.washington.edu | |
| Joy, Ruth SMRU Canada Ltd | Integrating marine ecology into space time models. Impact assessment. | rjoy at sfu.ca | |
| Loeppky, Jason University of British Columbia-Okanagan | Design and analysis of experiments for both physical processes and computer based simulation models; applications include industrial statistics and problem in modern astrophysics. | jason at stat.ubc.ca | |
| Minogue, Camille |
Actuarial methods for property and casualty insurance | cminogue at sfu.ca | |
| Nathoo, Farouk | Neuroimaging Statistics, Bayesian Methods, High-dimensional Data, Statistical Modeling and Computation | nathoo at uvic.ca | |
| Ranjan, Pritam, Acadia University | Computer experiments, Design of experiments, Combinatorial designs | pritamr at iimidr.ac.in | |
| Spinelli, John B.C. Cancer Agency |
Biostatistics, epidemiology, goodness-of-fit | jspinelli at bccrc.ca | |
| Yuan, Yan, University of Alberta | Prediction methodology and performance measures for binary and survival data; cancer epidemiology and health services research; applied functional data analysis | yan.yuan at ualberta.ca | |
| Zwiers, Francis University of Victoria |
Statistical climatology, climate change detection, climate modeling, analysis of extremes | twzwiers at uvic.ca | |