Professor You-Gan Wang

Faculty of Science,
School of Mathematical Sciences
Biography
Professor Wang's research interests include developing statistical methodology for correlated data analysis, robust inferences and model selection and applying advanced techniques that help to solve important problems in medical sciences, environmental research and natural resource management.
In applied statistics, Professor Wang has been working with multidiscipline teams on a wide range of problems. Their findings have significant impacts in resource management (fisheries and hydrology) and clinical trials (biostatistics). Professor Wang has been invited on a number of occasions to organize/speak at international conferences and to review journal papers. His work has substantial impacts and scientific innovations in statistical modelling and data science.
Professor Wang has published 140+ papers in international journals with more than 3,000 SCI citations (h-index 32, see http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=MNUkTMQAAAAJ&hl=en).
Personal details
Positions
- Professor in Data Science
Faculty of Science,
School of Mathematical Sciences
Keywords
Data Science, Statistical modelling, Robust inference, Longitudinal data analysis, Model selection, Fisheries stock assessment, Load estimation, Water quality monitoring, Uncertainty quantification, Environmantal statistics
Discipline
Statistics, Environmental Science and Management, Fisheries Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Oxford)
Professional memberships and associations
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Lifetime Member)
- Elected Member of International Statistical Institute (ISI)
- International Biometrics Society (IBS)
Teaching
Teaching
Professor Wang has taught:
- statistical and biostatistics courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students
- students in Statistics, Dentistry, Pharmacology and Life Sciences.
- small class and large class (up to 250 students)
- Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis (Harvard),
- Statistical Consultation (Harvard) Stochastic Optimaization, (as a tutor), St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford)
- Linear Algebra (Institute for British and Irish Studies, Oxford).
- Probability and Mathematical Statistics (Institute for British and Irish Studies, Oxford).
- Biostatistics (NUS) Survival Analysis (NUS)
- Experimental Design (UQ)
- Longitudinal Data Analysis (UQ)
Development of new courses and curriculum
Professor Wang has developed course material for biostatistics and life science students including for first year Ph.D students, Harvard School of Public Health. He has also developed new course material in Biostatistics for Dentistry, National University of Singapore.
Student supervision
Professor Wang has experience in supervising Honours, MSc and PhD students over the past 20 years and has examined many MSc and PhD theses.
Experience
- May 2010– Sept 2015 Chair Professor of Applied Statistics, Director, Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics (CARM), School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland.
- May 2005 – April 2010 Senior Science Leader, CSIRO, Australia.
- Jun 2001 – May 2005 Associate Professor of Statistics, National University of Singapore.
- Jan 2001 – May 2002 Associate Professor, Harvard University.
- Dec 1998 – Dec 2000 Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Education
- 1991 Statistics D.Phil, University of Oxford (Supervised by Prof JC Gittins)
- 1988 Statistics M.Sc, Peking University
- 1986 Mathematics B.Sc, Zhejiang University
Professional services
- Grant Reviews
- ARC Discovery, Linkage, DECRA
- National Science Foundation, USA
- Alaska Sea Grant
- Thesis and Senior Promotion Assessors
Professional and administrative experiences
- Editorial Board of Biometrics (2013-present)
- Editorial Board of Environmental Modeling and Assessment (2015-present)
- Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews
- Associate Editor of Electronic Journal of Statistics (2009-2011)
- Referee for major journals in statistics and its applications (roughly 15 per year)
- Organize International conferences and workshops
- External Evaluator for the Center for Pharmaceutical Administration and the Center for Drug Evaluation, Singapore.
- Program committee for the international conferences (IBC, IMS)
Editorial boards
- Associate Editor of Biometrics
- Advisory Editor of Environmental Modeling & Assessment
- Associate Editor of EJS (2010-2012)
Research Grants and Projects
New ARC Discovery Grant (2016-2018) (Sole CI): Generalised degree of freedom and probablistic regulisation (DP160104292) ($300,000).
Jun 2013-Jun 2016
ARC Discovery Grant (Sole CI): Robust inferences for analysis of longitudinal data (DP130100766) ($330,000).
an 2012-Dec 2014
ARC Linkage Grant (one of the Chief Investigators): Multi-scale, two-phase flow in complex coal seam systems ($377,800).
Jul 2007 – Jun 2008
FRDC grant (Principal Investigator): Calculating recent foreign fishing vessel numbers using established estimators based on coastwatch surveillance and apprehension data ($93,471).
Jul 2006 – Dec 2006
FRDC grant (Principal Investigator): Estimating Reliable Foreign Fishing Vessel Fishing Effort from Coastwatch Surveillance and Apprehension Data ($143,358).
Mar 2004 – Feb 2005
Chief Investigator of “Phase I/II designs for multiple out comes” (S$93,685) .
Jun 2003 – May 2006
Chief Investigator of “Robust Methods for Analysis of Longitudinal Data” (S$113,054) .
Apr 2002 – Mar 2004
Chief Investigator of “Analysis of Clustered Data Analysis” (S$32,500).
Oct 1998 – Apr 2001
Protocol development and data analysis for AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG 377, ACTG 225, ACTG381, ACTG391, ACTG1018, ACTG1012).
Oct 1998 – Apr 2001:
Statistical Modeling and Parameter Estimation in AIDS Clinical Trials (R01:AI24643, PI: S. Lagakos).
Apr 1997 – Mar 2000
Senior Statistical Consultant, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, on Parameter Estimation in Sequential Clinical Trials (NIH Grant CA74207).
Jul 1998 – Dec 1998
Coinvestigator of “Risk analysis for the Northern Prawn Fishery” (A$620,000).
Jul 1995 – Dec 1997
Principal Investigator, of “Estimation of survival and growth for Australian Prawn Fisheries” (A$220,000).
Jul 1992 – Jun 1997
Population dynamics and Bioeconomic study for Northern Prawn Fishery, CSIRO.
Oct 1991 – Jun 1992
Cohort and Case-Control study on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Cancer Research; Children Injury Prevention and Statistical Consulting at Menzies Centre for population Health Research, University of Tasmania.
Sep 1988 – May 1991
Study for the D.Phil on Decision Theory under supervision of Professor J.C. Gittins, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford.
Selected publications
- Duan Q, Wu J, Wang Y, (2022) Optimal battery capacity in electrical load scheduling, Journal of Energy Storage, 50.
- Yang Y, Zhou H, Gao Y, Wu J, Wang Y, Fu L, (2022) Robust penalized extreme learning machine regression with applications in wind speed forecasting, Neural Computing and Applications, 34 (1).
- Wu J, Wang Y, Tian Y, Burrage K, Cao T, (2021) Support vector regression with asymmetric loss for optimal electric load forecasting, Energy, 223.
- Fu L, Wang Y, Cai F, (2020) A working likelihood approach for robust regression, Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 29 (12), pp. 3641-3652.
- Jiang Y, Yuan Z, Hu H, Ye X, Zheng Z, Wei Y, Zheng Y, Wang Y, Liu C, (2020) Differentiating homoploid hybridization from ancestral subdivision in evaluating the origin of the D lineage in wheat, New Phytologist, 228 (2), pp. 409-414.
- Jiang Y, Wang Y, Fu L, Wang X, (2019) Robust estimation using modified Huber's functions with new tails, Technometrics, 61 (1), pp. 111-122.
- Fu L, Wang Y, (2011) Nonparametric rank regression for analyzing water quality concentration data with multiple detection limits, Environmental Science & Technology, 45 (4), pp. 1481-1489.
- Jiang J, Luan Y, Wang Y, (2007) Iterative estimating equations: Linear convergence and asymptotic properties, Annals of Statistics, 35 (5), pp. 2233-2260.
- Wang Y, Zhu M, (2006) Rank-based regression for analysis of repeated measures, Biometrika, 93 (2), pp. 459-464.
- Brown B, Wang Y, (2005) Standard errors and covariance matrices for smoothed rank estimators, Biometrika, 92 (1), pp. 149-158.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by You-Gan, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Generalised Degrees of Freedom and Probabilistic Regularisation
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP160104292
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Title
- Robust Inferences for Analysis of Longitudinal Data
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP130100766
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- Rank Statistics; Robust Inferences; Semiparametrics
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.