Professor You-Gan Wang
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Data Science, Statistical modelling, Robust inference, Longitudinal data analysis, Model selection, Fisheries stock assessment, Load estimation, Water quality monitoring, Uncertainty quantification, Environmantal statistics
Research field
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.
Publications
- Duan, Q., Wu, J. & Wang, Y. (2022). Optimal battery capacity in electrical load scheduling. Journal of Energy Storage, 50. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228602
- 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). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212497
- Wu, J., Wang, Y., Tian, Y., Burrage, K. & Cao, T. (2021). Support vector regression with asymmetric loss for optimal electric load forecasting. Energy, 223. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208195
- Fu, L., Wang, Y. & Cai, F. (2020). A working likelihood approach for robust regression. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 29(12), 3641–3652. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206719
- 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), 409–414. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206700
- Jiang, Y., Wang, Y., Fu, L. & Wang, X. (2019). Robust estimation using modified Huber's functions with new tails. Technometrics, 61(1), 111–122. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120369
- Fu, L. & Wang, Y. (2011). Nonparametric rank regression for analyzing water quality concentration data with multiple detection limits. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(4), 1481–1489. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90444
- Jiang, J., Luan, Y. & Wang, Y. (2007). Iterative estimating equations: Linear convergence and asymptotic properties. Annals of Statistics, 35(5), 2233–2260. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90514
- Wang, Y. & Zhu, M. (2006). Rank-based regression for analysis of repeated measures. Biometrika, 93(2), 459–464. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90484
- Brown, B. & Wang, Y. (2005). Standard errors and covariance matrices for smoothed rank estimators. Biometrika, 92(1), 149–158. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90521
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.