DEPT OF STATISTICS & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE



Researcher : Benchimol AG

List of Research Outputs

Benchimol A.G., Diazaraque J.M.M., Lozano I.A. and Alonso-González P.J., Mortality Projection using Bayesian Model Averaging, In: Springer, Eighth International Conference MAF 2018 - Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance.. Springer, 2018.


Researcher : Chan WS

Project Title:Living To 100 and Beyond Society of Actuaries International Symposium The Lee-Carter Model for Forecasting Mortality Revisited
Investigator(s):Chan WS
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:01/2005




Researcher : Cheung KC

Project Title:Theory and applications of tail comonotonicity
Investigator(s):Cheung KC
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2013


Project Title:On optimal structures of reinsurance markets
Investigator(s):Cheung KC
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2016


Project Title:The 2nd International Workshop on Optimal (Re)Insurance; Risk-adjusted Bowley Reinsurance under Distorted Probabilities
Investigator(s):Cheung KC
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:07/2018


List of Research Outputs

Cheung K.C., Chong W.F. and Lo A., Budget-constrained optimal reinsurance design under coherent risk measures, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 2019, 2019: 729-751.
Cheung K.C., Yam S.C.P. and Yuen F.L., Reinsurance contract design with adverse selection, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 2019, 2019: 784-798.
Cheung K.C., Yam S.C.P. and Zhang Y., Risk-adjusted Bowley reinsurance under distorted probabilities, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. 2019, 86: 64-72.
Zhang Y., Zhao P. and Cheung K.C., Comparisons of aggregate claim numbers and amounts: a study of heterogeneity, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 2018, 2019: 273-290.


Researcher : DONG F

List of Research Outputs

DONG F. and Yin G., Maximum likelihood estimation for incomplete multinomial data via the weaver algorithm, Statistics and Computing. Springer, 2018, 28: 1095-1117.


Researcher : Fung TWK

Project Title:56th Session of the International Statistical Institute (Lisboa 2007) Estimating variance and covariance parameters by generalized estimating equations for credibility models
Investigator(s):Fung TWK
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2007


Project Title:Research Output Prize
Investigator(s):Fung TWK, Hu Y
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2009


Project Title:Compstat 2018 ; Efficient Monte Carlo evaluation of resampling-based hypothesis tests
Investigator(s):Fung TWK
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2018
Completion Date:08/2018


List of Research Outputs

Fung T.W.K., Efficient Monte Carlo Evaluation of Resampling-based Hypothesis Tests, Keynote Speech presented at International Conference on Statistical Computing: Challenges and Opportunities in Data Science, Beijing, 9 – 11, November, 2018. 2018.
Fung T.W.K., Test for Imprinting Effects on the X-Chromosome, 2018 Statistics Week Taiwan, 5-9, November, 2018. 2018.
LAU P.Y., Yeung K.F., Zhou J.Y. and Fung T.W.K., Two Powerful Tests for Parent-of-Origin Effects at Quantitative Trait Loci on the X Chromosome, Human Heredity. 2019, 83: 250-273.
Zang Y., Fung T.W.K., Cao S., Ng H.K. and Zhang C., Robust tests for gene–environment interaction in case-control and case-only designs, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. Elsevier B.V., 2019, 129: 79-92.
Zhou J.Y., You X.P., Yang R. and Fung T.W.K., Detection of imprinting effects for qualitative traits on X chromosome based on nuclear families, Statistical Methods in Medical Research. SAGE, 2018, 27: 2329-2343.
Zou Q.L., You X.P., Li J.L., Fung T.W.K. and Zhou J.Y., A powerful parent-of-origin effects test for qualitative traits on X chromosome in general pedigrees, BMC Bioinformatics. 2018, 19: pp1-9.


Researcher : Gerber HU

List of Research Outputs

Gerber H.U., Shiu E.S.W. and Yang H., A constraint-free approach to optimal reinsurance, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. Taylor & Francis, 2019, 2019: 62-79.


Researcher : HAN X

List of Research Outputs

XU R., HAN X., Yang H. and Woo J.K., A plan of capital injections based on the claims frequency, Annals of Actuarial Science. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, 2018, 12: 296-325.


Researcher : HAN Y

List of Research Outputs

HAN Y., Yu P.L.H. and Mathew T., Shrinkage estimation of Kelly portfolios, Quantitative Finance. England, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019, 19(2): 277-287.


Researcher : HUANG X

List of Research Outputs

HUANG X., Xu J. and Tian G., ON PROFILE MM ALGORITHMS FOR GAMMA FRAILTY SURVIVAL MODELS, Statistica Sinica. 2019.
Tian G., HUANG X. and Xu J., AN ASSEMBLY AND DECOMPOSITION APPROACH FOR CONSTRUCTING SEPARABLE MINORIZING FUNCTIONS IN A CLASS OF MM ALGORITHMS, Statistica Sinica. 2019.


Researcher : JU D

List of Research Outputs

Tian G., JU D., Yuen K.C. and ZHANG C., New EM-type algorithm via stochastic representation for the analysis of truncated normal data with applications in biomedincine, Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2018, 27(8): 2459-2477.


Researcher : Jiang F

Project Title:Investigations on the censored quantile regression with time dependent covariates, B-spline measurement error estimation, and reflected non-local priors.
Investigator(s):Jiang F
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:09/2017


Project Title:Joint Statistical Meeting; Functional Censored Quantile Regression
Investigator(s):Jiang F
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2018


List of Research Outputs

Jiang F., Yin G. and Dominici F., Bayesian model selection approach to boundary detection with non-local priors, In Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS'18), Samy Bengio, Hanna M. Wallach, Hugo Larochelle, Kristen Grauman, and Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi (Eds.) . Curran Associates Inc., USA., 2018, 1978-1987.
Jiang F., Cheng Q., Yin G. and Shen H., Functional Censored Quantile Regression, Journal of the American Statistical Association. Taylor & Francis, 2019, Forthcoming: 1-24.
Jiang F., Ma Y. and Yin G., Kernel-based adaptive randomization toward balance in continuous and discrete covariates, Statistica Sinica. 2018, 28: 2841-2856.
Leung K.K., Tsang K., Ting H., Ma C.H., Lun K.K., Ho T., Chu C.Y.T., Chan H.Y.F., Chou L., Wen G.Y., Ng J.T., Lau A., Jiang F., Ng B.F.L., Ziea E., Lao L., Fok M.W.M., Fang C.X. and Chen H., Sinew acupuncture for de Quervain's Tenosynovitis (dQt): a randomised controlled trial, Advances in Integrative Medicine. 2019, 6: S84.


Researcher : Kwan CW

List of Research Outputs

QIAN X., Chau P.H., Kwan C.W., Lou V.W., Leung Y.M.A., Ho M.M., Fong D.Y.T. and Chi I., Comparison between single fall and recurrent fall among Chinese frail community-dwelling older population, Paper presented at the 6th Asia Pacific Geriatrics and Gerontology Congress. Brisbane, Australia, 21-22 June 2019.
QIAN X., Chau P.H., Kwan C.W., Lou V.W., Leung A.Y.M., Ho M.M., Fong D.Y.T. and Chi I.R.I.S., Comparison between single fall and recurrent fall among Chinese frail community-dwelling older population, 6th Asia Pacific Geriatrics and Gerontology Congress 2019.
QIAN X., Chau P.H., Kwan C.W., Lou V.W., Leung Y.M.A., Ho M.M., Fong D.Y.T. and Chi I., Time trend and seasonal pattern of fall incidence among Chinese older population in Hong Kong 2005-2014, Paper presented at 9th Hong Kong International Nursing Conference cum 2018 International Council on Women's Health Issues Congress. Hong Kong, China, 17-18 December 2018.


Researcher : LAM CK

List of Research Outputs

LAM C.K., Xu Y. and Yin G., Dynamic portfolio choice without cash, Quantitative Finance. 2019, 19: 313-326.


Researcher : LAU PY

List of Research Outputs

LAU P.Y., Yeung K.F., Zhou J.Y. and Fung T.W.K., Two Powerful Tests for Parent-of-Origin Effects at Quantitative Trait Loci on the X Chromosome, Human Heredity. 2019, 83: 250-273.


Researcher : LAW KF

List of Research Outputs

LAW K.F., Li W.K. and Yu P.L.H., A single-stage approach for cointegration-based pairs trading, Finance Research Letters. 2018, 26: 177-184.


Researcher : LI Z

List of Research Outputs

LI W.M., LI Z. and Yao J.J., Joint Central Limit Theorem for Eigenvalue Statistics from Several Dependent Large Dimensional Sample Covariance Matrices with Application, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 2018, 45: 699-728.


Researcher : LIN R

List of Research Outputs

LIN R. and Yin G., Uniformly most powerful Bayesian interval design for phase I dose-finding trials, Pharmaceutical Statistics. 2018, 17: 710-724.


Researcher : Lam KF

List of Research Outputs

Cheung K.Y., Wong M.C.M., Lam K.F., Corbet E.F. and Leung W.K., Multilevel modelling for the analysis of longitudinal periodontal data, In: W. Keung Leung, Victor Goh, ed., Periodontitis: Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment Options. Hauppauge, New York, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2019, Chapter 10: 231-278.
Cheung Y.B., Ma X., Lam K.F., Li J. and Milligan P., Bias Control In The Analysis Of Case–control Studies With Incidence Density Sampling, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2019.
Deshpande J.V., Dewan I., Lam K.F. and Naik‐Nimbalkar U.V., Tests for specific nonparametric relations between two distribution functions with applications, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. 2019, 35: 247-259.
Lam T.P., Lo T.L., Chao D.V.K., Lam K.F., Lam W.W. and Sun K.S.T., Consultation pattern of Hong Kong primary care attenders for psychological distress, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2019, 25: S18-20.
Lam T.P., Sun K.S., Piterman L., Lam K.F., Poon M.K., See C.Y.H. and Wu D.D., Impact of training for general practitioners on their mental health services: The Hong Kong experience, The Australian Journal of General Practice. 2018.
Lam T.P., Sun K.S.T., Chan H.Y., Lau W.C.S., Lam K.F. and Sanson-Fisher R., Perceptions of Chinese Towards Dementia in Hong Kong—Diagnosis, Symptoms and Impacts, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019, 16: 128.
Liang L.X., Yeung K.F., Lui R.K.W., Cheung M.Y. and Lam K.F., Lessons Learnt From A Calculus E-learning System For First-year University Students With Diverse Mathematics Background, In: Veronica Hoyos Jason Silverman, Advances in the Research of Distance Mathematics Education Mediated by Technology: An International Perspective. Springer, 2018.
Sun K.S.T., Lam T.P., Lam K.F., Lo T.L., Chao D.V.K., Lam W.W. and Wu D.D., Do patients with and without a regular primary care physician have their psychological distress looked after differently?, Journal of Public Health. 2019.
Sun K.S.T., Lam T.P., Lam K.F., Lo T.L., Chao D.V.K., Lam W.W. and Chan H.Y., Views of Hong Kong Chinese primary care attenders on psychological distress: causes, management and recovery, Family Practice. 2019.
Yip P.S.F., Choi S., Fong D.Y.T., Jao M., Lam K.F., Lam T.H., Lee A.M., Siu Y.M. and Yip K.Y., Report on the Survey of Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Hong Kong 2017, Family Planning Association of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, 2019, pp 147.


Researcher : Lee D

List of Research Outputs

Lee D. and Joe H., Efficient computation of multivariate empirical distribution functions at the observed values, Computational Statistics. Springer, 2018, 33: 1413-1428.


Researcher : Lee SMS

Project Title:Consistent bootstrap procedures for post-model-selection inference under linear regression models
Investigator(s):Lee SMS
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2016


List of Research Outputs

Lee S.M.S. and Wu Y., A Bootstrap Recipe for Post-Model-Selection Inference under Linear Regression Models, Biometrika. 2018, 105: 873-890.
Lee S.M.S., Associate Editor, In: Hsin-Cheng Huang, Ruey S. Tsay, Zhiliang Ying, Statistica Sinica. 2018.
Lee S.M.S., Executive Editor, In: H. Dette, S.G. Walker, S. Lee, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 2019.


Researcher : Li G

Project Title:Linear double autoregressive time series models and its conditional quantile inference
Investigator(s):Li G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2016


Project Title:Quantile double autoregression
Investigator(s):Li G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:04/2019


Project Title:Estimating conditional quantiles of time series models with conditional heteroscedasticity
Investigator(s):Li G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Statistical inference for high-dimensional time series
Investigator(s):Li G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2019


List of Research Outputs

Wu J., Li G. and Xia Q., Moment-based Tests For Random Effects In The Two-way Error Component Model With Unbalanced Panels, Economic Modelling. 2018, 74: 61-76.
ZHENG Y., ZHU Q., Li G. and XIAO Z., Hybrid Quantile Regression Estimation For Time Series Models With Conditional Heteroscedasticity, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology). 2018, 80: 975-993.
Zhu Q., Zheng Y. and Li G., Linear double autoregression, Journal of Econometrics. 2018, 207: 162-174.


Researcher : Li WK

Project Title:The buffer process: a new type of threshold time series model
Investigator(s):Li WK, Li G, Yu PLH
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2012


Project Title:On the generalized conditional autoregressive Wishart process and its extensions
Investigator(s):Li WK, Yu PLH
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2015


Project Title:HKU Centennial Distinguished Chinese Scholars Scheme 2015-16
Investigator(s):Li WK
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:HKU Centennial Distinguished Chinese Scholars Scheme
Start Date:09/2015


Project Title:Statistical inferences for possibly nonstationary and nonlinear time series models with a hysteretic (buffered) structure
Investigator(s):Li WK, Li G, Yu PLH
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2017


List of Research Outputs

GUO S., Li X., Ching W.K., Dan R., Li W.K. and Zhang Z., GPS trajectory data segmentation based on probabilistic logic, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 2018, 103: 227-247.
LAW K.F., Li W.K. and Yu P.L.H., A single-stage approach for cointegration-based pairs trading, Finance Research Letters. 2018, 26: 177-184.
SHEN K., Yao J.J. and Li W.K., On a spiked model for large volatility matrix estimation from noisy high-frequency data, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 2018.


Researcher : Liu Z

List of Research Outputs

Jia J., Dou P., Gao M., Kong X., Li C., Liu Z. and Huang T., Assessment of Causal Direction Between Gut Microbiota-Dependent Metabolites and Cardiometabolic Health: A bi-Directional Mendelian Randomisation Analysis, Diabetes. 2019.
Liu Z. and Lin X., A Geometric Perspective on the Power of Principal Component Association Tests in Multiple Phenotype Studies, Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2018, 1-36.


Researcher : Lui GCS

List of Research Outputs

WANG Z., Lui G.C.S., Burton G.A. and Leung K.M.Y., Thermal extremes can intensify chemical toxicity to freshwater organisms and hence exacerbate their impact to the biological community, Chemosphere. 2019, 224: 256-264.


Researcher : Ng KW

Project Title:Compositional Data Analysis Workshop (CoDaWork'03) Compositional Hypotheses of Subcompositional Stability and Specific Perturbation Change and Their Testing
Investigator(s):Ng KW
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2003


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Science)
Investigator(s):Ng KW
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2013




Researcher : SHEN K

List of Research Outputs

SHEN K., Yao J.J. and Li W.K., On a spiked model for large volatility matrix estimation from noisy high-frequency data, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 2018.


Researcher : SHI H

List of Research Outputs

SHI H. and Yin G., Bayesian enhancement two-stage design for single-arm phase II clinical trials with binary and time-to-event endpoints, Biometrics. The International Biometric Society, 2018, 74: 1055-1064.
SHI H. and Yin G., Control of Type I Error Rates in Bayesian Sequential Designs, Bayesian Analysis. International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2019, 14: 399-425.
Yin G. and SHI H., Statistical Design and Analysis in Clinical Trials (in Chinese). Higher Education Press, China, 2018.


Researcher : Tian G

List of Research Outputs

Tian G., JU D., Yuen K.C. and ZHANG C., New EM-type algorithm via stochastic representation for the analysis of truncated normal data with applications in biomedincine, Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2018, 27(8): 2459-2477.


Researcher : Tong H

Project Title:Distinguished Visiting Professors in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Investigator(s):Tong H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Distinguished Research Achievement Award
Start Date:05/2005




Researcher : WEI W

List of Research Outputs

WEI W., Liang Z. and Yuen K.C., Optimal reinsurance in a compound Poisson risk model with dependence, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing. 2018, 389-412.


Researcher : Wang C

List of Research Outputs

Onatski A. and Wang C., Alternative Asymptotics For Cointegration Tests In Large Vars, Econometrica. 2018, 86: 1465-1478.
Wang C., Alternative Asymptotics for Cointegration Tests in Large VARs , IASC-ARS Interim Conference and CASC Annual Meeting . 2018.
Wang C., Extreme canonical correlations and high-dimensional cointegration Analysis, Random Matrix Theory Workshop. 2018.
Wang C., Some new results on random matrix theory with application to analysis of dynamic factor models, Hong Kong Probability Seminar. 2018.
Wang C., Spectral distribution of the sample covariance of high-dimensional time series with unit roots , The 3rd International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics . 2019.
Zhang C., Bai Z., Hu J. and Wang C., Multi-sample test for high-dimensional covariance matrices, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. 2018, 47: 3161-3177.


Researcher : XU H

List of Research Outputs

XU H., Yu P.L.H. and Alvo M., Detecting change-points in the stress-strength reliability P(X < Y), Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. Wiley, 2019, 35(3): 837-857.
Yu P.L.H. and XU H., Rank aggregation using latent-scale distance-based models, Statistics and Computing. 2019, 29(2): 335-349.


Researcher : XU R

List of Research Outputs

XU R., HAN X., Yang H. and Woo J.K., A plan of capital injections based on the claims frequency, Annals of Actuarial Science. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, 2018, 12: 296-325.


Researcher : Xu J

Project Title:Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood and Profile Minorization-Maximiation Methods for correlated failure time data
Investigator(s):Xu J
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2017
Completion Date:12/2018


Project Title:Effective analysis of population pharmacokinetic data with applications to drug development and optimal treatment strategy discovery
Investigator(s):Xu J
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Translational and Applied Research
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Scalable Quantile Regression and Adaptive Optimal Decision Making
Investigator(s):Xu J
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2018


Project Title:Sure joint feature screening in nonparametric transformation model with censored survival data
Investigator(s):Xu J
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:01/2019


List of Research Outputs

Fang Y. and Xu J., Joint variable screening in the censored accelerated failure time model, Statistica Sinica. 2019.
Fang Y., Xu J. and Yang L., Online Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for the Stochastic Gradient Descent Estimator, Journal of Machine Learning Research. 2018, 19.
HUANG X., Xu J. and Tian G., ON PROFILE MM ALGORITHMS FOR GAMMA FRAILTY SURVIVAL MODELS, Statistica Sinica. 2019.
Tian G., HUANG X. and Xu J., AN ASSEMBLY AND DECOMPOSITION APPROACH FOR CONSTRUCTING SEPARABLE MINORIZING FUNCTIONS IN A CLASS OF MM ALGORITHMS, Statistica Sinica. 2019.
Xu X., Yuan M., Zhu H., Yang Y., Wang H., Zhou H., Xu J., Zhang L. and Pinheiro J., Full covariate modelling approach in population pharmacokinetics: understanding the underlying hypothesis tests and implications of multiplicity, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2018, 84: 1525-1534.
Yuan M., Xu X., Yang Y., Xu J., Huang X., Tao F., Zhao L., Zhang L. and Pinheiro J., A quick and accurate method for the estimation of covariate effects based on empirical Bayes estimates in mixed-effects modeling: Correction of bias due to shrinkage, Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2018, 096228021881259.


Researcher : YANG Z

List of Research Outputs

YANG Z., McCaW Z.R. and Yin G., Caplacizumab for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, New England Journal of Medicine. 2019, 380: e32.
YANG Z., McCaw Z.R. and Yin G., Radical Surgery or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine. 2019, 380: 1083-1084.


Researcher : YOU J

List of Research Outputs

Tsang C.O.A., YOU J., Li L.F., Tsang C.P., Woo P.P.S., Tsui E.L.H., Yu P.L.H. and Leung G.K.K., Burden of large vessel occlusion stroke and the service gap of thrombectomy: a population-based study using a territory-wide public hospital system registry, International Journal of Stroke. 2019, Epub on 2019-02-11.


Researcher : Yang H

Project Title:15th Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Conference (ASMDA 2013); Some results on exponential stopping of Brownian motion and their applications
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2013


Project Title:Outstanding Researcher Award 2013-14
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:60th ISI World Statistics Congress -ISI2015; Exponential stopping of jump-diffusion processes and applications
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2015


Project Title:Joint analysis of path-dependent quantities in insurance risk processes
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2016


Project Title:A study on optimal policies for insurance companies
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Nonparametric and Numerical Methods for Problems in Insurance Risk Models
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2017
Completion Date:09/2019


Project Title:Properties of Stopped Random Processes and Their Applications
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:the 7th International Gerber-Shiu Workshop and short course; Stopped random Processes and Applications to Valuing Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:07/2018


Project Title:Valuation of Life Insurance Liabilities and Related Insurance and Financial Products
Investigator(s):Yang H
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2018


List of Research Outputs

Asmussen S., Laub P. and Yang H., Phase-Type Models in Life Insurance:Fitting and Valuation of Equity-Linked Benefits, Risks. MDPI, 2019, 7: 17 (22 pages).
Gerber H.U., Shiu E.S.W. and Yang H., A constraint-free approach to optimal reinsurance, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. Taylor & Francis, 2019, 2019: 62-79.
Jin Z., Yang H. and Yin G., Approximation of optimal ergodic dividend strategies using controlled Markov chains, IET Control Theory & Applications. IET, 2018, 12(16): 2194-2204.
XU R., HAN X., Yang H. and Woo J.K., A plan of capital injections based on the claims frequency, Annals of Actuarial Science. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, 2018, 12: 296-325.
Yang H., Actuarial Science: An Overview, Taishan Academic Forum – Risk Management and Actuarial Science, Jinan, Shandong, China, October 26-28, 2018. 2018.
Yang H., Stopped random Processes and Applications to Actuarial Science, The 4th Int’l Conference on Probability and Stochastic Analysis (ICPSA 2019), Sanya, China, January 5 to 7, 2019. 2019.
Yang H., Valuation and Risk Management of Equity-linked Insurance Products, 2018 Workshop on Financial Engineering and Risk Management of Sun Yat-sen University: Internet Finance & Insurance and Risk Management, Guangzhou, China, November 15-17, 2018. 2018.
Yang H., Valuation and Risk Management of Equity-linked Insurance Products, Actuarial Risk Modelling and Extreme Values (ARMEV) Workshop, Canberra, Australia, September 6-7, 2018. 2018.
Yang H., Valuation of T-year life-contingent options., Workshop on Recent Developments of Actuarial Science and Insurance, Shanghai, China, November 24, 2018. 2018.
Zhu J., Siu T.K. and Yang H., Singular dividend optimization for a linear diffusion model with time-inconsistent preferences, European Journal of Operational Research. Elsevier B.V., 2019.


Researcher : Yao J.J.

Project Title:Test of dependence between a large set and a small set of variables
Investigator(s):Yao JJ
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Heavy-tailed large sample covariance matrices and applications
Investigator(s):Yao JJ
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Central limit theorems for linear statistics of a general Wigner matrix with heterogeneous fourth moments and application
Investigator(s):Yao JJ
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2018


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Yao JJ

Project Title:Test of dependence between a large set and a small set of variables
Investigator(s):Yao JJ
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Heavy-tailed large sample covariance matrices and applications
Investigator(s):Yao JJ
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Central limit theorems for linear statistics of a general Wigner matrix with heterogeneous fourth moments and application
Investigator(s):Yao JJ
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2018


List of Research Outputs

LI W.M., LI Z. and Yao J.J., Joint Central Limit Theorem for Eigenvalue Statistics from Several Dependent Large Dimensional Sample Covariance Matrices with Application, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 2018, 45: 699-728.
SHEN K., Yao J.J. and Li W.K., On a spiked model for large volatility matrix estimation from noisy high-frequency data, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 2018.
Yao J.J., Associate Editor, Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 2019.


Researcher : Yin G

Project Title:Robust Detection of Multiple Change-Points with High-dimensional Data
Investigator(s):Yin G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2016


Project Title:Metric-based Reinforcement Nearest-Neighbor Tree Partition
Investigator(s):Yin G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018
Completion Date:04/2019


Project Title:New Statistical Designs for Drug-Combination Trials and Basket Trials
Investigator(s):Yin G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2018


Project Title:XXIXTH INTERNATIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE; The Delaunay Triangulation Learner
Investigator(s):Yin G
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:07/2018


Project Title:The response-aided clustering, multi-scale Bayesian change point detection, and error contaminated functional quantile regression with the applications to the BOSS data.
Investigator(s):Yin G, Jiang F
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2018


List of Research Outputs

DONG F. and Yin G., Maximum likelihood estimation for incomplete multinomial data via the weaver algorithm, Statistics and Computing. Springer, 2018, 28: 1095-1117.
Jiang F., Yin G. and Dominici F., Bayesian model selection approach to boundary detection with non-local priors, In Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS'18), Samy Bengio, Hanna M. Wallach, Hugo Larochelle, Kristen Grauman, and Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi (Eds.) . Curran Associates Inc., USA., 2018, 1978-1987.
Jiang F., Cheng Q., Yin G. and Shen H., Functional Censored Quantile Regression, Journal of the American Statistical Association. Taylor & Francis, 2019, Forthcoming: 1-24.
Jiang F., Ma Y. and Yin G., Kernel-based adaptive randomization toward balance in continuous and discrete covariates, Statistica Sinica. 2018, 28: 2841-2856.
LAM C.K., Xu Y. and Yin G., Dynamic portfolio choice without cash, Quantitative Finance. 2019, 19: 313-326.
LIN R. and Yin G., Uniformly most powerful Bayesian interval design for phase I dose-finding trials, Pharmaceutical Statistics. 2018, 17: 710-724.
Li H., Cao Z. and Yin G., Varying-association copula models for multivariate survival data, Canadian Journal of Statistics. 2018, 46: 556-576.
SHI H. and Yin G., Bayesian enhancement two-stage design for single-arm phase II clinical trials with binary and time-to-event endpoints, Biometrics. The International Biometric Society, 2018, 74: 1055-1064.
SHI H. and Yin G., Control of Type I Error Rates in Bayesian Sequential Designs, Bayesian Analysis. International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2019, 14: 399-425.
Wang G., Zou C. and Yin G., Change-point detection in multinomial data with a large number of categories, The Annals of Statistics. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2018, 46: 2020-2044.
Wang N.Y. and Yin G., Convergence rates of the blocked Gibbs sampler with random scan in the Wasserstein metric, Stochastics. 2019, 1-10.
YANG Z., McCaW Z.R. and Yin G., Caplacizumab for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, New England Journal of Medicine. 2019, 380: e32.
YANG Z., McCaw Z.R. and Yin G., Radical Surgery or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine. 2019, 380: 1083-1084.
Yin G., Chen N. and Lee J.J., Bayesian Adaptive Randomization and Trial Monitoring with Predictive Probability for Time-to-Event Endpoint, Statistics in Biosciences. Springer, 2018, 10: 420-438.
Yin G. and SHI H., Statistical Design and Analysis in Clinical Trials (in Chinese). Higher Education Press, China, 2018.


Researcher : Yip PSF

Project Title:22nd World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Preventation (IASP) Social Burden of Suicide Risk in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2003


Project Title:IBC 2004 XXIInd International Biometric Conference in Parallel with ASC 2004 Australian Statistical Conference A Unification Method of Estimating Population Size via Capture-recapture Experiments
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2004


Project Title:XVIII World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention Suicide in Three Chinese Communities: China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2005


Project Title:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2009-10
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:09/2009


Project Title:Outstanding Researcher Award 2008-2009
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2009


Project Title:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2010-11
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award
Start Date:12/2011


Project Title:An Integrated Study of the Population Policy for Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yip PSF, Cheung TYP, Lam KF, Lum TYS
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Strategic Public Policy Research
Start Date:03/2013
Completion Date:08/2018


Project Title:World Congress for Suicide Prevention IASP; Stigma: A Major Barrier For Suicide Prevention /Suicidal Behaviors In Hong Kong: An Update /A Study On The Mutual Causation Of Suicide Reporting And Suicide Incidences
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013


Project Title:A Study on the demographics of older adults in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:HKJC Ctr for Suicide Research & Preventn
Source(s) of Funding:The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust - General Award
Start Date:04/2015


Project Title:Assessing the socioeconomic costs of drug abuse in Hong Kong SAR
Investigator(s):Yip PSF, Laidler KA
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Beat Drugs Fund
Start Date:06/2015


Project Title:Study on Identifying and Locating Poor Elderly in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:HKJC Ctr for Suicide Research & Preventn
Source(s) of Funding:Oxfam Hong Kong
Start Date:07/2016


Project Title:The effect of individual- and neighborhood- socioeconomic status on older adult’s health: a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yip PSF, Chan CH, Lum TYS
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Connect Vulnerable Youth by Activating Their Social Networks
Investigator(s):Yip PSF, Cheng Q
Department:HKJC Ctr for Suicide Research & Preventn
Source(s) of Funding:Hongkong Bank Foundation General Award
Start Date:07/2017


Project Title:Online Crisis Support Service for Youth Project
Investigator(s):Yip PSF, Cheng Q
Department:HKJC Ctr for Suicide Research & Preventn
Source(s) of Funding:The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust - General Award
Start Date:09/2017


Project Title:An early warning system for self harm behavior
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2018
Completion Date:04/2019


Project Title:癌症患者自殺風險研究
Investigator(s):Yip PSF, Lam TC, Luo H, Chau PH, Emery CR
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Li Ka Shing Foundation
Start Date:03/2019


Project Title:Advancing Science in Suicide Prevention and Promoting Mental Wellness for Youth (TRS)
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme
Start Date:06/2019


Project Title:Estimation of lifetime risk of divorce : a comparative study for Singapore, Japan, the UK, and Australia
Investigator(s):Yip PSF
Department:Soc Work & Social Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2019




Researcher : Yu PLH

Project Title:Development of Data Mining Labs using SAS Enterprise Miner Version 5
Investigator(s):Yu PLH
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Run Run Shaw Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:06/2007


Project Title:A Unified Framework for Bridging the Gap between Nonparametric and Parametric Inferences based on Ranking Data
Investigator(s):Yu PLH
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2015


Project Title:Contributing to the Development of Hong Kong into a Global Fintech Hub
Investigator(s):Yu PLH
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Theme-based Research Scheme
Start Date:01/2019


List of Research Outputs

Gao J., Cheng Q. and Yu P.L.H., Detecting comments showing risk for suicide in YouTube, In: Kohei Arai, Rahul Bhatia, Supriya Kapoor , Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018. Switzerland, Springer, 1: 385-400.
HAN Y., Yu P.L.H. and Mathew T., Shrinkage estimation of Kelly portfolios, Quantitative Finance. England, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019, 19(2): 277-287.
LAW K.F., Li W.K. and Yu P.L.H., A single-stage approach for cointegration-based pairs trading, Finance Research Letters. 2018, 26: 177-184.
Tsang C.O.A., YOU J., Li L.F., Tsang C.P., Woo P.P.S., Tsui E.L.H., Yu P.L.H. and Leung G.K.K., Burden of large vessel occlusion stroke and the service gap of thrombectomy: a population-based study using a territory-wide public hospital system registry, International Journal of Stroke. 2019, Epub on 2019-02-11.
XU H., Yu P.L.H. and Alvo M., Detecting change-points in the stress-strength reliability P(X < Y), Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. Wiley, 2019, 35(3): 837-857.
Yu P.L.H., Associate Editor, Computational Statistics. 2018.
Yu P.L.H., Associate Editor, In: Dr. Chia-Lin Chang and Dr. Michael McAleer, Journal of Health & Medical Economics. 2018.
Yu P.L.H., Associate Editor, Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing. 2018.
Yu P.L.H. and XU H., Rank aggregation using latent-scale distance-based models, Statistics and Computing. 2019, 29(2): 335-349.


Researcher : Yuen KC

Project Title:On Some Actuarial Problems for Risk Models with Dependence
Investigator(s):Yuen KC
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Optimality Studies for Contemporary Insurance Models
Investigator(s):Yuen KC
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:Empirical likelihood-based U-structured statistical inference for high-dimensional data
Investigator(s):Yuen KC
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018
Completion Date:06/2019


List of Research Outputs

Dong Y., Wang G. and Yuen K.C., Correlated default models driven by a multivariate regime-switching shot noise process, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 2018, 29(4): 351-375.
Han X., Liang Z. and Yuen K.C., Optimal proportional reinsurance to minimize the probability of drawdown under thinning-dependence structure, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal. 2018, 2018(10): 863-889.
Tian G., JU D., Yuen K.C. and ZHANG C., New EM-type algorithm via stochastic representation for the analysis of truncated normal data with applications in biomedincine, Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2018, 27(8): 2459-2477.
WEI W., Liang Z. and Yuen K.C., Optimal reinsurance in a compound Poisson risk model with dependence, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing. 2018, 389-412.
Wang W., Wu X., Peng X. and Yuen K.C., A note on joint occupation times of spectrally negative Levy risk processes with tax, Statistics and Probability Letters. 2018, 140: 13-22.
Wu X., Yuen K.C. and Zhang P., Aggregate claim models with one-way and two-way dependence among individual claims, Statistics, Optimization and Computing. 2018, 6(3): 468-482.
Yuen K.C., Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Associate Editor, 2019.
Yuen K.C., Incorporating predictive analytics in an actuarial curriculum – Data Analytics Education at HKU, The 1st First Asia-Pacific Actuarial Teaching Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2018.
Yuen K.C., Optimal proportional reinsurance to minimize the probability of drawdown under thinning-dependence structure, School of Mathematics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. 2018.
Yuen K.C., Optimal reinsurance with dependent risks, College of Economics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China. 2018.
Yuen K.C., Optimal reinsurance with dependent risks, Department of Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. 2018.
Zhang C., Liang Z. and Yuen K.C., Optimal dynamic reinsurance with common shock dependence and state-dependent risk aversion, International Journal of Financial Engineering. World Scientific, 2019, 6(1): 1950004-45.


Researcher : ZHANG C

List of Research Outputs

Tian G., JU D., Yuen K.C. and ZHANG C., New EM-type algorithm via stochastic representation for the analysis of truncated normal data with applications in biomedincine, Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2018, 27(8): 2459-2477.


Researcher : ZHENG Y

List of Research Outputs

ZHENG Y., ZHU Q., Li G. and XIAO Z., Hybrid Quantile Regression Estimation For Time Series Models With Conditional Heteroscedasticity, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology). 2018, 80: 975-993.
Zhu Q., Zheng Y. and Li G., Linear double autoregression, Journal of Econometrics. 2018, 207: 162-174.


Researcher : Zhu K

Project Title:Model diagnostics checking for nonlinear co-integrating regression
Investigator(s):Zhu K
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:04/2019


Project Title:On some new tests for multivariate time series models
Investigator(s):Zhu K
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:07/2018


Project Title:New time series models for realized covariance matrices
Investigator(s):Zhu K
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2019


Project Title:The 3rd International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (EcoSta 2019) ; Non-standard inference for augmented double autoregressive models with null volatility coefficients
Investigator(s):Zhu K
Department:Statistics & Actuarial Science
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2019
Completion Date:06/2019


List of Research Outputs

Li D., Guo S. and Zhu K., Double AR model without intercept: An alternative to modeling nonstationarity and heteroscedasticity, Econometric Reviews. 2019, 38: 319-331.
Wang Q., Wu D. and Zhu K., Model checks for nonlinear cointegrating regression, Journal of Econometrics. 2018, 207: 261-284.


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