Statistics
The department enjoys a strong international profile in both theoretical and applied statistics research. Current areas of specialization in statistics include bioinformatics, biostatistics, Bayesian statistics, capture-recapture models, empirical likelihood theory, industrial statistics, optimal design of experiments, robust statistics, small sample asymptotics, spatial statistics, and statistical ecology. The department has significant external collaborative ties with the Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria Hospice, BC Cancer Agency, as well as many on-campus collaborations.
Faculty
| Name | Contact | Research interests |
| Cowen, Laura | Office:
DTB-A446 | Statistical ecology and capture-recapture models. |
| Lesperance, Mary | Office:
DTB-A449 | Statistical inference, biostatistics, industrial statistics. |
| Miranda, Michelle | Office:
DTB-A543 | Bayesian statistics, machine learning, neuroimaging |
| Nathoo, Farouk | Office:
DTB-A545 | Spatial statistics, statistical computing; neuroimaging statistics; disease mapping; high-dimensional data; Bayesian methods. |
| Tsao, Min | Office:
DTB-A544 | Empirical likelihood, Model/variable selection, Group effects in linear models, Saddlepoint approximation, Applied statistics |
| Zhang, Xuekui | Office:
DTB-A523 | Statistical genomics, machine learning, design of clinical trials, COPD |
| Zhou, Julie | Office:
DTB-A439 | Robust statistics, optimal design, statistical computing. |
Professors emeritus
| Name | Contact | Research interests |
| Davidson, Roger | Office:
NA | |
| Odeh, Robert | Office:
NA | |
| Reed, Bill | Office:
NA | Mathematical bioeconomics, resource modelling, optimization models in fisheries and forestry, applied statistics in resource management and biology. |
Postdoctoral fellows
| Name | Contact | Supervisor |
| Dong, Gracia | Office:
NA | Cowen |
| Olobatuyi, Kehinde | Office:
DTB-A534 | Cowen |
PhD students
| Name | Contact | Supervisor |
| Bai, Kailun | Office:
DTB-A434 | Zhang |
| Banik, Arjun | Office:
DTB-A454 | Cowen |
| Berringer, Heather | Office:
DTB-A454 | Cowen |
| Bi, Chang | Office:
DTB-A554 | Zhang |
| Hu, Yushan (Yulia) | Office:
DTB-A434 | Zhang |
| Jahid, Mehnaz | Office:
DTB-A555 | Cowen |
| Liu, Zhaoze | Office:
DTB-A434 | Zhang |
| Ning, Emily | Office:
DTB-A425a | Zhang |
| Qiu, Amanda | Office:
DTB-A555 | Zhang |
| Shahhosseini, Yasaman | Office:
DTB-A555 | Miranda, Nathoo |
| Yang, Aijun | Office:
DTB-A555 | Nathoo, Lum |
| Zhang, Shibai | Office:
DTB-A455 | Nathoo, Lewis |
| Zhao, Yupeng (Robert) | Office:
DTB-A434 | Zhang |
| Zhao, Qianyun (Sophia) | Office:
DTB-A425a | Zhang |
Master's students
| Name | Contact | Supervisor |
| AhooeiNejad, Shaghayegh | Office:
NA | Cowen |
| Esmaeili, Farbod | Office:
DTB-A557 | Nathoo |
| Hou, Ying Jie | Office:
NA | Zhang |
| Kapali, Harini | Office:
DTB-A202 | Cowen, Lix |
| Kim, Soo | Office:
DTB-A202 | Zhang |
| Liu, Yimeng (Flora) | Office:
DTB-A202 | Nathoo, Nelson |
| Long, Shuyi | Office:
DTB-A557 | Zhang |
| Ma, Siying | Office:
DTB-A557 | Cowen |
| Neupane, Naresh | Office:
DTB-A557 | Zhou |
| Shang, Longwen | Office:
DTB-A557 | Tsao, Zhang |
| Wang, Wanmeng | Office:
DTB-A557 | Zhang |
| Wiigs, Alex | Office:
DTB-A557 | Zhou |
| Xu, Shiyu | Office:
DTB-A557 | Zhang |
| Zhang, Xiaoqing (Rena) | Office:
DTB-A557 | Zhou |
| Zhang, Jing | Office:
DTB-A557 | Zhang, Tsao |