Research
- Interests
- Nonparametric functional data analysis (Gaussian process functional regression, Big data problem, registration, classification and
clustering for functional/longitudinal data, Spatially correlated allocation model, Applications on analysing movement data, x-ray data and gait data in Stroke, Dementia and Parkinson diseases, Applications with
nonlinear system control, process monitoring and malfunction detection)
- Incomplete data and Model uncertainty (Incomplete data bias and model uncertainty, Meta-analysis
and Selection bias, Sensitivity analysis, Applications in medicine)
- Covariance structural analysis and
latent variable models (Analysis of mixed continuous and
polytomous data, Multilevel model, Asymptotic theory)
- R packages
- Publications (Some
papers and computer codes are available online)
- Current Research Projects
- Handling missing data and time-varying confounding in causal inference for observational event history data. (MRC council, total award of £270,510, Aug. 2018 - Oct. 2020)
- Automatic assessment of upper limb function after stroke. Strategic Development Funds for Impact Generating Activity, Newcastle University (2017, £5,000)
- Completed Research Projects
- Limbs alive - monitoring of upper limb rehabilitation and recovery after stroke through gaming,
Welcome trust grant on HICF (Health Innovation Challenge Fund, total of 2.1 million pounds, Jan 2012 - Dec 2014, Dr. Shi is the leader of Work Package 1: Data Analysis and Validation) with PI
Prof. Janet A Eyre.
- Predictive Dynamic Modelling for Next Generation Processing
(EPSRC Mathematics Case Project, £ 60,864 Sept. 2007-June. 2011, it is also supported by BP oil international Ltd (£83,500). PI.)
- Predictive Analysis (BP Postgraduate Project, Sept.2007-Aug.2009, £21,000, Principal Supervisor)
- Nonparametric Methods for Curve Fitting and Prediction with Large Data-sets
(EPSRC, Jan. 2005-June 2007, PI)
- Optimal Dynamic Control in Gaussian Process Regression Model (overseas collaborator), SG$ 50,420, PI: Dr. J. Li, NUS, Singapore Jan. 2008 -- Jan. 2009
- Research Fellows
- Dr Rong Zhu (Sept 2018 -- ) Handling missing data and time-varying confounding in causal inference for observational event history data. (MRC grant)
- Dr Xiaojie Yang (May 2018 -- May 2019 ) Handling missing data and time-varying confounding in causal inference for observational event history data. (MRC grant)
- Dr Wanbin Li (Jan. 2019 -- Jan. 2020) Bayesian analysis for functional latent variable models. (visiting RA supported by Yancheng Teachers University)
- Dr Xiuli Du (Mar. 2018 -- Mar. 2019) Bayesian functional regression analysis through wavelet-domain Markov groves. (visiting RA supported by CSC)
- Dr Lin Tang (Jan. 2018 -- Jan. 2019) Functional data analysis for Big Data with applications in Precision Medicine. (visiting RA supported by Yunnan Uni.)
- Dr. Javier Serradilla (Jan. 2012 -- Jan. 2015) Limbs alive - monitoring of upper limb rehabilitation and recovery after stroke through gaming,, Wellcome trust grant on HICF (Health Innovation Challenge Fund)
- Mr. Yafeng Cheng (Jan. 2012 -- Jan. 2015) Limbs alive - monitoring of upper limb rehabilitation and recovery after stroke through gaming,, Wellcome trust grant on HICF (Health Innovation Challenge Fund), currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at MRC Biostatistics at Cambridge.
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Dr. Bo Wang (2005-2007, currently working as a senior Lecturer in the University of Leicester)
- Current Research Students
- Md Moyazzem Hossain, Dynamic Functional Time Series Forecasting
with Applications on Measuring Climatic &
Hydrological Impact on Agricultural
Productions in Bangladesh (PhD, started in Oct 2019)
- Tao Ding, Classification and clustering on multivariate functional data
from videofluoroscopic swallowing studies. (PhD, started in Sept 2019)
- Julian Austin, Integration of statistical modelling and multi-source remote sensing data for automatic and robust oil spill detection.(PhD, started in Sept 2018, joint supervision with
Prof. Zhenhong Li)
- Jinzhou Liu, Functional process model for spatial and temporal data with constrains and analysis of AIS data (PhD, started in Sept 2018, joint supervision with
Prof. Paul Watson and Dr Richard Ramsden (AkzoNobel))
- Michael Dunne-Willows, Big Data analytics of accelerometer-based data sets:
Long-term monitoring of gait to evaluate the effectiveness
of medication in Parkinson's disease. (PhD, started in Sept 2016, joint supervision with
Dr Silvia Del Din , Professor Lynn Rochester and Prof. Paul Watson)
- Shane Halloran, Modelling on accelerometer data. (PhD, started in Sept 2015, joint supervision with
Dr. Thomas Ploetz and Dr Yu Guan)
- Xi Chan, Analysis of active watch data through Bayesian wavelet-domain Markov groves.(PhD, started in Sept 2015, joint supervision with
Prof. Janet A Eyre)
- Former Research Students
Teaching
- CSC8625 Group projects (CDT)
- MAS8382 Time Series Data (CDT)
- MAS8306 Topics in Statistics (Smoothing and Gaussian process regression)
Administration
- International officer
- Assistant Director for Cloud Computing for Big Data CDT (Sept 2014 - Sept. 2017)
- Research group leader for ASP (Applied Statistics and Probability, Sept 2010 - Sept. 2014)
- Associate editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series C, Jan 2010 - Dec. 2013)
Miscellany