Publications

(2021). High-dimensional inference using the extremal skew-t process. In Extremes.

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(2021). Estimation and uncertainty quantification for extreme quantile regions. In Extremes.

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(2021). Logistic regression models for aggregated data. In Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.

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(2020). Likelihood-based inference for modelling packet transit from thinned flow summaries. Submitted.

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(2020). Composite likelihood methods for histogram-valued random variables. In Statistics and Computing.

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(2020). Constructing likelihood functions for interval-valued random variables. In Scandinavian Journal of Statistics.

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(2019). New models for symbolic data analysis. Submitted.

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(2019). Extremal properties of the multivariate extended skew-normal distribution, Part B. In Statistics and Probability Letters.

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(2019). Extremal properties of the univariate extended skew-normal distribution, Part A. In Statistics and Probability Letters.

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(2019). Tail density estimation for exploratory data analysis using kernel methods. In Journal of Nonparametric Statistics.

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(2017). Models for Extremal Dependence Derived from Skew-symmetric Families. In Scandinavian Journal of Statistics.

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(2015). Extreme Dependence Models. In Extreme Value Modelling and Risk Analysis: Methods and Applications. Eds. D. Dey and J. Yan. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Jul 22, 2022 7:00 AM Universidade do Porto
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Nov 8, 2021 7:00 AM Online (Slovenia)
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Extreme quantile regions are spaces in which future extreme events can occur with a given low probability and most likely beyond the …
Jul 5, 2021 1:45 PM Online (Gold Coast, Australia)
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Two common issues that arise when performing a statistical analysis are the complexity and the volume of the data at hand. Indeed, due …
Apr 19, 2021 7:00 AM Online (USA)
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Droughts, high temperatures and strong winds are key causes of the recent bushfires that have touched a major part of the Australian …
Feb 16, 2021 1:00 PM Online (Saudi Arabia)
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Extreme quantile regions are spaces in which future extreme events can occur with a given low probability and most likely beyond the …
Dec 19, 2020 5:15 PM Online (London, UK)
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Droughts, high temperatures and strong winds are key causes of the recent bushfires that have touched a major part of the Australian …
Oct 15, 2020 11:00 AM Online (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Symbolic data analysis (SDA) is an emerging technique for the analysis of large and complex datasets where individual level data are …
Aug 14, 2020 1:00 PM Online (Sydney, Australia)
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In the current data centric world, considerable efforts are made to analyse complex and big datasets. Symbolic data analysis (SDA) …
Mar 6, 2020 2:00 PM Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, France
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The ever increasing speed at which technological innovations appear in our day to day life has led to a data-centric era. Huge amounts …
Oct 22, 2019 2:00 PM Sydney, Australia
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Symbolic data analysis (SDA) is an emerging area of statistics based on aggregating individual level data into group-based …
Feb 28, 2019 2:00 PM Canberra, Australia
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Environmental phenomena are spatial processes by nature as a single extreme event (heat waves, floods, storms, etc.) often has …
Dec 14, 2018 5:15 PM Pisa, Italy
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Symbolic data analysis (SDA) is an underdeveloped statistical method in which the individual ‘data points’ for analysis are …
Oct 4, 2017 2:00 PM Melbourne, Australia
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The analysis of Spatial Extremes has been given a growing interest over the last decade in a broad range of areas and especially in …
Jun 26, 2017 2:00 PM Delft, Netherlands
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Environmental phenomena are processes which are spatial by nature as a single extreme event (heat waves, floods, storms, etc.) often …
Dec 10, 2016 5:25 PM Sevilla, Spain
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Teaching

Lectures:

Tutorials:

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Lecturer

UNSW Sydney

January 2020 – Present Sydney, Australia
 
 
 
 
 

Research Associate

UNSW Sydney

February 2016 – December 2019 Sydney, Australia
 
 
 
 
 

PhD Student

University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris 6 UNSW Sydney

February 2012 – January 2016 Paris / Sydney
PhD (cotuelle) supervised by Prof. Michel Broniatowski and Prof Scott Sisson. Co-supervised by Dr. Simone Padoan

Supervision

PhD students:

  • Current

    • Prosha Rahman, 2019 - ?. Jointly supervised with Scott Sisson.
    • Ahmad Hakiim Jamaluddin, 2021 - ?. Jointly supervised with Scott Sisson.

  • Completed

    • Thomas Whitaker, 2016 - 2020. Jointly supervised with Scott Sisson.

Master/Honours students:

  • Current

    • Chuqin Zhou [Masters], 2021-22.
    • Jiasheng Huang [Honours], 2021-22.
    • Haoyang Wang [Honours], 2021-22.
    • Jaydon Miranda [Honours], 2022.
    • Jianing (Chris) Gu [Masters], 2022.

  • Past

    • Jingyi Yang [Masters], 2021.
    • Xin (Joy) Lin [Masters], 2021.
    • Weidi Wang [Masters], 2021.
    • Yujia He [Masters], 2020-21.
    • Max Fisher [Honours], 2019.
    • Lewis Wright [Honours], 2019.
    • Bowen Wang [Master], 2019.
    • Yangfan (Fiona) Xu [Master], 2017.

Awards

Outreach Participation Award

ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers Nov 2019
Involvement in the `Work experience in Data Science’ program between 2017 and 2019.

J.B Douglas Award

Statistical Society of Australia, New South Wales Branch Nov 2014
Excellence in postgraduate research

Grants

Research Sprint Scheme

ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers Aug 2021
Project ``New models for the analysis of spatial extremes via max-stable and r-Pareto processes” with Prof Scott Sisson (UNSW). Amount awarded: $29,502.

Research Support Scheme (RSS)

ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers Apr 2021
Project ``Modelling of Environmental and Climate Extremes” with Dr Kate Saunders (QUT) and Dr Alec Stephenson (CSIRO, Data61). Amount awarded: $14,524.

Research Support Scheme (RSS)

ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers Feb 2018
Collaboration with Alec Stephenson (CSIRO, Data61). Amount awarded: $7,600.

Industry Projects

SIGMA Project: Modelling of the reliability of cast iron gas pipes in Paris region

GDF-Suez Research and Innovation Apr 2011
6 Months internship project - Supervised by Frederic Cossalter-Rufie (GDF-Suez) and Prof. Michel Broniatowski (UPMC).

Reducing Indigenous contact with the court system

Bureau of Crime Statistics and Rsearch, NSW Department of Justice May 2010
3 Months internship project - Supervised by Dr Don Weatherburn (BOCSAR)

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