PhD (Biostatistics) 24 months PHD Programme By City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

MathematicsMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Mathematics

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Research focus/expertise in the Department include: (1) Computational Statistics: Bayesian hierarchical models, empirical Bayes, large-scale data analysis, Markov chain Monte Carlo, statistical machine Learning; (2) Functional Data Analysis: Bayesian inverse problems in physical oceanography, oceanography, trajectory analysis in life course epidemiology ; (3) Inferential Statistics: efficient estimation for semiparametric models,  empirical likelihood, knockoff statistics, model selection, non-standard asymptotic theory, post-selection inference; (4) Statistical Genetics Genomics Omics: analysis of whole-genome sequencing data, integrative analysis of multi-omics data; (5) Survival and Event History Analysis: competing risks models for HIV/AIDS data, counting process and martingale methods, network survival model; (6) Time Series Analysis: inference for stochastic processes, risk management, statistical finance.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Mathematics

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Research focus/expertise in the Department include: (1) Computational Statistics: Bayesian hierarchical models, empirical Bayes, large-scale data analysis, Markov chain Monte Carlo, statistical machine Learning; (2) Functional Data Analysis: Bayesian inverse problems in physical oceanography, oceanography, trajectory analysis in life course epidemiology ; (3) Inferential Statistics: efficient estimation for semiparametric models,  empirical likelihood, knockoff statistics, model selection, non-standard asymptotic theory, post-selection inference; (4) Statistical Genetics Genomics Omics: analysis of whole-genome sequencing data, integrative analysis of multi-omics data; (5) Survival and Event History Analysis: competing risks models for HIV/AIDS data, counting process and martingale methods, network survival model; (6) Time Series Analysis: inference for stochastic processes, risk management, statistical finance.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
3.3+
79+

2 Years
Sep

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