Mei Wang

Mei Wang
Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics and the College

University of Chicago
Department of Statistics
5734 S. University Avenue
Eckhart 124
Chicago, IL 60637 USA
Phone: 773.702.8331
Fax: 773-702-9810
E-mail:  Mei Wang
Web Page: http://galton.uchicago.edu/~meiwang/



Research Interests

My research focuses on probabilistic-mathematical models and related statistical methods with applications in biological sciences. In particular, I am interested in models that require mathematical and probabilistic formulation to describe biological mechanisms. I am also into certain mathematical aspects of theoretical statistics and probability. The following are the topics that I have worked on recently.
  • Probabilistic-mathematical models with applications in biology.

    • formulation of probabilistic models and simulations characterizing inheritance mechanism for a non-Mendelian species.
    • construction of a mathematical procedure based on graph theory to introduce an algorithm useful for life cycle analysis in population biology.
    • probabilistic formulation and statistical analysis using matrix projection models to characterize an ecological population with complex life stage structures.

  • Statistical inference with non-commutative probability.

    • Another research interest of mine is quantum statistical inference. My colleague and I constructed inferential prior measures for parametric probability families using group theoretic methods that involve spectral theory, operator approaches and coherent states (as termed in quantum mechanics).

  • Properties of analytical functions in probability.

    • I am also involved in the study of analytical properties of functions that have an important role in probability using methods in classical potential theory.

  • Environmental statistics and massive data sets.

In addition, I am generally interested in environmental statistics and some of the challenges in statistical modeling by large datasets.

Last update: 2/07

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