Dr Thomas William Yee
PhD
Biography
After graduating from Auckland with a PhD Thomas spent two years at the medical school as a research fellow. He then took up a half-time lectureship in Statistics at the Albany Campus of Massey University, before becoming a lecturer at The University of Auckland.
Research | Current
Thomas' research interests are nonparametric regression and generalized linear models, with particular application to medical studies and ecology. Statistical computing is also a strong interest.
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Teaching | Current
In 2020 I will be teaching STATS 330 and STATS 782, both in Semester 1.
Postgraduate supervision
No current students.
Distinctions/Honours
Elected Member of the ISI (2014--)
Responsibilities
I am a PhD Officer, as well as Scholarships Officer and Officer for Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
Areas of expertise
Generalized regression, statistical ecology, computational statistics
Committees/Professional groups/Services
Board of Directors, Asian Regional Section of the International Association of Statistical Computing of the ISI, 2017--2021.
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Yee, T. W. (2018). Complement to vector generalized linear and additive models. https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~yee/VGLAM/complementsVGLAM.pdf.
Identifiers
Contact details
Primary office location
SCIENCE CENTRE 303S - Bldg 303S
Level 2, Room 267
38 PRINCES ST
AUCKLAND CENTRAL
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand
