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Miss Agnes Yongshi Deng

BSc (Mathematics, Statistics), BSc(Hons) (Statistics). University of Auckland

Doctoral Candidate - Doctor of Philosophy

In: Statistics » Faculty of Science

Biography

I joined the Department of Statistics as a PhD student in March 2019, under the supervision of Professor Thomas Lumley and Dr Beatrix Jones.

Originally from China, I obtained my first Bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering in 2012. After 3 years of working in the power sector in China, I decided to move to New Zealand to study another two subjects that I am passionate about - Mathematics and Statistics. In 2017 I completed my second Bachelor's degree with a double major in Mathematics and Statistics and was later awarded a First Class Honours Degree in Statistics (2018), both at the University of Auckland.

My current interests are in machine learning and statistical computing. I am also keen on mathematical statistics and education.

Research | Current

My research project aims to develop scalable multiple imputation methods based on statistical learning techniques, such as denoising and variational autoencoders, gradient boosted trees and random forests. I am currently working on an R package misle which enables fast computation and provides a scalable solution for missing data.

PhD research topic: Multiple imputation through statistical learning (2019-2022)