BIO
Dr. Ying Chen is a financial statistician and data scientist. She develops statistical modelling and machine learning methods customized for nonstationary, high frequency and large dimensional complex data such as cryptocurrency, limit order book, and renewable energy. She also works on business intelligence, forecasting, text mining and sentiment analysis, and network analysis. Dr. Chen is Associate Professor in Department of Mathematics and Joint Appointee in Risk Management Institute (1 July 2019 to 30 June 2021), National University of Singapore. She also holds Joint Appointment in Department of Statistics and Applied Probability (1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021), and Courtesy Appointment in Department of Economics (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2021) at the National University of Singapore. She is also Faculty member in NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering since July 2016. Dr. Chen is Associate Editor of 5 journals including Statistica Sinica (August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2020), Statistics and Its Interface, Computational Statistics, Digital Finance, and Journal of Operations Research and Decisions. She is ISI Elected Member since March 2016. She is Scientific Secretary (August 2017 to July 2019) and member of Executive Committee of the International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) from July 2017 and Board of Director ordinary member of the Asian Regional Section (ARS) of IASC. She is regular member of the Advisory Board of Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2020.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS
- Assoc ProfessorNational University of Singapore, Dept of Mathematics, SINGAPORE1 Jan 2019
- Joint AppointeeRisk Management Institute, Singapore1 Jul 2019 – 30 Jun 2021
- Jt Appt – Assoc ProfNational University of Singapore, Dept of Statistics & Applied Probability, SINGAPORE1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2021
- Jt Appt – Assoc ProfNational University of Singapore, Dept of Economics, SINGAPORE1 Apr 2018 – 31 Mar 2021
- Assoc ProfessorNational University of Singapore, Dept of Statistics & Appl, SINGAPORE1 Jan 2014 – 31 Dec 2018
- Assistant ProfessorNational University of Singapore, Dept of Statistics & Appl, SINGAPORE2 Jul 2007 – 31 Dec 2013
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Wissenschaftliche MitarbeiterinWeierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin, GermanyJun 2005 – Feb 2007
- Wissenschaftliche MitarbeiterinHumboldt-Universitaet zu BerlinOct 2003 – Feb 2007
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyHumboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, GERMANY1 Jan 2007
- Master of ScienceFree University of Berlin, Sciences, Berlin, Germany1 Jan 2005
- Master of ScienceHumboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Sciences, GERMANY1 Jan 2005
- Master of ArtsHumboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Humanities & Social Sciences, GERMANY1 Jan 2002
- Bachelor of ScienceRenmin University of China, Sciences, CHINA1 Jan 1998