Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Research Interests
- Functional data analysis
- Nonparametric and semiparametric statistics
- Bayesian econometrics
- Computational statistics
- Demographic forecasting
Editorial Board
- Editor, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics (7/2019-)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (1/2017-)
- Associate Editor, Computational Statistics (1/2019-)
- Associate Editor, International Journal of Forecasting (2/2021-)
- Associate Editor, Demographic Research (4/2022-)
- Associate Editor, Forecasting (3/2020-8/2025)
- Associate Editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (1/2019-12/2022)
- Associate Editor, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics (1/2017-6/2019)
Grants & Awards
- 2024: ARC Future Fellow (FT240100338) "Functional Panel Data Analysis: Harnessing Big Data for Society"
- 2023-2024: Visiting International Scholar Award, Macquarie University
- 2023-2024 Macquarie University Data Horizons Projects
- 2022: ARC Discovery Project (DP230102250) "Feature Learning for High-dimensional Functional Time Series"
- 2022: Macquarie University Data Horizons Consilience Research Centre
- 2022: Visiting Domestic Scholar Award, Macquarie University
- 2020: Research Accelerator Grant Scheme, Macquarie University
- 2018, 2019: Mid-Career Research Grant Scheme, Australian National University
- 2018, 2019: RSFAS Cross-Disciplinary Grant Scheme, Australian National University
- 2017: ARC Discovery Project (DP170102468) "Overcoming the problems of inconsistent migration data in the Asia Pacific"
- 2016, 2017: Research School of Social Science Cross-College Grant
- 2017: IUSSP Travel Grant
- 2016: SOA Travel Grant
- 2013: IIF Travel Grant
- 2010: Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal, Monash University
Visiting Experience
- Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University (7/2013)
- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University (8/2013; 4/2018)
- Cass Business School, City, University of London (6/2014; 12/2015; 6/2018)
- Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei (12/2014)
- ESRC Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton (12/2015; 6/2017; 7/2018)
- Department of Statistics, Colorado State University (1/2017; 2/2018)
- Department of Statistical Science, Cornell University (3/2018)
- United Nations Population Division (3/2018)
- Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo (4/2018)
- Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University (5/2018)
- Department of Mathematics, University of York (5/2018)
Postdoc Experience
- ESRC Centre for Population at the University of Southampton (January - December, 2013)
- Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University (July, 2010 - December, 2012)
Affiliations
- I am also a visiting scholar at the ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton.
- I am an affiliated member at the School of Demography at the Australian National University.
Supervision
- Supervised Dr Jasmine Ha for her postdoc project, Australian National University, July 2018 - June 2020 (a Lecturer at Vietnam National University)
- Supervised Dr. Philip Drummond as a panel member for his Ph.D. program, July 2018 - April 2023 (a Lecturer at Monash University); April 2023 - present (Associate, The Brattle Group)
- Supervised Dr. Antonio Elias Fernandez, visiting 4th year Ph.D. student from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, November 2018 - April 2019 (a postdoc research fellow at Universidad de Málaga)
- Supervised Dr. Yuan Gao for her Ph.D. program, April 2015 - July 2020 (a Lecturer at the ANU from July 2020)
- Supervised Dr. Yang Yang for his Ph.D. program, February 2016 - September 2020, September 2020 - August 2022 (a postdoc research fellow at Monash University); September 2022 - present (a Lecturer at the University of Newcastle)
- Supervised Dr. Chen Tang for his Ph.D. program, March 2016 - present (a Lecturer at the ANU)
- Supervised Dr. Xin (Landy) Huang for her Ph.D. program, September 2020 - May 2022 (a data analyst at Deloitte Australia); June 2022 - present (a data analyst @ Commonwealth Bank of Australia)
- Supervised Ms. Kehan Zhao (a first-class honors student @ ANU, a data analyst @ Atlassian); a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago
- Supervised Ms. Vanessa Tan (Honours student @ MQ)
- Supervised Mr. Cristian Felipe Jimenez Varon (KAUST, a postdoc at the University of York in England)
- Supervised Mr. Jacky S. K. Wang (Reinsurance Group of America, Sydney)
- Supervised Mr. Hengzhe Zhao (Master student, Executive Dean's Commendation for Academic Excellence)
- Supervising Dr. Angel Lopez Oriona (a postdoc @ KAUST)
- Supervising Dr. Adam Nie (a postdoc @ ANU)
- Supervising Dr. Jiazhen Xu (a postdoc @ MQ)
- Supervising Ms. Michelle Dong (EY Global, London)
- Supervising Ms. Hasna Afifahrusyda (PhD student)
- Supervising Mr. Runze Yang (Cotutelle PhD student)
- Supervising Ms. Maryam Laeeq (PhD student)
- Supervising Ms. Ning Zhang (PhD student)
- Supervising Mr. Yap Zhong Jing (PhD student, Universiti Malaya)
- Supervising Mr. Jacky S. K. Wang (part-time PhD student)
- Supervising Mr. Chang Liu (PhD student)
- Supervising Ms. Linbin Wang (PhD student)
- Supervising Ms. Lin Wu (honours student)
Education/Academic qualification
Statistics, Ph.D., Visualizing and forecasting functional time series, Monash University
1 Mar 2007 → 28 Feb 2010
Award Date: 23 Sept 2010
Statistics, Bachelor with First Class Honours, Multiple hypothesis testing, La Trobe University
1 Mar 2004 → 29 Dec 2006
Award Date: 29 Dec 2006
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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FT24: Functional Panel Data Analysis: Harnessing Big Data for Society
Shang, H. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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MQDRC: MQRC Consilience Macquarie University Data Research Centre
Yang, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Selvadurai, N. (Primary Chief Investigator), Shang, H. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Sowman, P. (Primary Chief Investigator)
23/02/23 → 3/01/28
Project: Other
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Feature Learning for High-dimensional Functional Time Series
Yang, Y. (Primary Chief Investigator), Shang, H. (Primary Chief Investigator), Li, D. (Partner Investigator), Qiao, X. (Partner Investigator) & Fan, Q. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Governance Institute of Australia, Data Governance Report 2023
Selvadurai, N. (Primary Chief Investigator), Gopinath, B. (Primary Chief Investigator), Abedin, B. (Primary Chief Investigator), Shang, H. (Primary Chief Investigator), McLean, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Proctor, M. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Chariton, A. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/02/23 → 3/11/23
Project: Research
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Ensemble modelling for forecasting mortality and its implications for annuity pricing and risk management
Shang, H. (Primary Chief Investigator), Li, J. (Chief Investigator) & Pitt, D. (Chief Investigator)
1/07/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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A compositional approach to modeling cause-specific mortality with zero counts
Dong, Z. M., Shang, H. L., Hui, F. & Bruhn, A., 17 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of Actuarial Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age-period modeling of mortality gaps: the cases of cancer and circulatory diseases
Lanfiuti Baldi, G., Nigri, A. & Shang, H. L., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Official Statistics. 41, 4, p. 1154-1180 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An IID test for functional time series with applications to high-frequency VIX index data
Huang, L., Shang, H. L. & Siu, T. K., Feb 2025, In: Risks. 13, 2, p. 1-25 25 p., 25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bootstrap prediction intervals for the age distribution of life-table death counts
Shang, H. L., 2025, In: Mathematical Population Studies. 32, 3, p. 166-181 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constructing prediction intervals for the age distribution of deaths
Shang, H. L. & Haberman, S., 13 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scandinavian Actuarial Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
Impacts
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Forecasting the old-age dependency ratio to determine a sustainable pension age
Hyndman, R. J. (Participant), Zeng, Y. (Participant) & Shang, H. (Participant)
Impact: Society impacts
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Innovations in Statistical Modeling for Timber Industry
Shang, H. (Participant), Cao, J. (Participant), Sang, P. (Participant) & FPInnovations (End user)
Impact: Commercial impacts, Environment impacts, Health impacts, Technology impacts
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Is the age pension in Australia sustainable and fair?
Chen, S. (Participant), Shang, H. (Participant) & Yang, Y. (Participant)
Impact: Society impacts, Economy impacts