Andy Chiang

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics & Applied Probability, Science Faculty, National University of Singapore.

 

My research interests are in industrial statistics application, particularly, design of experiments, statistical process control and other quality assurance/improvement methods.

 

I am also a Resident Advisor at NUS Prince George's Park Residence.


SOME OF MY FAVORITE WEBSITES

A church near campus

www.sjsm.org.sg

Beautiful Contax G photos

www.contaxg.com

Computer hardware & software

www.hardwarezone.com

Google search

www.google.com.sg

Nutrients (Vitamins/Minerals) information

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/index.html

Daily Bread

www.gospelcom.net/rbc/odb/odb.shtml


LEISURE STATISTICS READING

 

If statistics is your cup of tea, then this 2001 book is a must sip!
”The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionalised Science in the 20th Centhury” by David Salsburg,  ISBN 0805071342

Highly recommended!!!


SOME INTERESTING BOOKS I READ RECENTLY …

 

Ten Secrets for the Man in the Mirror By Patrick Morley ISBN 0310243068

 

The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? By Rick Warren ISBN 0310205719

 

Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ? By Daniel Goleman ISBN 0553-84007-X

 

Online booklet:

How can I know there is a God?

Why in the world am I here?


TEACHING

Semester 1 2000/2001 ST3235/SA3206 Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement
Semester 2 2000/2001 ST3232 Design & Analysis of Experiments
Semester 1 2001/2002 ST3235/SA3206 Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement
Semester 2 2001/2002 ST3232/SA3205 Design & Analysis of Experiments
Semester 1 2002/2003 ST5202 Applied Regression Analysis
Semester 2 2002/2003 ST3232 Design & Analysis of Experiments
Semester 1 2004/2005 ST2238 Introductory Biostatistics
Semester 2 2004/2005 ST2238 Introductory Biostatistics

ST2238 IVLE webpage for registered students: http//ivle.nus.edu.sg


 

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Statistics (2000), Iowa State University
Confidence intervals for functions of variance components
Advisor:
Professor Stephen Vardeman

M. S., Statistics (1998), Iowa State University

B. Soc. Sci (Hons I) (1993), NUS
Honours Advisor: Assoc Professor Chua Tin Chiu

B.A. (1992), NUS

 

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award, NUS, 2001/2002

Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award, NUS, 2000/2001

Mary G. Natrella Scholarship, ASA /Q&P Section, 2000 

Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University, 2000

Boeing Dissertation Fellowship, Iowa State University, 2000

National Univ. of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholarship, 1995-2000

NTUC INCOME Book Prize, NUS, 1993

Public Service Commission Merit Scholarship, 1989-1993

 

 

EXPERIENCE

Deputy Director (Research), Strategic Planning and Development Division,
Ministry of Home Affairs HQ, 2003-2004

Assistant Professor, Statistics and Applied Probability, NUS, 2000-Present

Boeing Dissertation Fellow, Statistics Department, Iowa State University, Jan-May 2000

 

Senior Tutor, Economics and Statistics, NUS 1994-2000


PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Publications

     Andy K. L. Chiang (2002), “Improved Confidence Intervals for a Ratio in an R&R Study,”  Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation, 31, 329-344.

     Andy K. L. Chiang (2001), “A Simple General Method for Constructing Confidence Intervals for Functions of Variance Components,” Technometrics,43, 356-367.

     T. C. Chua, and K. L. Chiang (1995), “An Alternative Estimator for Randomized Response Sampling with Continuous Distributions from a Dichotomous Population,” Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, 24, 2919-2928.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Short Courses taught

     SPSS Training Course (Statistics, Advanced Statistics, Advanced Marketing Research), Singapore Tourism Board, SPSS BI Singapore, March 2002

     Data Analysis in Business Course, Institute of Banking & Finance, Singapore, Feb-May 2001

     Mathematics Preparation Course, A Short Course for Economics Honors-Year Students, Dept. of Economics & Statistics, National University of Singapore, May–Jun 1994

 

 

Invited Paper

     “Comparing Sources of Variability in Measurement Systems,” 2002 Quality & Productivity Research Conference, Tempe, Arizona, June 5-7, 2002.

     “Confidence Intervals for Measures of Variability in Gauge R&R Studies,” Joint Research Conference 2000 on Statistics in Quality Industry and Technology, Seattle, Washington, June 26-28, 2000.

 

Contributed Paper

“A FORTRAN Program for Quantifying the Precision of Estimation in Gauge R&R Studies,” Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 3, 1999.

 

Poster

“A Simple General Method for Constructing Confidence Intervals for Functions of Variance Components,” Symposium on Selected Topics in Variance Components Analysis, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, January 21, 2000.

 

Others

“Statistics for Six Sigma Business Improvement,” an evening talk organized by Singapore Institute of Statistics for the Singapore Learning Festival, 14 Nov 2002.

 


 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 Editorial

 Associate Editor, The American Statistician (2004, 2005)

 

Society Membership

Singapore Institute of Statistics (Vice President 2001-2004, Council member 2000-2001)

The Institute of Mathematical Statistics

American Statistical Association

American Society for Quality

 

Refereeing for Academic Journals

Journal of Quality Technology (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Technometrics (2001, 2002)

The American Statistician (1998, 1999)

 

Conference/Seminar

Committee Member, Seminar Committee, Economics Management Series for Executives, Dept. of Economics & Statistics, NUS, 1994.

Committee Member, Conference Organizing Committee, 5th Asian Economics Series, National Bureau for Economic Research held in Singapore, June 15–17, 1994.

 


 

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICES

Chair, Outreach, Publicity and Alumni Committee (2004-2005)

Member, Outreach Committee (2000-2002)

Member, Teaching Peer Review Committee (2001)

Level 3000 Student Advisor for Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences SA Modules (2001, 2002)


 CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Statistics & Applied Probability
NUS, 6 Science Drive 2, S(117546), Singapore
Office location: S16-06-101

Tel (65) 6874 8949
Fax (65) 6872 3919
Email andychiang@nus.edu.sg


Revised: 24 March 2005