Edwin Tang
I am a first year CDT student in the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick. I am supervised by Professor Yi Yu and Dr Yudong Chen. My research interests lie in theoretical statistics, specifically change point detection and robust statistics.
Prior to joining Warwick, I completed my Masters in Mathematics (MMath) at the University of Cambridge in 2024. My master’s essay, entitled “Optimally Deciding the Burn-In Phase for Response-Adaptive-Randomization Algorithms in Clinical Trials” was supervised by Dr Sofia Villar and Dr David Robertson. An optimal burn-in period is suggested for the Thompson Sampling procedure which could maximize and find the balance between the in-trial participant benefit and statistical power in clinical trials.
Outside of academic work, I have keen interests in classical music and language learning. In particular, I sing bass in the Warwick Chamber Choir and play piano in my spare time.
Education
-
PhD in Statistics @ University of Warwick (2024 - Present)
- MMath and BA Mathematical Tripos @ University of Cambridge (2020 - 2024)
Teaching
Term 2 2024/25: ST231 Linear Statistical Modelling with RLink opens in a new window @ Department of Statistics, University of Warwick
Publications
Tang, E. Y. N., Baas, S., Kaddaj, D., Pin, L., Robertson, D. S., & Villar, S. S. (2025). A burn-in(g) question: How long should an initial equal randomization stage be before Bayesian response-adaptive randomization? arXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.19795
Kaddaj, D., Pin, L., Baas, S., Tang, E. Y. N., Robertson, D. S., & Villar, S. S. (2024). Thompson, Ulam, or Gauss? Multi-criteria recommendations for posterior probability computation methods in Bayesian response-adaptive trials. arXiv.org. https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19871
Chiu, A. P., Lin, Q., Tang, E. Y. N., & He, D. (2017). Anti-phase synchronization of influenza A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 in Hong Kong and countries in the North Temperate Zone. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 66, 42–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2017.11.006
Tang, X., Fang, S., Chiu, A. P., Lin, Q., Tang, E. Y. N., Wang, X., & He, D. (2018). Unsynchronized influenza epidemics in two neighboring subtropical cities. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 69, 85–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.02.019