Kenny Chiu

I am a Ph.D. Statistics candidate at the University of British Columbia. My supervisor is Benjamin Bloem-Reddy. I am interested in the uses of symmetry in inference and computation, and I am working on data-based methods for identifying distributional symmetries with applications to statistics, machine learning, and scientific discovery.

Within the Department of Statistics. I TA for undergraduate statistics courses, train new TAs in the department, and assist with Flexible Learning studies that develop learning resources for statistics. Outside of the department, I facilitate Instructional Skills Workshops for graduate students and TA Institute workshops at the CTLT.

See my CV for a complete history of my activities and experiences.

 

Publications & Preprints

• Non-parametric Hypothesis Tests for Distributional Group Symmetry [arXiv] [poster]
  K. Chiu, B. Bloem-Reddy

• On the Statistical Properties of Entromin as an Orthogonal Rotation Criterion [M.Sc. thesis]
  K. Chiu

• Uncertainty in Neural Processes [arXiv]
  S. Naderiparizi, K. Chiu, B. Bloem-Reddy, F. Wood

 

Teaching & Facilitating

• Graduate Student Facilitator
  Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
  July 2023 - Present

• TA Trainer
  UBC Department of Statistics
  Sep 2021 - Present

• Graduate TA
  2023W2: STAT 305 - Introduction to Statistical Inference
  2023W1: STAT 404 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
  2022W2: STAT 305 - Introduction to Statistical Inference
  2022W1: STAT 404 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
  2021W2: STAT 305 - Introduction to Statistical Inference
  2021W1: STAT 404 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
  2020W2: STAT 305 - Introduction to Statistical Inference
  2020W1: STAT 404 - Design and Analysis of Experiments
  2019W2: SCIE 300 - Communicating Science
  2019W1: STAT 404 - Design and Analysis of Experiments

 

Education

• Ph.D. Statistics
  The University of British Columbia
  2021 - Present

• M.Sc. Statistics
  The University of British Columbia
  2019 - 2021

• B.Sc. Combined Honours in Computer Science and Statistics
  The University of British Columbia
  2013 - 2018

  This page summarizes my thoughts about the courses I took during my B.Sc. UBC undergraduate students who are interested in statistics, machine learning or data science may find it to be of interest.