Meet our Team
Hyukjun (Jay) Gweon
Director
Dr. Gweon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at Western University. He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Waterloo. His research centers on data-driven predictive modeling and its applications, particularly in actuarial science and social science, with the aim of enhancing the effective use of data resources. His interests also include model uncertainty assessment and automated coding techniques for text and survey data.
Email: hgweon@uwo.ca
Guowen Huang
Vice-Director
Dr. Huang is an Assistant Professor in Statistics at Western University. He earned his PhD in Statistics from the University of Glasgow and previously held postdoctoral research positions at National Tsing Hua University and the University of Toronto. Before joining Western, Dr. Huang was an Associate Professor at Shantou University. His research specializes in spatial statistics, particularly the statistical modeling of air pollution data and its effects on human health.
Email: ghuan23@uwo.ca
Chetana Das Chaudhuri
Consultant
Chetana is a second-year PhD student in Statistics at Western University, supervised by Professor Katsu Goda. Her research focuses on natural catastrophe risk modeling, with a particular emphasis on the probabilistic assessment of earthquake ground motion using deep learning frameworks. She holds BSc in Statistics from the University of Calcutta, India and MSc in Statistics from the University of Kalyani, India. She has 7+ years of experience teaching Statistics to undergraduate students and 6+ years of statistical consulting, supporting students and clients across age groups and disciplines with statistics, data analytics, and data science.
Jiaxuan Lu
Consultant
Jiaxuan is a forth-year Ph.D. candidate in Statistics at the University of Western Ontario. He received his BSc in Mathematics and Statistical Science and his MSc in Data Science at the University College London. Currently, his research focuses on High-dimensional data and statistical modeling.
Hongjun Sim
Consultant
Hongjun is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at Western University. He earned his Master's degree in Statistics from Western University. His research interests include statistical modelling and data mining, particularly predictive model evaluation.
Muyuan Xu
Consultant
Muyuan is a second-year PhD student in Statistics at Western University. His research focuses on Bayesian methods and statistical modeling for natural catastrophe risk, with current work on multi-hazard insurance loss prediction using CatIQ data. He previously earned an M.S. in Statistics and a B.S. in Statistics and Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
