John Lau

John Lau serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the School of Physics, Maths and Computing, The University of Western Australia. His research contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through advanced statistical methodology development.

His core expertise spans:

• Bayesian nonparametric statistics and mixture modelling
• Statistical clustering and Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques
• Time-series analysis and density estimation
• Computational statistics with applications in image analysis
• Algorithmic bias mitigation in machine learning systems

Recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward solving real-world problems: developing causal frameworks for bias detection in classification systems (2024) and creating novel statistical models for engineering reliability prediction (2022). His work bridges theoretical statistics with practical implementations in AI fairness and industrial maintenance.

No scientific awards are documented in current profiles.

Academic contributions include:

• Supervision of at least one research student
• Investigator role in the 2014 cybersecurity project for smart grid assessment
• Collaborations across engineering and computer science disciplines