Gareth Liu-Evans

Dr. Gareth Liu-Evans is a Lecturer in Econometrics at the University of Liverpool's Management School since August 2011. Previously, he held a Lecturer position at Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University's Department of Business, Economics and Management. He earned a PhD in estimation theory (small/finite samples) from Cardiff University in 2010.

His research focuses on Big Data Econometrics, Statistical Learning (including Lasso methods and Deep Learning), simultaneous equation estimation, and financial econometrics. He is affiliated with the Liverpool Advanced Methods for Big Data Analytics (LAMBDA) Research Centre. Teaching specialties include econometrics, Python programming for data analysis (using pandas, matplotlib), and machine learning frameworks like scikit-learn and Keras.

Professional memberships include the Royal Statistical Society (2008–present) and former membership in the Econometric Society (2008–2012). Recent work emphasizes improving small-sample time series models and analyzing informal economy impacts on financial systems.