Steven Roberts

Professor Steven Roberts serves as Dean of the College of Business and Economics at the Australian National University (ANU). He previously held the role of Director at the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics and has taught Actuarial Studies and Statistics courses within the university.

• Education:
  • PhD in Statistics from Stanford University
  • Masters in Statistics from Stanford University

Research Interests: Steven specializes in Applied Statistics, with a focus on Lasso Regression for high-dimensional data analysis and Time Series Analysis in financial and environmental contexts. His work addresses Model Selection challenges and develops Re-sampling Methods for statistical robustness.

Research Trends: His publications demonstrate interdisciplinary applications in Finance (portfolio theory, health insurance economics), Statistics (regression techniques, influence diagnostics), and Public Health (statistical epidemiology). Recent work explores Retirement Expenditure patterns and Actuarial Modelling.

Collaborative Projects: Steven has contributed to key initiatives including:

• Min/Max Autocorrelation Factors in Time Series Studies of Air Pollution Health Effects (2014-2018)
• Retirement Savings Expenditure Modelling (2014)
• Bootstrap Methods for Evolutionary Kernel Time-Series Modelling (2009-2010)
• Air Pollution and Statistical Model Selection (2008-2011)