Yining Chen

Yining Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of Cambridge (2014). His research focuses on statistical methodology, particularly in change-point detection, nonparametric estimation, and computational aspects of statistical methods. He also explores shape-constrained estimation and time series analysis.

Dr. Chen has taught courses such as ST444 Computational Data Science and ST304 Time Series and Forecasting at LSE. He has contributed to interdisciplinary research in medical statistics, including work on kidney and liver transplantation outcomes. His software contributions include R packages like 'not', 'scar', and 'Sshaped', which implement his methodological advancements in statistical computing.

His research has been published in top-tier journals such as the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society and Biometrika. Key areas of application span econometrics, actuarial science, and biomedical research. He actively engages in collaborative projects addressing practical data challenges across disciplines.