Yuan Gao

Dr. Yuan Gao is an Associate Lecturer at the Australian National University's Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics, specializing in statistical methods for functional and high-dimensional time series with demographic applications.

Her core research areas include:

• Functional Data Analysis
• Time Series Forecasting
• High-Dimensional Statistics
• Demographic Modeling

She develops techniques to forecast age-specific mortality and fertility rates, enhancing forecast accuracy and cross-country comparability.

Analysis of her 2017-2024 publications reveals consistent innovation in functional time series modeling, particularly factor-augmented approaches and latent factor methods for demographic data. Her work frequently employs functional principal component analysis to address high-dimensionality challenges, with notable interdisciplinary contributions to conservation science policy.