Haziq Jamil

Assistant Professor in Statistics

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science (FOS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in Statistics at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), a leading higher education institution in Brunei. My research interests lie in statistical theory, methods and computation, with a special inclination towards social science applications.

I obtained my PhD in Statistics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in October 2018. My PhD project explored the use of Fisher information-dependent priors in a vector space framework for regression, classification, and variable selection. My supervisors were Dr. Wicher Bergsma and Prof. Irini Moustaki. I also obtained an MSc in Statistics from LSE in 2014.

I graduated from Warwick University, completing the 4-year MMORSE degree in 2010. As my final year project, I used Bradley-Terry models applied to English Premier League football data. This project was supervised by Prof. David Firth.

Previously, I was a Research Officer at the Centre of Science & Technology, Research & Development (CSTRAD), Ministry of Defence, Brunei. My primary task was to provide data analysis and decision support to strategic acquisition projects, and assist in statistical analyses for defence-related research.

Interests

Gaussian processes
Variational inference
EM algorithms
Random effects models
Binary and multinomial probit models
Truncated normal distribution
Latent variable models

Education

PhD in Statistics, 2018

London School of Economics and Political Science
MSc in Statistics, 2014

London School of Economics and Political Science
BSc & Master in Mathematics, Statistics, Operational Research and Economics, 2010

University of Warwick

Skills

R

95%

Statistics

95%

Tender Evaluation

75%

Experience

Assistant Professor in Statistics

Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)

Sep 2019 – Present Brunei

I will be one of the Discovery Year Advisors (Mathematics) for the academic year 2019-2020, in addition to teaching duties.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

London School of Economics and Political Science

Jan 2014 – Sep 2018 London

I held various teaching roles ranging from secondary teaching to marking for masters (ST416 Multilevel Modelling, ST421 Development in Statistical Methods) and undergraduate level courses (ST312 Applied Statistics Project) at the LSE. In addition, I also held assistant invigilator and examiner roles for both the LSE and the University of London International Examinations respectively.

Research Officer

Centre for Science and Technology, Research and Development (CSTRAD), Ministry of Defence

Oct 2010 – Sep 2019 Brunei

I provided analytical insight into matters arising from the development and activities of strategic procurement projects for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF). This entailed market research, cost-benefit analyses, and writing technical reports. I was a project team member for the procurement and delivery of 12 Sikorsky S-70i helicopters (US$325M), and also the focal point for the development of tender evaluation criteria using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). After completing my PhD, I conducted various research into defence-related activities.