Shin Zhu Sim

Contact

• workRoom BB05 Block B
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work0389248230
• Sim.ShinZhu@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr. Sim Shin Zhu obtained her BSc degree with honors, MSc degree, and PhD degree in Statistics from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Malaya. After completing her PhD, she pursued post-doctoral training at the University of Malaya as well. Currently, Dr. Sim holds the position of Assistant Professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus. Her research work revolves around flexible count distribution, which cover a wide range of dispersion levels.

Expertise Summary

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SfJgiq0AAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57200373800

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0387-5329

Teaching Summary

Current Teaching Focus: MATH1037 Analytical and Computation Foundation, MATH2050 Introduction to Scientific Computation, MATH2047 Statistical Models and Methods

Past Teaching Focus: Sampling Techniques, Theory of interest, Mathematical techniques for Engineering, Fundamentals of Financial Mathematics and others.

Research Summary

Area of expertise:

Statistical modeling and inference, Simulation and Computation and statistical data analysis.

Research Project:

A new flexible bivariate distribution (Principal Investigator)

Proximal Spectral Gradient Method In Portfolio Optimization (Co-investigator)

Stochastic Count and Regression Models for Business, Actuarial and Financial Analytics (Co-investigator)

Supervision:

Master

Dennis Ng Wen Wei (2019) A study of Properties on Generalized Beta and Mixture of Two modified Log-normal distributions, Master dissertation/thesis.

Tee, Yee Yang (2022) A study of covid-19 recession on the housing prices in Johor Bahru, Master dissertation/thesis

Life Member:

Malaysia Institute of Statistics

Selected Publications

• SENG HUAT ONG and SHIN ZHU SIM, 2023. A bivariate distribution with convolution of binomials as marginals Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation.
• SENG HUAT ONG, RAMESH C. GUPTA, TIEFENG MA and SHIN ZHU SIM, 2021. Bivariate Conway-Maxwell Poisson Distributions with Given Marginals and Correlation Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice. 15(10), 1-19
• SIM SZ, GUPTA RC and ONG SH, 2018. Zero-inflated Conway-Maxwell Poisson Distribution to Analyze Discrete Data The International Journal of Biostatistics. 14(1),
• SEYED EHSAN SAFFARI, JOHN CARSON ALLEN, ROBIAH ADNAN, SENG HUAT ONG, SHIN ZHU SIM and WILLIAM GREENE, 2019. Frequency of Visiting a Doctor: A right Truncated Count Regression Model with Excess Zeros Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal. 9(5),

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• KEVIN YEW CHOON LIANG, WONG WAI KUAN, SIM HONG SENG, GOH YONG KHENG, PAN WEI YEING and SIM SHIN ZHU, 2024. Proximal gradient method in mean-variance portfolio selection In: Proceedings of the 29th national symposium on mathematical sciences. 2905.
• SENG HUAT ONG and SHIN ZHU SIM, 2023. A bivariate distribution with convolution of binomials as marginals Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation.
• ONG, SENG HUAT, SHIN ZHU SIM, SHUANGZHE LIU, AND HARI M. SRIVASTAVA, 2023. A Family of Finite Mixture Distributions for Modelling Dispersion in Count Data Stats. 6(3), 942-955
• YUN FAH CHANG, SING YAN LOOI, WEI YEING PAN & SHIN ZHU SIM, 2023. Autocorrelated unreplicated linear functional relationship model for multivariate time series data Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods.
• SENG HUAT ONG, RAMESH C. GUPTA, TIEFENG MA and SHIN ZHU SIM, 2021. Bivariate Conway-Maxwell Poisson Distributions with Given Marginals and Correlation Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice. 15(10), 1-19
• SEYED EHSAN SAFFARI, JOHN CARSON ALLEN, ROBIAH ADNAN, SENG HUAT ONG, SHIN ZHU SIM and WILLIAM GREENE, 2019. Frequency of Visiting a Doctor: A right Truncated Count Regression Model with Excess Zeros Biostatistics and Biometrics Open Access Journal. 9(5),
• SIM SZ, GUPTA RC and ONG SH, 2018. Zero-inflated Conway-Maxwell Poisson Distribution to Analyze Discrete Data The International Journal of Biostatistics. 14(1),
• D W W NG, S K KOH, S Z SIM and M C LEE, 2018. The Study Of Properties On Generalized Beta Distribution In: 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Statistics. 1132.
• SHIN ZHU, SIM and SENG HUAT, ONG, 2016. A generalized inverse trinomial distribution with application Statistical Methodology. 33, 217-233
• DOUADI BENACER, SITI NURSHEENA MOHD ZAIN, SHIN ZHU SIM, MOHD KHAIRUL NIZAM MOHD KHALID, MOHD KHAIRUL NIZAM MOHD KHALID, RENEE L GALLOWAY, MARC SOURIS and KWAI LIN THONG, 2016. Determination of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Javanica and Leptospira interrogans serovar Bataviae as the persistent Leptospira serovars circulating in the urban rat populations in Peninsular Malaysia Parasites & Vectors. 9(117), 1-11
• SHIN ZHU SIM and SENG HUAT ONG, 2015. Statistical Analysis for A Distribution of A Random Walk on the Plane In: 60th World Statistics Congress – ISI 2015.
• RAMESH C. GUPTA, S. Z. SIM and S. H. ONG, 2014. Analysis of discrete data by Conway-Maxwell Poisson distribution AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis. 98(4), 327-343
• Y. N. PHANG, S. Z. SIM and S. H. ONG, 2013. Statistical Analysis for the Inverse Trinomial Distribution Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 42, 2073-2085
• S. Z. SIM and S. H. ONG, 2010. Parameter Estimation for Discrete Distributions by Generalized Hellinger-Type Divergence Based on Probability Generating Function Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 39(2), 305-314