Research Interests

• Bayesian Nonparametrics
• Medical Statistics
• Survival Analysis

Academic Qualification

• Ph.D. 2002 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Management Operations 
• BSc 1996 HKUST, Mathematics

Academic And Professional Experience

• Senior Lecturer, HKUST (2023-present)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, HKUST (2021-2023)
• Research Associate, Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2020–2021)
• Research Assistant Professor, CUHK (2018–2020)
• Assistant Professor, Hang Seng Management College (HSMC) (2015–2018)
• Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore (NUS) (2013–2015)
• Assistant Professor, NUS (2006–2013)
• Visiting Fellow, NUS (2003–2005)
   

Selected Publications

• Yim, S. H. L., Huang, T., Ho, J. M. W., Lam, A. S. M., Yau, S. T. Y., Yuen, T. W. H., Dong, G. H., Tsoi, K. K. F. and Sung, J. J. Y. “Rise And Fall Of Lung Cancers In Relation To Tobacco Smoking And Air Pollution: A Global Trend Analysis From 1990 To 2012”, Atmospheric Environment 269, 2022
• Ho, M.-W., James, L. F. and Lau J. W. “Gibbs Partitions, Riemann–Liouville Fractional Operators, Mittag–Leffler Functions, And Fragmentations Derived From Stable Subordinators”, Journal of Applied Probability, 58, 2021, 314-334
• Sung, J. J. Y., Ho, J. M. W., Lam, A. S. M., Yau, S. T. Y. and Tsoi, K. K. F. “Use of Metformin And Aspirin Is Associated With Delayed Cancer Incidence”, Cancer Epidemiology, 2020 Dec:69:101808
• Tsoi, K. K. F., Ho, J. M. W., Chan, F. C. H. and Sung, J. J. Y. “Long-Term Use of Low-Dose Aspirin for Cancer Prevention: A 10-year Population Cohort Study in Hong Kong”, International Journal of Cancer, 2019 Jul 1;145(1): 267-273
• Dawson, G., Ho, M.-W. and Kauffman, R. J. “How Are C-suite Executives Different? A Comparative Empirical Study of the Survival of the American Chief Information Officers”, Decision Support Systems 74, 2015: 88-101
• Ho, M.-W., Tu, W., Ghosh, P. and Tiwari, R. “A Nested Dirichlet Process Analysis of Cluster Randomized Trial Data with Application in Geriatric Care Assessment”, Journal of the American Statistical Association 108, 2013: 48-68
• Ho, M.-W. “Bayes Estimation of a Symmetric Unimodal Density via S-paths”, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 15, 2006: 848-860
• Ho, M.-W. “A Bayes Method for a Monotone Hazard Rate via S-paths”, The Annals of Statistics 34, 2006: 820-836

Service Activities Within College And Profession

• Associate Editor, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (2015–2018)
• Referee for Biometrika, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Journal of Applied Probability & Statistics, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Statistics & Probability Letters, TEST, etc.

Honors

• Dean’s Recognition of Teaching Excellence, HKUST (2024)
• Teaching Excellence Award, HSMC (2018)
• Nominee for the Annual Teaching Excellence Award, NUS (2010, 2012)