Dr. Mervyn Silvapulle

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Biography

Mervyn J Silvapulle is a Professor in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University. He holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours in mathematics and a Ph.D. in statistics. His broad research expertise includes econometric statistical methodology, with current interests focused on constrained statistical inference, GARCH models, and extreme value theory. Previously, he has researched robust statistics, generalized linear models, ridge regression, and minimum distance methods inference. Silvapulle has served as an editor for the Theory Methods section of the Australian New Zealand Journal of Statistics and as a guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference on constrained statistical inference. Additionally, he has been an associate editor for the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference and for Sankhya. Throughout his career, he has been involved in significant research collaborations related to various aspects of statistical methodology and has contributed to projects involving robust methods for heteroscedastic regression models and non-parametric estimation in state space models.

Research Interests

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Information Technology for most Master's programs including Computer Science and Data Science.