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Tianyu Guan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at York University. He completed his PhD in Statistics at Simon Fraser University in 2020. His research centers around sports analytics, leveraging machine learning and large language models to extract insights from sports data to enhance decision-making. Tianyu's interests include functional data analysis and nonparametric statistics, with applications spanning biostatistics, health, finance, and business. He enjoys watching sports such as basketball, soccer, baseball, skating, snooker, and poker, often finding inspiration for his research ideas in these activities. In addition to his work in sports analytics, he is keen on exploring theoretical aspects of statistical models.
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