Dr. Sun received her PhD in Statistics from National University of Singapore. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Statistics from University of Science and Technology in China. Her research interest lies in Gaussian random fields, spatial statistics and Bayesian statistics.
Research Grants
- Parameter Estimation for Multivariate Random Field Models, Young Scientists Fund, The National Natural Science Foundation of China, Jan 2026 - Dec 2028, SUN Saifei (PI).
Journal
- Li, Cheng. , Sun, Saifei. & Zhu, Yichen. (2024). Fixed-domain posterior contraction rates for spatial Gaussian process model with nugget. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 119(546). 1336 - 1347.
- Loh, Wei-Liem. & Sun, Saifei. (2023). Estimating the parameters of some common Gaussian random fields with nugget under fixed-domain asymptotics. Bernoulli. 29(3). 2519 - 2543.
- Loh, Wei-Liem. , Sun, Saifei. & Wen, Jun. (Dec 2021). On fixed-domain asymptotics, parameter estimation and isotropic Gaussian random fields with Matérn covariance functions. Annals of Statistics. 49(6). 3127 - 3152.
- Wen, Jun. , Sun, Saifei. & Loh, Wei-Liem. (2021). Smoothness estimation of nonstationary Gaussian random fields from irregularly spaced data observed along a curve. Electronic Journal of Statistics. 15(2). 6071 - 6150.
- Yang, Zhuo-Ya. , Sun, Saifei. , Lui, Simon S Y. , Shi, Hai-Song. , Xie, Dong-Jie. , Xie, Wen-Lan. , Wang, Ya. , Cheung, Eric F C. , Shum, David H K. & Chan, Raymond C K. (2018). An attempt at revisiting the factor structure of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire in the Chinese setting. Psych Journal. 7(1). 25 - 30.
Last update date :
05 Jan 2026
