Building-Level Typhoon Loss Modelling in Hong Kong
Project Description
We collaborate with insurance companies in Hong Kong to analyze property damage from two recent typhoons. The dataset contains claim-level records with building addresses and damage levels/ amount. Our goal are to quantify relationships between meteorological drivers and building losses, and then build and validate a risk model to assess building-level typhoon loss potential across Hong Kong.
Supervisor
FUNG, Chi Hung
Co-Supervisor
CHAN, Wai Man
Quota
3
Course type
UROP1000
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
Applicant's Roles
This research project demonstrates how modern data science, GIS, Python programming, machine learning can process, fuse, and analyze heterogeneous claims and meteolorlogical data at multiple scales. Applying core techniques from spatial data engineering, and applied statistics, students will build reproducible workflows to clean noisy claim records, geocode and validate building locations, and integrate building-level losses with 1 km rainfall and wind fields. They will explore patterns through machine learning, mapping and visualization, design features that capture thresholds and extremes, and develop predictive models that relate meteorological drivers to building loss. Through rigorous cross-validation and uncertainty analysis, students will assess model skill and communicate results with clear figures, concise memos, and well-documented code.
Applicant's Learning Objectives
Using Python libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib, this project bridges theoretical mathematics and practical data science, equipping second-year mathematics students to tackle real-world environmental challenges.
Keywords: Spatiotemporal Data Fusion, Environmental Data Analytics, Applied Statistics

Complexity of the project
Moderate