Distinction

• Fellow of American Associations for Advancement of Science
• Felllow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• Fellow of American Statistical Association
• Laplace Lecturer, the 7th World Congress on Probability and Statistics, 2008
• Distinguished Achievement Award, International Chinese Statistical Association, 2008
• President, International Chinese Statistical Association, 2008-2010
• Top 10 most-cited mathematical scientists (Science Wartch) between1991-2001, 2002-2007
• The Morngside Gold Medal of Appled Mathematics, 2007
• Invited speaker, International Congress of Mathematicans, 2006
• The Humboldt Research Award, 2006
• Myrto Lefkopoulou distinguished lecture, Harvard School of Public Health, 2006
• External assessor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004-2008
• Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Science, Chinese of University of Hong Kong, 2001
• COPSS President Award, 2000
• Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, University of California,Berkeley, 1991-1992

Research Interests

• Computational biology
• Financial Econometrics
• High-dimensional learning
• Risk Management
• Semi- & Non-parametric modeling
• Longitudinal data analysis
• Nonlinear time series
• Likelihood theory
• Model selections
• Nonparametric inferences