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Awards and Honours

1. Awards and Honours

Professor CHEUNG Ka Chun

    • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (2013)
    • Fortis Chair Best Paper Award IME, K.U. Leuven - Fortis Chair (2009)

Professor LEE Man Sing Stephen

    • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (2003)
    • Outstanding Young Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong (2002)

Professor WANG Chen

    • Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowship (2019-20)

Dr WAT Kam Pui

    • University Teaching Feedback Award, Faculty of Science, HKU (2017)

Professor YIN Guosheng

    • Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2021)
    • Patrick S C Poon Professorship in Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong (2018)
    • Fellow, American Statistics Association (2013)
    • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (2012)
    • James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill (2009)

2. Other Distinctions

Professor CHEUNG Ka Chun

    • Chairman, Scientific Programme Committee, ISI Young Statisticians Meeting (2013)

Professor LEE Man Sing Stephen

    • Executive Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (1 January 2019 – 31 December 2020)
    • Associate Editor, Statistica Sinica (1 August 2014 – 31 July 2017)
    • Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (1 January 2015 – 31 December 2017)

Professor YIN Guosheng

    • On the list of HKU scholars among the Top 1% scholars irrespective of universities, as shown in the Scholars Hub of HKU Library (2015)
    • Board of Directors, International Chinese Statistical Association (2011-2013)
    • David P. Byar Awards Committee for the Biometrics Section of American Statistical Association (2011-2013)
    • Associate Editor, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining (2018-present)
    • Associate Editor, Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science (2018-present)
    • Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association (2013-present)
    • Associate Editor, Contemporary Clinical Trials (2012-present)
    • Associate Editor, Bayesian Analysis (2009-2015)

3. Awards/Honours Achieved by Former/Emeritus Staff

Professor FUNG Wing Kam Tony

    • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)
    • Elected Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2009)
    • Natural Science Award (Second Class), Higher Education Institution Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award, Ministry of Education, China (2009)
    • Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong (2009)
    • Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, The Croucher Foundation (2008-09)
    • Outstanding Young Scientist Award, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2004)
    • Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (2003)
    • Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong (2001)
    • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (1997)

Professor LI Wai Keung

    • Outstanding Service Award, International Chinese Statistical Association (2009)
    • Honorary Membership, Hong Kong Statistical Society (2009)
    • Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2006)
    • Fellow, American Statistical Association (2003)
    • Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, The Croucher Foundation (2003)
    • Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong
    • Outstanding Research Supervisor Award, The University of Hong Kong (2000)
    • Ten Years Service Award, Hong Kong Medical Technology Association Quality Assurance Programme (1999)
    • Member, International Statistical Institute (1991)

Professor TONG H

    • Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, Italy (2014)
    • Distinguished Achievement Award, International Chinese Statistical Association (2012)
    • Hsu Pao-Lu Colloquium Speaker, Peking University (2011)
    • Guy Medal in Silver, Royal Statistical Society (2007)
    • Distinguished Visitor, University of Western Australia, Perth (2002)
    • Distinguished Research Achievement Award, The University of Hong Kong (2002)
    • Member to nominate candidates for the Nobel prize in Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2001)
    • Year-2000 Chinese National Natural Science Award (Class II) in Mathematics, The State Council, People's Republic of China (2001)
    • Foreign Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2000)
    • Honorary Fellow, The Institute of Actuaries (1999)
    • Alan T. Craig Lecturer, The University of Iowa, USA (1999)
    • Special Plenary Lecturer, 15th Nordic Meeting in Mathematical Statistics, Lund, Sweden (1994)
    • Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1993)
    • Member, International Statistical Institute (1983)

Professor YUEN Kam Chuen

    • President, Hong Kong Statistical Society (2019-present)
    • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Advances in Survival Analysis, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (2016)
    • Research Grant Award, SOA Centre of Actuarial Excellence, Research Grant Competition (2013)
    • Associate Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (2005-present)
    • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (2004)
    • Research Paper Award, Actuarial Society of Hong Kong (1996)