HKU HKU Dept of Statistics & Actuarial Science, HKU
   
 

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)
 
   Dr LAM Kwok Fai Eddy
  • Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong (2022)
  • Award for Teaching Innovations in E-learning, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong (2016-17)
  • Award for Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong (2013-14)
  • Faculty Research Output Prize, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, shared with Dr C M Wong (2006)
 
   Professor LEE Man Sing Stephen
  • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (2003)
  • Outstanding Young Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong (2002)
 
   Dr 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)
 
   Professor YUEN Kam Chuen
  • Research Grant Award, SOA Centre of Actuarial Excellence, Research Grant Competition (2013)
  • Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (2004)
  • Research Paper Award, Actuarial Society of Hong Kong (1996)
 
 

 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)
 
   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)
  • Associate Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (2005-present)
 
 

 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)
 
Updated in July 2023