• Prof. Gen LI has received the Junior Researcher Award in ICSA 2024 China Conference.

  Students or Junior Researchers who received their degrees no earlier than January 1, 2019, are encouraged to submit a high-quality research paper on cutting-edge statistical methodology, novel applications of statistical methods to problems in other disciplines, or other suitable contributions to statistics and data sciences.

  Prof. Li’s paper (with Yuting Wei), “A non-asymptotic distributional theory of approximate message passing for sparse and robust regression”, was submitted to Annals of Statistics.
  

  More information can be found at:
  ICSA 2024 China Conference

  last update: 20240708

• ZOU Yudan (Statistics PhD Year 4), who is supervised by Professor SONG Xinyuan, has received the Postgraduate Research Output Award 2023.

  To encourage quality research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong established a Postgraduate Research Output Award in September 2002.

  Further reading:
  ORKTS website

  last update: 20240628

• Result for 2023-2024 Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Day

  Oral Presentation Award
  1st Runner-up: HE Yuyang (Year 3 PhD Student in Statistics)
  亞軍：何宇阳（統計學 博士三年級）

  Poster Presentation Award
  Champion: CHENG Pok Him (Year 2 MPhil Student in Risk Management Science)
  冠軍：鄭博謙（風險管理科學 研究碩士二年級）
  Merit: MA Ting Tin (Year 2 MPhil Student in Risk Management Science)
  優異：馬霆天（風險管理科學 研究碩士二年級）

  Further information: https://www.sci.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/research/seminars/pg-research-day

  last update: 20240522

• RMSC student Mr. Hung Kim Pong won the Second Runner-up in CUHK Capstone Project Presentation Competition 2024. The competition aims to provide a university-wide platform for students to showcase the outcomes of their year-long capstone projects to a much wider audience. It is believed that this initiative will promote academic excellence and interdisciplinary communication by providing an opportunity for final-year students from various backgrounds to gain valuable experience in presenting their research work in public. Winning students will receive trophies, certificates and Amazon gift cards, and their great performances will be showcased as exemplary samples in their capstone programmes.

  For more details, please visit:

  https://eltu.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk-capstone-project-presentation-competition-2024/

  last update: 20240520

• Prof. Song Xinyuan has been elected to the Institute of Mathematical Statistics’s Fellowship. The IMS Fellowship honors their members’ outstanding research and professional contributions, which help keep IMS in a leading role in the fields of statistics and probability.

  Further reading:
  https://imstat.org/

  last update: 20240503

• WU Zhihao (Statistics PhD Year 4), who is supervised by Professor SONG Xinyuan, has received the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) 2024 Paper Award from the American Statistical Association (ASA) Biometrics Section.

  Further reading:
  https://community.amstat.org/nonparametricstatisticssection/paper-awards

  last update: 20240503

• Our former PhD student Dr. Shen Guohao (currently an Assistant Professor in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) who was supervised by Prof. Lin Yuanyuan was awarded the HKSS – John Aitchison Prize in Statistics, 2024. The Prize was established in 2022 by the Hong Kong Statistical Society (HKSS), to honour the distinguished career and contributions of Professor John Aitchison (1926-2016), Chair Professor of Statistics at the University of Hong Kong between 1976 and 1989 and founder and first President of the HKSS. The objective of the Prize is to reward excellence in PhD research, as demonstrated by a research paper, in Statistics or a closely related discipline.

  last update: 20240305

• The Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2023 was held on 5 December 2023 and Dr. John Wright received the gold award for the poster called “Transforming teaching statistics to non-background students through bespoke training – lessons from five TAs” which refers to the Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) project “Supporting statistics research postgraduates to teach quantitative data analysis to postgraduate students without statistics background”.

  The Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo is jointly organised by the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR), Centre for eLearning Innovation and Technology (ELITE), and Information Technology Services Centre (ITSC) of CUHK. It provides an excellent mutually supportive platform for educators at CUHK, to share educational experiences and insights with the education community. Throughout the years, creative ideas or practices that lead to teaching and learning enhancement have been exchanged via conversation, interactive presentations and seminars at the event.

  Further details:
  https://www.expo.elearning.cuhk.edu.hk/

  last update: 20231218

• Our former PhD student Dr. Shen Guohao (currently an Assistant Professor in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) who was supervised by Prof. Lin Yuanyuan was awarded Itarle Scholarship 2021/22. Itarle is a sponsor of PhD awards at CUHK. The Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science each have an award for the Student with outstanding performance in their thesis. An internship at Itarle (Hong Kong) will also be offered to each prize winner.

  More details can be found:
  https://itarle.com/itarle-sponsors-phd-awards/

  last update: 20231110

• Professor Poon Wai Yin Isabella has been appointed by the University as Wei Lun Professor of Statistics for three years, effective 1 August 2023, in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements. Visit Professor Poon’s homepage for more information: https://www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/wypoon/.

• Prof. Chan Kin Wai received the University Education Award (Early Career Faculty Members) for 2022–23.The University instituted the University Education Award in 2011-12 to honour teachers for outstanding commitment to the promotion of teaching excellence. Recipients of the award are commended for their contributions to enhancing the student learning experience through curriculum design and development, for scholarship in teaching and learning, and for their adoption of learner-centred approaches.More information can be found on CUHK Press Releases.

• Professor Phillip Yam Sheung-chi, Cheng Pok-him, Ross Sun and his team developed a novel fintech tool that allows for effective modelling of the dependence structure among various feature variables through organised treatments, resulting in superior performance.The tool – Comonotone-independent Bayes Classifier (CIBer), won the Silver Medal in International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2023.The International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva is the largest global exhibition devoted exclusively to inventions. All the exhibited inventions have been evaluated by an international jury of specialists. This year’s exhibition showcased over 1,000 inventions from 40 countries and regions.

• Presentation Award Result for 2022-2023 Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Day
  Oral Presentation Award
  Champion: LIU Xu (RMS)
  冠軍：劉栩（風險管理科學 研究碩士二年級）
  Merit: LIN Yiqi (STA)
  優異：林亦麒（統計學 博士四年級）

  Poster Presentation Award
  Champion: JIN Manting (RMS)
  冠軍：金曼婷（風險管理科學 研究碩士二年級）
  1st Runner-up: CHU Kai Pan (RMS)
  亞軍：朱啟斌（風險管理科學 研究碩士二年級）
  2nd Runner-up: SU Di (STA)
  季軍：肅棣（統計學 研究碩士二年級）

• Mr. Zhang Wenyu (PhD in STAT) and his teammates, again, won the Champion in Cloud Track of the Huawei ICT Competition (Asia-Pacific Region) on Feb 2023. Before that, he won the Champion on Dec 2022 (Hong Kong Region).More information can be found here.

• Prof. LIN Yuanyuan has been awarded the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2022.

• Our QFRM student Mr Cheung Chun Hin Angus was awarded the CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships for Excellence 2021/22.

  The CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships for Excellence is a prestigious award that is presented annually to students with excellent academic achievements at entrance, academic results at CUHK, communication skills, track record of distinguished leadership and non-academic performance.

  The presentation ceremony was held on 28 Sept 2022.

  More details can be found:
  https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press/first-cohort-of-eight-distinguished-students-awarded-cuhk-vice-chancellors-scholarships-for-excellence/

• Young Researcher Award 2021: Prof. WEI Yingying

  The Award was established in 2002 with the aim of recognising the research achievements of young faculty members of the University, and nominations from each Faculty features a young faculty who produces the best research output for the award.

• Our former PhD student Dr. Yan Tingjin (currently an Assistant Professor in East China Normal University) who was supervised by Prof. Wong Hoi Ying was awarded the Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Output Award 2020/2021 in recognition of his remarkable and impressive accomplishment in research studies.

  The Faculty Award Ceremony will be hosted on 27 August 2022.

• Prof. CHAN Kin Wai has been awarded the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2021.

• Our QFRM student Mr Cheng Kak Chi (team Plutus) won the Awards for

  • Best Return
  • Best Sharpe, and
  • Best Strategy Design

  in the Joint-University Algo FX Trading Challenge 2021 (Global) organised by Algo Challenge Association.

  Approximately 200 contestants from prestigious institutions in Hong Kong and all around the world have taken part in the global event started on November 2021.

  More details can be found:
  https://algochallenge.org/globalfx2021/

• Our former PhD student Dr. Yan Tingjin (currently an Assistant Professor in East China Normal University) who was supervised by Prof. Wong Hoi Ying was awarded Itarle Scholarship 2020/21. Itarle is a sponsor of PhD awards at CUHK. The Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science each have an award for the Student with outstanding performance in their thesis. An internship at Itarle (Hong Kong) will also be offered to each prize winner.

  More details can be found:
  https://itarle.com/itarle-sponsors-phd-awards/

  last update: 20220413

• The Faculty’s annual postgraduate research day was held on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 in face-to-face mode. The event provided a platform for postgraduate students to gain exposure in the seminar, to present their innovative research results and to share research ideas and experiences.

  Two students of our department were presented on the event and they both won the Presentation Award.
  Champion: WANGWU Jiaxuan, Statistics PhD student. Presentation Title:
  scAMACE: Model-Based Approach to the Joint Analysis of Single-Cell Data on Chromatin Accessibility, Gene Expression and Methylation.

  Second Runner-up: LEUNG Cheuk Wai, Dominic, Risk Management Science MPhil student. Presentation Title: Testing Variance Change under Varying Mean Structure.

  For details, please visit: http://www.sci.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/research/seminars/pg-research-day.

• Professor Wong Hoi Ying has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award 2020 and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2020 in recognition of his distinguished teaching performance. The Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order.

• Professor CHAN Ngai Hang was awarded Journal of Time Series Analysis Distinguished Author Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the journal, based on publications appearing in Volumes 1–41 inclusive. For details, please visit: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14679892/homepage/distinguished-authors.

  The Journal of Time Series Analysis started in 1980, has since become the leading journal in its field, publishing papers on both fundamental theory and applications, as well as review papers dealing with recent advances in major areas of the subject and short communications on theoretical developments. Further information can be found at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14679892/homepage/productinformation.html.

• Professor CHAN Kin Wai has been awarded  the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award, CUHK (2019) and Early Career Award, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2019), in recognition of his distinguished teaching performance and outstanding research talent.

  For details about Prof Chan’s Early Career Award, please visit: https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press/six-outstanding-cuhk-scholars-awarded-rgc-early-career-award-and-humanities-and-social-sciences-prestigious-fellowship-2019-2020/.

• Prof. Yingying Wei and her former PhD student Dr. Xiangyu Luo (currently an Assistant Professor in Renmin University of China) have been awarded the W. J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing in JSM 2019 for their publication “Batch Effects Correction with Unknown Subtypes, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 114 (526) 581-594.”

Further Reading: https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/W-J-Youden-Award-in-Interlaboratory-Testing.aspx

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• Mr. Fangda Song (Supervisor: Prof. Yingying Wei) has been awarded the 2019 ASA Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics’ Distinguished Student Paper.
• Title of paper: Flexible experimental designs for valid single-cell RNA-sequencing experiments allowing batch effects correction

• Professor Chan Kin Wai received Early Career Award 2019/20 from Research Grants Council. Among the 166 approved projects of the Early Career Scheme, seven projects were rated “outstanding” and also had their education plans rated “satisfactory”. The Principal Investigators of these seven outstanding projects would receive “The Early Career Award 2019/20” and also additional funding for engaging in educational activities.

• Professor Wong Hoi Ying has been appointed as Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science on a concurrent basis with effect from 1 August 2019. The University will provide $50,000/year to Professor Wong for 5 years to support his research activities.

• Dr. John Alexander Wright has been awarded the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2018.

• Professor Wong Hoi Ying has been awarded “The IMA Journal of Management Mathematics Best Paper of 2018” for the paper entitled “Optimal Investment for Insurers with Correlation Risk: Risk Aversion and Investment Horizon”. It is the annual prize for the best paper published in the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. The award was presented in the summer of 2019.

• The team of Science and Engineering graduates has won the National Winner in the ‘International Quant Championship 2018’ held in Beijing in July 2018. The team would compete in the Global Final to be held in Singapore.
  Besides, Statistics major student Ho, Ngok Chao has awarded the Outstanding Students Award 2018.
• Ho, Ngok Chao BSc in Statistics (Team Leader) Kou, Seng Pan BSc in Mathematics Choi, Ka Chon BSc in Computer Science Lin, Hao BSc in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management

• Professor WEI Yingying has been awarded the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2017.

• Professor Lin Yuanyuan has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2016. The VC’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order. This award was presented at the 83rd Congregation scheduled for 16 November 2017.

• Professor WONG Hoi Ying has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2015. The VC’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order. This award was presented at the 81st Congregation scheduled for 17 November 2016.

• Congratulations to our Year-3 QFRM student XI Yiru on awarding the first prize at the 2015 Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM). Yiru joined the competition with another two CUHK students from Math major and CS major. The CUMCM is an annual national competition, and is one of the largest mathematical competitions in modeling.

• Professor Shao Qiman has been appointed as Choh-Ming Li Professor of Statistics with effect from 1 August 2015 in recognition of his distinguished scholastic performance. The University will provide $100,000/year to Professor Shao for 5 years to support his academic and research activities.

• Mr. Pun Chi-seng, our Year 3 Statistics PhD student, recently won the 2015 Best Student Research Paper Award for a paper he presented at the 2015 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, the USA. This is the first time ever a PhD student from the Asia Pacific region has won this international competition. Mr. Pun Chi-seng’s award winning paper entitled “Combined Estimation-Optimization (CEO) Approach for High Dimensional Portfolio Selection. For more details: https://www.informs.org/Community/Finance.(See also theCUHK Press Release. )

• • Professor Poon Wai Yin has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award and the Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2013. The VC’s Exemplary Teaching Award is a prestigious award that is presented annually to outstanding teachers of the University, one from each of the eight Faculties and the General Education programme. The awardees’ achievements in teaching are considered by their peers and students to be of the highest order. This award was presented at the 76th Congregation scheduled for 20 November 2014.
  • In addition, Professor Poon has been appointed as Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Science on a concurrent basis with effect from 1 August 2014. The University will provide $50,000/year to Professor Poon for 5 years to support her research activities.

Our hearty congratulations to Professor Poon!