Education
Harvard University; Fudan University.
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Xiao Meng
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Career
He has written numerous research papers about Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms and other statistical methodology. Since 2004 Meng has been Chair of Harvard"s Department of Statistics, where he has helped create innovative new statistics courses designed to give students a more positive impression of the subject. He edited the journals Bayesian Analysis from 2003 to 2005 and Statistica Sinica from 2005 to 2008.
On August 14, 2012, Xiao-Li Meng was appointed dean of Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).
Meng received his Bachelor of Science from Fudan University in 1982 and his Doctor of Philosophy in statistics from Harvard University in 1990. He was elected a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1997 and of the American Statistical Association in 2004.
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United States
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COPSS Presidents' Award
The COPSS Presidents' Award is given annually by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies to a person under the age of 40, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics.The COPSS Presidents' Award is given annually by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies to a person under the age of 40, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics.