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A Review of Prof. Kai-Tai Fang’s Contribution to the Education, Promotion, and Advancement of Statistics in China

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As an eminent leader in the field of statistics, Prof. Kai-Tai Fang has made impactful contributions to the application, promotion, education and advancement of statistics in China. Under his leadership, his team had completed some of the China’s hallmark industrial projects through novel applications of statistics and developments of new statistical methodologies. He has authored/coauthored a series of best-selling modern statistics textbooks, taught numerous workshops and short courses, and mentored a large number of students. He has been active in promoting scholastic exchanges and organizing national and international statistics conferences. He has also served on the leadership of many national and international statistics organizations and on the editorial boards of many major statistical journals. This article provides a selective review of Prof. Fang’s contributions to the education, promotion, and advancement of statistics in China.

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Xiaoling Pengs work was partially supported by Guangdong Natural Science Foundation No. 2018A0303130231.

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  1. Departments of Biostatistics and Biomedicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, USA

    Gang Li

  2. Division of Science and Technology, BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhuhai, 519087, China

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  2. Department of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Appendices

Appendix A.1: Academic Conferences Organized by Prof. Kai-Tai Fang

  1. 1

    Sino-Japan conference on statistics, Member, Chinese organization committee, 1984, Beijing, China.

  2. 2

    Sino-Japan symposium on statistics, Member of Chinese organization committee, 1986, Fukuoka, Japan.

  3. 3

    Sino-US conference on statistics, Member of Chinese organization committee, 1987, Beijing, China.

  4. 4

    Sino-Japan symposium on statistics, Member of Chinese organization committee, 1989, Tokyo, Japan.

  5. 5

    Sino-Japan symposium on statistics, Member of Chinese organization committee, 1986, Okayama, Japan.

  6. 6

    IMS conference, Organizer of Multivariate Analysis Under Non-normal Population, Colorado, USA, 1988.

  7. 7

    Asian congress of mathematicians, Deputy Head of the Chinese Delegation, August 1998, Hong Kong, China.

  8. 8

    The first conference on recent developments in statistics research, Hong Kong, December 1990.

  9. 9

    International symposium on multivariate analysis and its applications, Chair of the organization committee, 1992, Hong Kong, China.

  10. 10

    International workshop on Quasi-Monte Carlo methods and their applications, organizer, 1995, Hong Kong, China.

  11. 11

    1997 International Symposium on Contemporary Multivariate Analysis and Its Applications, Chair, 1997, Hong Kong, China.

  12. 12

    1999 Symposium on Theory of uniform Design and Its Applications, Chair, 1999, Hong Kong, China.

  13. 13

    The 4th Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Conference in Scientific Computing), Chair, 2000, Hong Kong, China.

  14. 14

    The 5th ICSA international conference, Member of the organizing committee, 2000, Hong Kong, China.

  15. 15

    The 5th International Conference on Optimization Techniques and Applications, Member of the organizing committee, 2001, Hong Kong, China.

  16. 16

    The 5th International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing, Member of the organizing committee, Nov. 2002, Singapore.

  17. 17

    International Conference on Applied Statistics, Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics, Member of the organizing committee, Dec. 2002, Hong Kong, China.

  18. 18

    2003 Symposium on The Uniform Experimental Design and its applications, Chair, Dec. 2003, Shenzhen, China.

  19. 19

    The 6th ICSA International Conference, Honorary Advisor, Jul. 2003, Singapore.

  20. 20

    International Conference on Chemometrics and Biometrics in Asia, Member of the organizing committee, Oct. 2003. Shanghai, China.

  21. 21

    The International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), Member of the organizing committee, 2004, Hong Kong, China.

  22. 22

    International Workshop on Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Chair, Dec. 2004, Hong Kong, China.

  23. 23

    International Conference on the Future of Statistical Theory, Practice and Education, Member of the International Advisory Board, Dec. 2004–Jan. 2005, Hyderabad, India.

  24. 24

    2005 Symposium on The Uniform Experimental Design and Its Applications, Member of the organizing committee, Aug. 2005, Jishou, China.

  25. 25

    International Conference on Design of Experiments: Theory and Applications, Member of the international advisory committee, May 2005, Memphis, the United States.

  26. 26

    The International Committee, International Conference: Statistics in the Technological Age, Member of the international advisory committee, Dec. 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  27. 27

    The 29th European Meeting Of Statisticians, Member of the international advisory committee, Jul. 2013, Budapest, Hungary.

  28. 28

    The 24th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (IWMS), (Member of Scientific Organizing Committee, May 2015 Haikou, China.

Appendix A.2: Prof. Kai-tai Fang’s Academic Services

1.1 A.2A Academic Organizations

  1. 1

    Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics, Secretary-general, Oct. 1982–Oct. 1984.

  2. 2

    Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics, Executive Director, 1982–1990.

  3. 3

    International Statistical Institute (ISI), Elected Member, 1985–2009.

  4. 4

    Chinese Mathematical Society, Executive Director, Vice Secretary-general, 1988–1992.

  5. 5

    Chinese Organization for Standardization of Statistical Methods Applications, Committee Member, Director of the Sixth Chapter Committee, 1983–1990.

  6. 6

    Chinese Association of Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Director, 1980–1990.

  7. 7

    Chinese Committee of Mathematical Geosciences, Committee Member, 1978–1985.

  8. 8

    International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, Director, 1981–1985.

  9. 9

    Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), Life Member, 1988–, Elected Member, 1992–.

  10. 10

    International Chinese Statistical Association (ISCA), Life Member, 1988–, Director, 1990–1994.

  11. 11

    Chinese Mathematical Society, President of Uniform Design, 1993–2003.

  12. 12

    Chinese Mathematical Society, Honorary President of Uniform Design, 1993–.

  13. 13

    Hong Long Institution of Science, Director, 1994–1998.

  14. 14

    International Statistical Institute(ISI), Executive Director, 1995–1999.

  15. 15

    Hong Kong Mathematical Society, Executive Director, 1994–1996.

  16. 16

    Hong Kong Mathematical Society, Fellow, 1990–.

  17. 17

    Southeast Asian Mathematical Society, Fellow, 1990–.

  18. 18

    Hong Kong Statistical Society, Fellow, 1991–, Honorary Member, 2002–.

  19. 19

    American Statistical Association (ASA), Fellow, 1993–, Elected Member, 2001–.

  20. 20

    Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), Member of the Academician Selection Committee, 2007–2009.

  21. 21

    Statistics Research Association of Anhui Province, Honorary President, 2001–2004.

  22. 22

    Experimental Design Chapter of China Statistics Research Association, Honorary President, 2010–.

1.2 A.2B Academic Journals

  1. 1

    Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, Vice Director, 1985–1992, Editor, 1992–.

  2. 2

    Chinese Journal of applied probability and statistics, Editor, 1985–1990.

  3. 3

    Journal of Mathematical Research with Applications and Comments, Editor, 1986–.

  4. 4

    Northeastern Mathematical Journal, Editor, 1985–.

  5. 5

    Journal of Quantitative Economics, Editor, 1984–.

  6. 6

    Mathematical Theory and Applied Probability, Editor, 1986–.

  7. 7

    Statistics & Probability Letters, Editor, 1988–2005.

  8. 8

    Statistica Sinica, 1993–1999, Editor, 2005–2012.

  9. 9

    Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Editor, 2002–2007.

  10. 10

    Statistics & Information Forum, Editor, 2009–.

  11. 11

    International Statistical Review, Editor, 2009–2010.

1.3 A.2C Editor-in-Chief Series

  1. 1

    Modern Applied Mathematics Methodology Series, Science Press, 1990–2004.

  2. 2

    Higher Education Modern Statistics Series, Higher Education Press, 2010–.

  3. 3

    Lecture Notes in Lecture Notes in Probability, Statistics and Data Science? For Higher Education Press, Beijing, 2017–2022.

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Li, G., Peng, X. (2020). A Review of Prof. Kai-Tai Fang’s Contribution to the Education, Promotion, and Advancement of Statistics in China. In: Fan, J., Pan, J. (eds) Contemporary Experimental Design, Multivariate Analysis and Data Mining. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46161-4_4

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