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14 Nov 2018

Professor Yin Guosheng conferred the Patrick S C Poon Professorship in Statistics and Actuarial Science

    Professor Yin Guosheng of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science was conferred the Patrick S C Poon Professorship in Statistics and Actuarial Science starting from Oct 2018. Professor Yin gained his PhD from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003. He joined the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at HKU in 2009 and was promoted to Professor in 2014. His research interests include AI, Bayesian methods; big data; clinical trials; deep learning; high-dimensional analysis; machine learning and survival analysis. He has published more than 120 articles in international journals and two books. He has also served on the editorial boards of leading international journals, including Statistical Analysis and Data Mining, Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science, Journal of American Statistical Association, Contemporary Clinical Trials and Bayesian Analysis. Professor Yin was the World's top 1% scholar in 2015 according to Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators (ESI). He is also a Fellow of American Statistical Association, an elected member of International Statistical Institute and a recipient of University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill Distinguished Alumni Award.

    About Patrick S C Poon Professorship in Statistics and Actuarial Science
    "The establishment of this Endowed Professorship helps The University of Hong Kong secure its leadership position in the field of Statistics and Actuarial Science. May the fine tradition of teaching and research at the University be strengthened and generations of students be inspired. "

    Dr Patrick S C Poon (BSc 1970)