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Prof. Lilun DU
Academic qualification
- PhD 2015, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Statistics
- M.S. 2010, Nankai University, Statistics
- B.S. 2007, Nankai University, Mathematics
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor of ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2015-present
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Articles
- Du, L. and Hu, I. (2020), "An Empirical Bayes Method for Chi-Squared Data", Journal of American Statistical Association, forthcoming.
- Du, L. and Li, Q., "A Data-Driven Approach to High-Volume Recruitment: Application to Student Admission", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, forthcoming.
- Lan, W. and Du, L., "A Factor-Adjusted Multiple Testing Procedure with Application to Mutual Fund Selection", Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 37, 1, 2019, 147-157.
- Du, L., and Zhang, C. M., "Single-index Modulated Multiple Testing", Annals of Statistics, 42, 4, 2014, 1262-1311
SERVICE ACTIVITIES WITHIN COLLEGE AND PROFESSION
- Reviewer, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Journal of American Statistical Association, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Statistics Sinica, Technometrics, Annals of Statistics etc
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Large-scale inference
- Dynamic decision
- Empirical bayes methods
HONORS
- Dean's Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance, HKUST Business School, 2019
- Dean's Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance, HKUST Business School, 2018
- Hong Kong RGC Early Career Scheme (ECS) (2016-2019, PI)
- Travel Award, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) (2014)
- Honorable Mention, the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) (2007)
- First Class Award, National High School Mathematical Olympic Contest (2002)