In an attempt to become a top university by 2020, Peking University (PKU) will establish a center for statistical science. The center will promote statistical science and integrate statistical faculties from several schools, including the School of Mathematical Sciences and Guanghua School of Management, to improve statistical research, education, and collaboration.
The joint directors of the center are Song Xi Chen and Zhi Geng, with Dayue Chen serving as deputy director. The international advisory committee is chaired by Wing Wong of Stanford and includes Peter Bickel of the University of California, Berkeley; Jiangqing Fan of Princeton; Peter Hall of Melbourne and the University of California, Davis; T. L. Lai of Stanford; Zhiming Ma of the Chinese Academy of Science; and Jeff Wu of Georgia Tech.
The scientific committee is chaired by Bin Yu of the University of California, Berkeley, and includes Dayue Chen of PKU, Rong Chen of Rutgers, Song Xi Chen of PKU and Iowa State, Zhi Geng of PKU, Yonghua Hu of PKU, Jun Liu of Harvard, George Tiao of The University of Chicago, and Qiwei Yao (LSE).
The steering committee is chaired by the provost of PKU, Jihua Lin, and includes Xiaoming Li, assistant to the PKU president; Changping Wang, dean of the School of Mathematical Science; and Weiying Zhang, dean of the Guanghua School of Management.
The center was formally launched on July 5. About 200 guests and colleagues attended the launch, many of whom were participants of a conference that celebrated the birth of P. L. Hsu, the founder of statistics in China and the probability and statistics program at PKU.
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