H.C. Carver Professor of Statistics
About
Xuming He received his PhD in Statistics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989. He joined the University of Michigan as H. C. Carver Collegiate Professor in 2011. His prior appointments include faculty positions at National University of Singapore and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Program Director of Statistics at National Science Foundation. His research interests include broad areas of robust statistics, semiparametric models, quantile regression, Bayesian inference, and subgroup analysis. His interdisciplinary research aims to promote the better use of statistics in biosciences, climate studies, concussion research, and social-economic studies.
Education
Ph.D. Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1989)
MS in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1988)
BS in Applied Mathematics, Fudan University (1984)
Honors and Awards
- Jerry and Ann Nerad Professorial Scholar Award, University of Illinois (2005)
- IMS Medallion Lecturer, Keynote Speaker at the Joint Statistical Meetings (2007)
- Visiting Chair Professorship of the Changjiang Scholars program, sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Education and Li Ka Shing Foundation (2008)
- Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Chinese Statistical Association (2015)
- Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award (2021)
- The Founders Award from the American Statistical Association (2021)
- Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan (2021)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow of the American Statistical Association
- Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute
Professional Services
- Board of Trustees, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (2021-)
- President-Elect (2021-2023), International Statistical Institute (ISI)
- Member of U.S. National Commission for Mathematics (2017-2021)
- Steering Group Member-at-Large, Section U of AAAS (2017-2021)
- Program Director of Statistics, National Science Foundation (2003-2005)
- Co-editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association (2011-2014)
- Editor, IMS Bulletin 2007-2010
- President of the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA), 2010
- Program Chair of JSM 2010
- Co-Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory & Methods) (2011-2014)
- Chair of Scientific Program Committee of the 2013 World Statistics Congress
- Council member of IMS (2004-2006), Council member of ISI (2013-2016)
- Statistics Editor, IMS Monographs/Textbooks (2017-2020)
