Qi-Man Shao
Chinese probabilist and statistician
Qi-Man Shao (Chinese: 邵启满; born 1962) is a Chinese probabilist and statistician mostly known for his contributions to asymptotic theory in probability and statistics. He is currently a Chair Professor of Statistics and Data Science at the Southern University of Science and Technology.
Biography
He earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics and a master's degree in Statistics & Probability from Hangzhou University (now Zhejiang University) in 1983 and 1986, respectively. He went to graduate school at the University of Science and Technology of China and received a Ph.D. degree in Statistics & Probability in 1989. He spent four years as lecturer and then associate professor at Hangzhou University from 1986 to 1990. In July 1990, he joined Carleton University, Canada as a visiting research fellow, working with Miklós Csörgő. From September 1991 to August 1992, he worked as a Taft Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cincinnati. He joined the National University of Singapore as a lecturer in 1992, and later became a senior lecturer.
He joined the University of Oregon as an assistant professor in 1996, and was later promoted to associate professor and professor. From 2005 to 2012, he was a professor and Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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