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Academic Achievements
Associate Editor of Journal of the American Statistical Association, Theory and Methods, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Statistica Sinica, and Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. Former Associate Editor for Reproducibility (2019-2022) of Journal of the American Statistical Association, Applications and Case Studies. A Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, a member of the American Statistical Association, and a member of the International Chinese Statistical Association.
Research Experience
Serves as the Director of PhD program in Statistics (2023 – now) and the Master’s Program in Statistical Data Science (2023 – now) at Temple University; previously led the Graduate Programs in Statistics (2016-2019). Holds associate editor roles for several prestigious journals.
Education
Ph.D. in Statistics from Iowa State University (2008), Advisor: Song X. Chen; M.S. in Statistics from National University of Singapore (2003); B.S. in Management Science and Computer Science from University of Science and Technology of China (2001).
Background
Research interests: Methods, theory, and applications in statistics and data science. Currently a Professor and the Cyrus C.K. Curtis Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science at Temple University's Fox School of Business.
Miscellany
Contact: Room 276, Building 1810, 1810 Liacouras Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6083; Phone: (215) 204-3191; Email: yongtang@temple.edu