Vita

1963   Born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Education:

1979-1983  B.S. in Mathematics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 

1984-1989  Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles   (Advisor: T.M. Liggett)

 

Empolyment:

1985-1989  Teaching/Research Assistant,  Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA

1989-1991  Visiting Assistant Professor,  Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern University

1991-1993  Postdoctoral Research Fellow,  Dept of Mathematics, Peking University

1993-1997  Associate Professor,  Department of Probability and Statistics, Peking University

1997--        Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University

MEMBERSHIPS
1985
Member of the American Mathematical Society.
1991
Member of the Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics (CSPS).
1995
Member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
2013 -    Associate Dean, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA.

2010-          Deputy Director, Center for Statistical Science, Peking University

20082013  Chair, Department of Probability and Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA.
2004
2008  Head, Probability Group, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA.
2003
2008  Associate Director, Key Lab of Mathematics and Its Application, The Ministry of Education, Beijing, CHINA.
1998
2002  Associate Dean, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA.
1995
1997  Vice Chairman, Department of Probability and Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

2011-2015     Vice Presidents, Chinese Mathematical Society

2011-2012     Member of the Scientific Panel, the Summer School in Probability, PIMS, UBC, Vancouver, Canada.
2010-2012     Member, IMS Committee on Asia Pacific Rim Meetings.

2010       Editor, Advance in Mathematics, an official journal of the Chinese Mathematical Society.
2008.2-2010.1    Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan.

20072009     Member of the Scientific Panel, the Summer School in Probability, PIMS, UBC, Vancouver, Canada.

2006       Member of the Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, an official journal of the Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics.
2006
       Member of the Editorial Board, Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, an official journal of the Chinese Mathematical Society.
2004
       Member of the Editorial Board, The Journal of Systems Science and Mathematical Sciences.
2000
2008      Member of the Editorial Board, Peking University Texts in Mathematics.
2002
2010      Council Member, The Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics.
1994
1998      Deputy Secretary, The Chinese Society of Probability and Statistics.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS
2009    National Award for Educational Achievemets, The Ministry of Education, jointly with S.Y.
He, Z. Geng, X.Z. Fang & Y.X. Ren.
2009    Top 10 Instructor, Peking University 10 best teachers are annually selected campus-wide by students
vote,.
2005    Zhengda Teaching Award, First Class, Peking University
2004    Award for Educational Achievemets, The Municipal Government of Beijing, jointly with M.P. Qian, S.Y. He & L.P. Liu.

2002    Award for Young College Teachers, The Ministry of Education, PR CHINA.
2001    Award for Progress in Science & Technology, Second Class, The Municipal Government of Beijing, jointly with Min-ping Qian.
1999    Zhou Peiyuan Teaching Award, Zhou Peiyuan Foundation, Peking University
1996    Gangsong Teaching Award, Peking University
1994    Gangsong Teaching Award, Peking University
1985
1989 Tuition Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles,Full tuition scholarship for graduate study in mathematics.
1984
1985 University Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles.
1983    Selected and recommended by the American Mathematical Society Committee on screening students from the People
s Republic of China.

 

 Erdos Number is 3 
(Dayue Chen --> Liggett, Thomas M.--> DARLING, DONALD A.--> Erdos)
(Dayue Chen --> Liggett, Thomas M.--> NEVEU, JACQUES --> Erdos)
(Dayue Chen --> Peres, Yuval -->        ALON, NOGA --> Erdos)
(Dayue Chen --> Peres, Yuval --> SCHULMAN, LEONARD J. --> Erdos)

Mathematical Geneology (quoted from http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tml)

        T.M.Liggett

        S. Karlin

        S. Bochner

        E. Schmidt

        D. Hilbert

        C. Lindeman

        F. Klein

        R. Lipschitz

        G. Dirichlet

        S. Poisson and J. Fourier

        J. Lagrange

        L. Euler

        J. Bernoulli