- T. Tony Cai
T. Tony Cai (
Chinese : 蔡天文; aka Tianwen CAI), is an Americanstatistician . He is the current Dorothy Silberberg Professor and Professor of Statistics at theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania . He is the winner of2008 COPSS Presidents' Award .Career
Cai was born in
Rui'an ,Wenzhou ,Zhejiang Province ,People's Republic of China . In1986 , Cai graduated from the Departemnt of Mathematics,Hangzhou University (previous and currentZhejiang University ) when he was only 18 years old [ [http://www.wzwmw.com/pages/18/200808/20-2001.html 瑞安学子蔡天文的求学成才路 - 温州文明网] ] . In 1989, Cai received MSc fromShanghai Jiao Tong University . Cai earned PhD fromCornell University [ [http://www.zju.edu.cn/zdxw/jd/read.php?recid=24121 求是新闻网 - 校友蔡天文荣获国际统计学“考普斯”奖] ] .Cai has four brothers and one sister. His sister Tianxi Cai is also working on
statistics , and is anassociate professor of biostatistics atHarvard University [ [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/tianxi-cai/ Tianxi Cai's homepage at Harvard] ] . His brother Tianwu Michael Cai, also majored inmathematics (PhD, Rochester) is avice-president ofGoldman Sachs .Honors and awards
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COPSS Presidents' Award 2008, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.
* Fellow,Institute of Mathematical Statistics , 2006.Extra links
* [http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~tcai/ T. Tony Cai's homepage at the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania]
* [http://www.zju.edu.cn/zdxw/jd/read.php?recid=24121 校友蔡天文荣获国际统计学“考普斯”奖 (Zhejiang University (ZJU) news: Alumus T.Tony Cai wins 2008 COPSS Presidents' Award)]References
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