Lin CV (September 2019)
Dennis K.J. Lin
University Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics
The Pennsylvania State University, 317 Thomas Building, University Park, PA 16802-2111
(814) 865-0377 (phone), (814) 863-7114 (fax), DKL5@psu.edu (e-mail)
EDUCATION
December, 1988 | Ph.D. | Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (Minor in Computer Science) |
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June, 1981 | B.S. | Mathematics, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, ROC |
EMPLOYMENT
01/15 to present | University Distinguished Professor | Department of Statistics, Penn State University |
07/09 to 12/14 | Professor | Department of Statistics, Penn State University |
01/05 to 12/09 | University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain & Statistics | Penn State University |
01/02 to 12/04 | Professor | Department of Supply Chain & Information Systems |
07/98 to 12/02 | Professor | Department of Management Sciences & Information Systems |
07/98 to present | Adjunct Professor | Department of Statistics and Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Penn State University |
07/95 to 06/98 | Associate Professor, Tenured | MS&IS, Penn State University |
08/93 to 06/95 | Associate Professor, Tenured | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
08/93 to 08/94 | Visiting Scientist | IBM Watson Research Center |
07/89 to 07/93 | Assistant Professor | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
01/89 to 06/89 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of Toronto |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- American Statistical Association (Elected Fellow).
- International Statistical Institute (Elected Member).
- American Society for Quality (Elected Fellow).
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Elected Fellow).
- The Royal Statistical Society (Elected Fellow).
- International Society for Business and Industry Statistics (ISBIS, Founding Member)
- Chung-Hua Data Mining Society (Founding Member).
- International Chinese Statistical Association (lifetime member).
- Chinese Statistical Association, Taipei (lifetime member).
- New York Academy of Science (ex-Member).
- INstitute For Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS, ex-member).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Design of Experiments, Quality Assurance, Response Surface Methodology, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology and Data Mining, RFID, Statistical Inference.
SELECTIVE (YEARLY) PUBLICATIONS
A total of near 200 papers are listed at Publication. All can be downloaded at the website, http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/x/jxz203/lin/Lin_pub/.
- Peng, J.Y., Mukerjee, Rahul and Lin, Dennis K.J., (2019) “Design of Order-of-Addition Experiments,” Biometrika, forthcoming
- Shen, W.J. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2019) “Statistical Theories for Dimensional Analysis,” Statistica Sinica, 29, 527—550.
- Shen, Weijie and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2018) “A Conjugate Model for Dimensional Analysis,” Technometrics, 60, 79—89.
- Li, X.D., He, X., He, Y.Z. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2017) “The Design and Analysis for the Icing Wind Tunnel Experiment of Deicing Coating,” Journal of American Statistical Association, 112, 1417—1429.
- Huang, Hengzhen, Lin, Dennis K.J., Liu, Min-Qian, and Yang, Jian-Feng, (2016) “Design and Analysis for Computer Experiments with Both Qualitative and Quantitative Variables,” Technometrics, 58, 495—507.
- Phoa, Frederick K.H. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2015) “A Systematic Approach from the Construction of Definitive Screening Designs,” Statistica Sinica, 25, 853—861.
- Shen, W.J., Davis, T., Lin, Dennis K.J. and Nachtsheim, C.J. (2014) “Dimensional Analysis and Its Applications in Statistics,” Journal of Quality Technology, 46, 185—198.
# This paper won the 2014 ASQ Brumbaugh Award. - Lin, Dennis K.J. and Shen, W.J. (2013) “Comments: Experimental Design for Engineering Dimensional Analysis,” Technometrics, 55, 281-285.
- Tang, Y., Xu, H.Q. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2012) “Uniform Fractional Factorial Designs,” Annals of Statistics, 40, 891-907.
- Ying, W., Zhao Z.B. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2012) “A General Class of Nonparametric L-1 Regression with Its Application to Profile Control Charts,” Annals of Applied Statistics, 6, 409-427.
- Sun, F.S., Liu, M.Q. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2011) “On Construction of Optimal Mixed-Level Supersaturated Designs,” Annals of Statistics, 39, 1310-1333.
- Coetzer, R.L.J., Engelbrecht, J.P., Crause, J.C. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2010) “Statistical Robustness Study for Kinetic Models,” Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research, 49, 2932—2942.
- Sun, F.S., Liu, M.Q. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2009) “Construction of Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs,” Biometrika, 96, 971-974.
- Huang, Z. and Lin, Dennis K.J. “The Time Series Link Prediction Problem with Applications in Email Surveillance,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, 21, 286-303.
- Coetzer, R.L.J., Rossouw, R.F. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2008)“Dual Response Surface Optimization with Hard-to-Change Variable for Sustainable Gasifier performance,” Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Sec.C., 57, 567-587.
- Huang, C.M., Lee, Y.J., Lin, Dennis K.J. and Huang S.Y. (2007) “Model Selection for Support Vector Machines via Uniform Design,” Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 52, 335-346. <Most Citation Award given in Year 2012>
- Mcdermott, J. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2007) “Multivariate Density Estimation for Massive Datasets via Sequential Convex Hull Peeling,” IIE Transaction in Quality and Reliability, 39, 581-591.
- Steinberg, David M. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2006) “A Construction Method for Orthogonal Latin Hypercube Designs,” Biometrika, 93, 279-288 (Amendments on p.1025).
- Xu, K., Lin, Dennis K.J., Tang, L.C. and Xie, M. (2004) “Multiresponse Systems Optimization Using the Goal Attainment Approach,” IIE Transaction, Quality and Reliability Engineering, 36, 433-445.
- Li, W.W. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2003), “Optimal Foldover Two-Level Fractional Factorial Designs,” Technometrics, 45, 142-149.
- Liechty, J., Lin, Dennis K.J., and Mcdermott, J. (2003), “Single-Pass Low-Storage Arbitrary Quantile Estimation for Massive Datasets,” Statistics & Computing, 13, 91-100.
- Beattie, Scott D., Fong, Duncan K.H. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2002) “A Two-Stage Model Selection Strategy for Supersaturated Designs,” Technometrics, 44, 55-63.
- McGrath, Richard N. and Dennis K.J. Lin, (2001) “Testing Multiple Dispersion Effects in Unreplicated Fractional Factorial Designs,” Technometrics, 43, 406-414.
- Fang, K.T., Lin, D.K.J., Winker, Peter and Zhang, Y (2000) “Uniform Design: Theory and Application,” Technometrics, 42, 237-248.
- Kim, Kwang-Jae and Lin, Dennis K.J. (2000) “Simultaneous Optimization of Mechanical Properties of Steel by Maximizing Exponential Desirability Functions,” Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Ser. C (Applied Statistics), 49, 311-325.
- Deng, L.Y., Lin, Dennis K.J. and Wang, J.N. (1999) “On Resolution Rank Criterion for Supersaturated Design,” Statistica Sinica, 9, 605-610.
- Westfall, Peter H., Young, S. Stanley and Lin, Dennis K.J. (1998) “Forward Selection Error Control in the Analysis of Supersaturated Designs,” Statistica Sinica, 8, 101-117.
- Deng, L.Y., Lin, Dennis K.J., Wang, J.N. and Yuan, Y. (1997) “Statistical Justification to the Combination Generators” Statistica Sinica, 7, 993-1003.
- Lin, Dennis K.J., Usher, J.S. and Guess, F.M. (1996) “Bayesian Estimation of Component-Reliability from Masked System-Life Data,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 45, 233-237.
- Lin, Dennis K.J. (1995) “Generating Systematic Supersaturated Designs,” Technometrics, 37, 213-225.
- Lin, Dennis K.J. (1994) “Making Full Use of Taguchi’s Orthogonal Arrays,” Quality and Reliability Engineering, International, 10, 117-121.
- Lin, Dennis K.J. (1993) “A New Class of Supersaturated Designs,” Technometrics, 35, 28-31.
- Lin, Dennis K.J. (1993) “Another Look at First-order Saturated Designs: the p-efficient Designs,” Technometrics, 35, 284-292.
- Lin, Dennis K.J. and Draper, N.R. (1992) “Projection Properties of Plackett and Burman Designs,” Technometrics, 34, 423-428.
- Draper, N.R. and Lin, Dennis K.J. (1990) “Small Response Surface Designs,” Technometrics, 32, 187-194.
SELECTIVE INVITED LECTURES
(A detailed of near 800 presentations are given at Presentation. Here are some selective ones.)
- “Ghost Data,” Yuan-Shih Chow Lecturer, The 28th Southern Taiwan Statistical Conference (Taichung, Taiwan, 2019).
- “Design and Analysis for Order-of-Addition Experiments,” Hunter Conference (Raonoke, VA, 2018).
- “Big Data—it is not about Big, nor Data, it is more about Statistics,” 2017 JMP Discovery Summit (Beijing, 2017).
- “SRC & AutoStat@Big2Data.IoT,” Banquet Speech at Spring Research Conference (IIT, Chicago, 2016).
- “AutoStat@Big2Data.IoT–Statistics for Internet of Things,” 2015 JMP Discovery Summit (Shanghai, 2015).
- “A tribute to C.F. Jeff Wu,” Banquet Speech at Statistics Conference in Honor of Jeff Wu’s 65th Birthday (MiLe, China, 2014).
- “Statistics for Big Data,” Southern Taiwan Conference on Probability & Statistics (Taiwan, 2014).
- “A tribute to George E.P. Box,” Fall Technical Conference Luncheon Speaker (with Stu Hunter, San Antonio, 2013).
- “BIGstat@IC2SA,” Banquet Speaker, ICSA-Canada Chapter Meeting (Toronto, 2013).
- “BIG Statistics,” 2011 Loutit Address, Statistical Society of Canada (June, 2011).
- “BIG Statistics,” 2011 Joint Seminar of Clemson-UGA (Clemson, SC; April, 2011).
- “Youden Square to George Box to Latin Hypercube,” The 2010 Youden Address at Fall Technical Conference (Birmingham, AL; October, 2010).
- “Recent Advances in Computer Experiment,” The 50th Anniversary of Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin (June, 2010).
- “Computer Experiment: Recent Developments,” The 2009 Taipei Conference on Statistics & Probability (National Taipei University).
- “Process Mining and RFID,” IEEE-IEEM Keynote Speech, Singapore (2008).
- “Recent Advances in Design of Experiments,” Keynote speech, South African Statistical Association (SASA) Conference, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa, 2006).
- “Supersaturated Design: A Review and Some Potential Research,” DEMA2006 (Designed Experiments: Recent Advances in Methods and Applications), University of Southampton (United Kingdom, 2006).
- “Recent Advances in Industrial Statistics,” Distinguished Lecture Series, Mathematics Research Center, Zhejiang University (Hangzhow, China, 2005).
- “Response Surface Methodology: 50 Years Later,” Distinguished Lecture Series, Number 8, Institute of Statistical Sciences, Academia Sinica (Taipei, 2004).
- “Ridge Trace Analysis for Multiple Response Surface,” 2003 Experimental Design Workshop at Taipei (December, 2003)
- “Supersaturated Design: The Past Decade and The Future,” 2002 Taipei International Statistical Symposium (August, 2002).
- “Design of Experiment, Uniformity and Data Mining,” International Conference on Design of Experiments: Recent Trends and Future Directions, University of Delhi (Delhi, India, December, 2001)
- “Supersaturated Design,” One Day Workshop in Honor of Dennis Lin, hosted by Hyundai Motor Company and Korea Statistical Society (Seoul, February, 2001).
- “Recent Advances in Uniform Design,” Invited Keynote speaker in R.C. Bose Memorial Session, International Triennial Calcutta Symposium (Calcutta, India, December, 2000).
- “Statistical Data Mining,” A Two-Day Workshop at National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan (June, 2000).
- “What’s Statistics All About,” A TV presentation at Korea Open University, Seoul, Korea (June, 2000).
- “Design of Experiment: A Historical Perspective,” Invited Keynote Speech, Uniform Design Conference, Hong Kong (October, 1999).
- “Simultaneously Optimizing Several Response Surfaces: A Fuzzy Modeling Approach,” Q&P Invited Paper, Joint Statistical Meetings, ASA, Baltimore, MD (August, 1999).
- “Modern Quality Engineering for Government Budgeting,” Annual Meeting on Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Taiwan Province (May, 1998).
- “Modern Quality Engineering,” LG Micor Ltd., Kumi City, Korea (March, 1998).
- “Designing Computer Experiments,” Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany (November, 1998).
- “Rotated Factorial Designs for Computer Experiments,” Irsee Invited Conference, Irsee, Germany (October, 1997).
- “Recent Developments in Supersaturated Designs,” ASA Joint Meetings, ICSA Invited Session, Anaheim, CA (August, 1997).
- “Supersaturated Designs: Theory and Applications,” ASA Joint Meetings, SPES Invited Session, Chicago, IL (August, 1996).
- “Marginally Over-saturated Designs,” IMS Central Regional Meeting honoring the 70th Birthday of Bob Hogg, Iowa City, IA (May, 1995).
- “Recent Advances in Response Surface Designs,” The 12th Annual Quality and Productivity Research Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (May, 1995).
- “Masked System Lifetime Data Analysis,” International Research Conference on Lifetime Data Models in Reliability and Survival Analysis, Harvard University (June, 1994).
- “Supersaturated Designs,” Gordon Research Conference on Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Hampton, New Hampshire (August, 1994).
- “Plackett and Burman Designs: Some Recent Developments,” Optimal Design Conference, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany (May, 1993).
- “Economical Experimental Designs,” International Chinese Statistical Association Applied Statistics Symposium, Rutgers University (May, 1992).
- “Robust Designs: A Japanese Approach to Quality and Productivity,” Department of Statistics, University of Georgia (May, 1991).
- “Taguchi, the Person, the Method and the Thought,” The 1990 Quality Clinic and Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee (March, 1990).
PATENT
- “An Algorithm for Single-Pass Low-Storage Arbitrary Probability Estimation for Massive Data Sets,” (2002) PSU Invention Disclosure Number #2001-2444; U.S. Patent#7,076,487 (with John Liechty and James McDermott).
- “Random Number Generators,” (2007) PSU Invention Disclosure Number #2007-xxxx (With Deng, L.Y.)
LECTURES ON TELEVISION PROGRAM
- What’s Statistics All About (and Modern Quality Engineering), Open University Network (1998, Seoul, Korea).
- Statistical Data Mining, Open University Network (2001, Seoul, Korea)
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES
- Hiring Committee, Chair five times and as Committee Members many times in Department of Management Sciences & Information Systems (1995-2002), Department of Supply Chain & Information Systems (2003-2008), and Department of Statistics (2009-2013).
- P&T (Promotion & Tenure) Committee Chair for three times, and being members since tenured in 1993.
- Chair, Search Committee for Eberly Chair Professorship (2009).
- Graduate Students Advisor, Department of Management Science & Information Systems.
- Faculty Advisory Committee (Smeal College of Business).
- Chair (2004) and Chair-Elected (2003), Section on Physical & Engineering Sciences, American Statistical Association.
- Chair, Committee on Membership, American Statistical Association (2003—2005).
- Co-Editor, ASMBI (Applied Stochastic Models for Business & Industry).
- Conference Organizer/Chair for various international/national conferences.
RESEARCH GRANTS
- Study on Order-of-Addition Experiments, National Science Foundation (NSF, 2018-2022, $150,000).
- Penn State – NTNU Collaboration Development Fund (2019—2020).
- Dimensional Analysis and Its Applications in Statistics, National Security Agent (NSA, 2015-2017, $80,000.00).
- Research Grant Competition, The Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University (2006-2007, $20,000.00).
- Exploiting RFID Technology under Different Supply Chain Integration Strategies, IBM Integrated Supply Chain Consortium (2005, with Jun Shu, $50,000.00).
- A Power5-Based SMP Computer for Simulations of Explosions, Statistical Data Mining, BioInformatics, Collaborative Software and Graduate Education, IBM Shared University Research Grant (2005, with L.N. Long and A.M. Lesk, $500,000.00).
- Research Grant Competition, The Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University (2005-2006, $25,000.00).
- Study on Optimal Budget Allocation, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Taiwan, ROC (2003-2004, $12,000.00).
- Research Grant Competition, The Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University (2004-2005, $20,000.00).
- Recent Development in Quality Assurance and Six Sigma, Mathematical Research Center (2003, Taiwan, R.O.C., $1,500.00)
- Research Grant Competition, The Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University (2003-2004, $10,000.00).
- Statistical Data Mining in e-Business, National Science Council of Taiwan (2002-2005, $24,242.00, a subcontract of a research project under Dr. K.F. Cheng of $1.5 million).
- Computer Experiment and Uniform Design, National Security Agency, (2002-2004, $45,083.00).
- A Study on Latin Hypercube Design, National Science Council of Taiwan, Republic of China, Taiwan (2001-2002, $34,664.00).
- Research Grant Competition, Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University (2001-2002, $11,400.00).
- Teaching Enhancement Award, Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University (2001-2002, $7,250.00).
- Data Mining Workshop, National Science Council of Taiwan, Republic of China, Taiwan (2000, $2,500.00).
- “First Midwest Conference for New Direction in Experimental Design,” National Science Foundation (2000, $16,120.00, with Angela Dean (Principal Investigator), Kathryn Chaloner, and Dibyen Majumdar).
- National Science Foundation (1997-2000, $168,102.00).
- Research Fellowship, The University of Hong Kong (1999, $2,700.00).
- Census Bureau, Taiwan, ROC (1998, part of the Census 2000 project of $60 Million budget).
- National Science Council of Taiwan, Republic of China, Taiwan (1998, $30,000.00, a subcontract of a research project under Dr. Min-Te Chao).
- IBM Shared University Research Grant (1997, PI with Sandy D. Balkin and J. Keith Ord, (1997, $30,000.00).
- Innovation in Learning Project Fund, Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning, Penn State University (1997, with J. Keith Ord, $5,000.00).
- Gender and Location Effects in Taiwan Economics, Census Bureau, Taiwan, ROC (1997, $3,000.00).
- New Faculty Projects Fund Award, The Smeal College of Business Administration, Penn State University (1996, $2,500.00).
- Professional Development Award, University of Tennessee (1993-1995, $12,000.00).
- National Science Foundation (1992-1995, $12,000.00).
- Professional Development Award, University of Tennessee (1992-1993, $5,000.00).
- Faculty Research Fellowship, College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee- Knoxville (1991-1992, $7,000.00).
- Faculty Research Fellowship, CBA, University of Tennessee (1990-1991, $7,000.00).
- Faculty Research Fellowship, CBA, University of Tennessee (1989-1990, $7,000.00).
HONORS AND AWARDS
Professional Fellows
- Elected Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2013).
- Elected Fellow, American Society for Quality (2006).
- Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (1998).
- Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (1994).
- (Elected) Fellow, Royal Statistical Society (1988).
Professional Awards
- The 2019 Yuan-Shin Chow Award, The Chinese Probability Society (Taiwan).
- The 2016 SPES Award (ASA).
- The 2015 Shewhart Medal, the American Society for Quality.
- The 2015 Brumbaugh Award, the American Society for Quality.
- The 2014 William G. Hunter Award, the American Society for Quality.
- The 2011 Don Owen Award, San Antonio Chapter, American Statistical Association.
- The Isobel Loutit Address Speaker, Statistical Society of Canada (2011, Acadia University).
- The Youden Address Speaker, The 2010 Fall Technical Conference (2010, Birmingham, AL).
- The Shewell Award, American Society for Quality (2010).
- Faculty Scholar Medal Award (The Recipient for Social & Behavioral Sciences), The Pennsylvania State University (2004).
- The Best Paper Award, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (with Kwang-Jae Kim, 1998).
- Citation of Excellent Service, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Taiwan, ROC (1998).
- Citation of Excellence, ANBAR Electronic Intelligence (1998).
- Visiting Scientist Fellowship, IBM Watson Research Center (1993-1994).
Honorary Professorship
- Honorary Professor, College of Management, National Normal University (Taiwan, 2018—present).
- Honorary Professor, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, the University of Hong Kong (2015—2018).
- Shan-Jing Scholar, Shanxi University of Finance & Economics (2015—2018).
- Chang-Jiang Scholar, Remin University of China (2008-2010).
- Mercator Visiting Professor, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) program, University of Giessen (Germany, 2008).
- Visiting Scholar Award, Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University (China, 2008).
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan, 2004-2005).
- Honorary Fellow Professor, Jinan University (Guangzhou, China, 2010)
- Honorary Fellow Professor, Fudan University (Shanghai, China, 2006)
- Honorary Chair Professor, National Chengchi University (Taiwan, 2004)
- Honorary Fellow Professor, Remin University of China (Beijing, China, 2003)
- Honorary Chair Professor, XiAn Statistical Institute (China, 2001)
- Research Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore (2001).
- William Mong Research Fellow, The University of Hong Kong (1999).
Others
- Most Outstanding Presentation Award, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA (1993).
- Alma & Hal Reagan Scholars Award, College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee (1993, 1994).
- Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee (1992).
- Listed in Who’s Who in Business Higher Education (WWBHE).
- Listed in Who’s Who Among Asian American (1994), Gale Research Inc.: Washington, D.C..
- Beginning Researcher Award, Gordon Research Conference on Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (1991).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Service
- Co-Editor, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (2008-2010).
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on Response Surface Methodology, International Journal of Quality Technology & Quality Management (2008)
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on ISBIS4 conference papers, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (2006).
- Associate Editor, Technometrics (2007—2010).
- Associate Editor, Journal of Data Science (2001—present).
- Associate Editor, International Journal of Quality Technology & Quality Management (2002—present).
- Editorial Review Board member, Journal of Quality Technology (1994—present).
- Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (2006—present).
- Associate Editor, Statistica Sinica (1999—2002, 2005—2011).
- Associate Editor, Journal of Statistics and Its Applications (2004—present).
- Associate Editor, Journal of Data Analysis (2008—present).
- Associate Editor, Statistics and Informatics (2008—present).
- Associate Editor, Taiwan Outlook (2001—2004).
- Associate Editor, The American Statistician (1996—2002).
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on Data Mining, Journal of Statistics, National Cheng-Kung University (Volume 24, 2001).
- Managing Editor, Statistica Sinica (1997-1999).
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on Uniform Design, Journal of Chinese Statistical Association (December Issue, 2000).
Professional Committees
- The Don Owen Award Committee (ASA).
- The Shewhart Medal Award Committee (ASQ)
- Chair (2004) and Chair-Elected (2003), Section on Physical & Engineering Sciences, American Statistical Association.
- Program Chair, Section on Physical & Engineering Sciences, American Statistical Association (1998).
- Council Member, International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS, 2007-2010).
- Steering Committee, Quality and Productivity Research Conference (1993—1994).
- Fundraising Committee, International Chinese Statistical Association (1992—1994).
- Chair, Committee on Membership, American Statistical Association (2003—2005).
- Committee on Membership, American Statistical Association (2001—2003).
- Board of Directors, International Chinese Statistical Association (1997—2000).
- Committee for Applied Statistics, American Statistical Association (1996—1999).
- Nominating Committee, International Chinese Statistical Association (2000—2001).
- Fundraising Committee, International Chinese Statistical Association (1992—1994).
- Editor Search Committee, International Journal of Quality Technology & Quality Management (2003)
- Editor Search Committee, Journal of Quality Technology (2011).
- SAMSI Forensic Statistics Committee (2015-).
- Committee Member, The ASQ Shewhart Medal Committee (2015-)
Program Reviewer
- Institute of Statistical Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan, 2007).
- Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Yuanze University (Taiwan, 2007).
- Operation Research Program, Penn State University (2006).
- The College of Reviewers, The Canada Research Chairs Program (2002—2005).
Advisory Board
- Board of Trustees, NISS (National Institute of Statistical Sciences, 2016—2019).
- SAMSI Leader Group in Forensic Statistics (2014—2016)
- Policy Advisory Committee Member, Sun Yat-Sen Management Review (2006—present).
- Board of Directors, Chung-Hua Data Mining Society (2002—2004).
- Session of Uniform Design, China Mathematical Society (2000-2003, 2004-2007).
- Finance & Monetary Division, National Policy Foundation, Taiwan (2002-present).
- Taiwan Research Institute, Taiwan (2001—2004).
- Tai-Fang Inc., Taiwan (2003—2005).
- Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Taiwan, ROC (1998-2000).
- Statistical Consulting Center, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, ROC (1997-present).
Conferences
- Program Committee, The 3rd Pacific Rim Production Engineering and Experimental Design and Analysis Conferences, Hsinchu, Taiwan (2017).
- Program Committee, The 10th ICSA International Conference, Shanghai, China (2016).
- Conference co-Chair (with Vijay Nair and PG Thu), International Conference on Applied Probability & Statistics (2008, Hanoi, Vietnam).
- Planning Committee, Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business Conference (1991—present).
- Program Chair, The 2002 Taipei Data Mining Conference (Taipei, Taiwan, 2002).
- Honorary Advisory Committee, The 5th ICSA International Conference (2001, Hong Kong).
- Conference Co-Chair, The Twelfth Annual Meeting on Making Statistic More Effective in Schools of Business, University Park, PA. (1997, with J. Keith Ord).
- Program Chair, The Annual Meeting on South Region Consul of Statistics, Gatlinburg, TN. (1997, Keynote Speakers: Drs. G.E.P. Box; J.A. Cornell; R.H. Myers).
- Organizer, Invited Sessions on Industrial Statistics, ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium (1994, 1997, 1999, 2000).
- Program Chair, The Seventh Annual Meeting on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business, Knoxville, TN (1992, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Edward Deming).
- Steering Committee, Quality and Productivity Research Conference (1993—1994).
Professorship
- Affiliated Faculty Member, Center for Supply Chain Research (2005—2009)
- Adjunct Professor, National Cheng Kung University (Tainan, Taiwan, 1998—present).
- Adjunct Professor, National Central University (Chungli, Taiwan, 2002—2004).
- Adjunct Professor, National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan, 2001—2002, 2003).
- Adjunct Professor, National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2001—2002).
Miscellaneous
- Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee, Statistical Consulting Center, Penn State University (1997—2000).
- Panelist, Knowledge & Distributed Intelligence (KDI) Program, National Science Foundation (1999).
- User Advisory Group-Computing, University of Tennessee-Knoxville (1994).
- Panelist, Service Enterprise Engineering (SEE) Program, National Science Foundation (2007)
Refereeing:
Manuscripts: Technometrics; Naval Research Logistics; Communications in Statistics; Journal of Quality Technology; Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference; Metrika; The American Statistician; Statistics and Probability Letters; International Statistical Review; Statistica Sinica; Mathematical Methods of Statistics; Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Ser. B; Quality Engineering; International Journal of Control; Lifetime Data Analysis; Advances in Accounting; Queueing Systems; International Journal of Quality Technology and Quality Management; European Journal of Operation Research; Omega—International Journal for Management Science.
Grant Proposals: National Science Foundation; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; National Security Agency; National Science Council of Republic of China, Taiwan; City University of Hong Kong; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (United Kingdom).
Book for Publishers: MacMillan Publishing Company; Prentice Hall; John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; South-Western College Publishing, Duxbury Publisher.
OFF-CAMPUS CONSULTING
- Christian & Small LLP on eDiscovery (Alabama, USA)
- SASOL Technology (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)
- ARAMCO (Saudi Arabia)
- National Policy Foundation, Finance & Monetary Division (Taiwan, ROC).
- SASOL Technology (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)
- ARAMCO (Saudi Arabia)
- Taiwan Research Institute (Taiwan, ROC).
- Ernst & Young, LLP (Washington, DC).
- IBM Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, NY).
- AT&T, Bell Laboratory (Murray Hill).
- IRS, Division of Statistics of Incomes (Washington, DC).
- Bureau of Census, Taiwan, ROC.
- Bureau of Statistics, Taiwan, ROC.
- Accton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC.
- Chain-Go Survey Study Center, Co., Taipei, Taiwan.
- State Bureau of Statistics, Beijing, P.R.China.
PROFESSIONAL VISITS
2018 | National Taiwan Normal University |
2017 | Hong Kong City University |
2016 | Shanxi University of Finance & Economics |
11/2015 | The University of Hong Kong |
9-10/2015 | Nankai University and University of Tianjing (China) |
7-8/2015 | Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
05-06/2011, 2012 | Fudan University (Shanghai, China) |
04-07/2009 & 06-08/2010 | Chang-Jiang Scholar, Renmin University of China |
04/2009 | Harvard University |
03/2009 | Columbia University |
08/2008-01/2009 | Chang-Jiang Scholar, Remin University of China |
06-08/2008 | Mercator Visiting Professor Award, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
(DFG) program, University of Giessen (Germany). | |
05-06/2007 | Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Yuan-Ze University (Taiwan) |
07-08/2006 | College of Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan). |
12/05-01/2006 | College of Commerce, National Chengchi University (Taiwan). |
05-08/2005 | College of Commerce, National Chengchi University (Taiwan). |
12/2004-01/2005 | College of Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan). |
06-07/2004 | Department of Mathematics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. |
04-06/2003 | International Master of Business Administration (IMBA), NCCU, Taiwan. |
01-05/2002 | Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong) |
07/2001-01/2002 | Department of Statistics, National Cheng-Chi University (Taiwan) |
03-05/2001 | Department of Statistics, National Cheng-Kung University (Taiwan) |
12/1997-08/1998 | Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. |
08/1993-08/1994 | IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. |
04-05/1993 | Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo. |
01-03/ 1993 | Department of Statistics, University of California-Berkeley. |
12/1991-01/1992 | Institute of Statistical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, ROC. |
06-07/1990 | Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement (CQPI), University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
COURSES TAUGHT
*: graduate courses; all at Penn State, unless specified
- Design of Experiments* (Fall, 2010; Fall, 2011; Fall, 2012; Spring, 2013; Spring, 2014; Spring, 2015; Spring 2016)
- Mathematical Statistics (Spring, 2012; Spring, 2013; Spring, 2014)
- Statistical Research Methods* (Fall, 2007)
- Applied Statistics* (Fall, 2008, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
- Statistical Data Mining* (Spring 2001, National Cheng-Kung University (Taiwan); Fall 2001, National Chengchi University and National TsingHua University (Taiwan); Spring 2002, Hong Kong Baptist University; Fall 2004 and Fall 2005, Penn State; Fall 2008, Renmin University of China).
- Adventure in Statistics (Spring 2003, National Chengchi University).
- Regression Analysis and Forecasting (Spring & Fall, 2000; Fall, 2002)
- Designing Industrial Experimentation* (Fall, 1997)
- Introduction to Business Statistics (Spring 1996; Spring 1997; Fall 1998; Fall 1999; Fall 2000; Fall 2002; Fall 2003; near 400 students for each session)
- Introduction to Business Statistics, Honor Option (Fall, 2003; Fall, 2004; Fall, 2005; Spring and Fall, 2007)
- Advanced Business Statistical Methods* (Fall 1995; Fall, 1996; Fall, 1997; Fall, 1998; Fall, 1999; Fall, 2000)
- Statistical Process Control for MBA* (Fall 1995; Fall 1996)
- Selected Topics in Time Series Analysis* (Spring 1995, University of Tennessee-UTK)
- Design of Experiments* (Spring 1995, UTK)
- Selected Topics in Experimental Designs and Linear Models* (Fall 1994, UTK)
- Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers (Spring 1991; Fall 1991; Fall 1992; Fall 1994, UTK)
- ANOVA and Experimental Designs (Spring 1991, UTK)
- Modern Quality Engineering* (Fall 1990; Fall 1991, University of Tennessee)
- Industrial Statistics (Spring 1990, University of Tennessee)
- Introduction to Statistics (Fall 1989; Spring/Fall 1992, University of Tennessee)
- Experimental Designs (Spring 1989, University of Toronto)
- Principles of Statistics (Fall 1988, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Ph.D. STUDENTS DIRECTED
- Nicholas Rios (in progress)
- Muzi Zhang (in progress)
- Ching-Chi Yang (2019) “Response Surface Methodology using Dimensional Analysis,” first employment at University of Memphis.
- Cheng You (2018) “Air Quality and Health Effect: Systematic Investigation,” (Statistics, Penn State), first employment at Well Fargo Bank.
- Jiayu Peng (2018) “Study on Order-of-Addition Experiment,” (Statistics, Penn State), first employment at Google Inc.
- Kevin Quinlan (2018) “Contribution on t-covering design,” (Statistics, Penn State), first employment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- Weijie Shen (2015) “Dimensional Analysis and Its Applications in Statistics,” (Statistics, Penn State), first employment at Google Inc.
- Wei Wang (2013) “Performance Criteria for Control Charts,” (Department of Statistics, Penn State), first employment at Fifth Third (53) Bank.
- Pannapa Changpetch, (2012) “Model Selection for Logistic Regression via Association Rule Analysis,” (Department of Statistics, Penn State), first employment at Bentley University.
- Anyi Chen (2009), “Analysis of Evolutionary Graphs,” (Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Penn State) first employment at St. Francis Hospital.
- Junjia Zhu (2008), “Monitoring Profile Data,” (Department of Statistics, Penn State University), first employment at Penn State University.
- James Mcdermott (2003). “Single-Pass, Low-Storage Density Estimation: Univariate and Multivariate,” (Department of Statistics, Penn State University), first employment at Merck.
- Sandy D. Balkin (2000). “A Statistical Implementation of Feedback Neural Network for Univariate Time Series” (Department of Management Science and Information Systems, co-direct with J. Keith Ord), first employment at Ernst & Young LLP.
- Richard N. McGrath (2000). “Topics on Industrial Statistics,” (Department of Statistics, Penn State University), first employment at Bowling Green State University.
- Scott D. Beattie (1999). “Topics on Design of Computer Experiments,” (Department of Statistics, Penn State University), first employment at Eli Lilly.
- JiaNong Wang (1995). “On Supersaturated Designs,” (Department of Mathematics, Memphis State University, co-directed with Lih-Yuan Deng), first employment at American Express.
- Timothy West (1993). “External Auditors’ Risk Assessment Decisions: The Impact of Implementing Activity-Based Costing,” (Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, co-directed with Harold P. Roth), first employment at Iowa State University.
Ph.D. STUDENTS DIRECTED—Exchanged Students
- Kuo, Min-Hsun (Yuanze University, Taiwan, 2005-2006)
- Xiao, Lili (Tsinghua University, China, 2010-2011)
- Yang, Jingyu (Nankai University, 2011-2012)
- Liu, Yang (Shanxi University of Finance & Economics, 2015-2016)
- Zhao, Yuna (Nankai University, 2015-2016)
- Zhou, Panpan (Tianjin University, 2015-2017)
MASTER STUDENTS DIRECTED IN INDEPENDENT STUDY PROJECTS
At The Pennsylvania State University
- Luqi Yao (2015) on “Study on Bi-Partitie Network in Collaborative Filtering Recommendation Systems.”
- Daniel Nugent (2004), Department of Supply Chain & Information Systems.
- YuDing Wang (2004) on “Graphical Methods for Analyzing Fractional Factorial Designs,” Department of Statistics.
- Heather Ma (2003) on “Simpson Paradox and Association Rules,” Department of Statistics.
- David Weller (1999) on “Optimization of Lubricant Additive Systems,” Department of Management Science and Information Systems.
- Sami Huovilainen (1998) on “Evaluating the Measurement Processes of Nova-Borealis Compounds LLC,” Department of Statistics.
- Peter W. Phillips (1997) on “Use of Desirability Functions with MSE in Taguchi Parameter Design with Multiple Quality Characteristics,” Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (second reader).
- An Ou-Yang (1997) on “Regional and Gender Effects in Wage Analysis: Data of 1995 Taiwan Incomes,” Department of Management Science and Information Systems.
At Department of Statistics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville:
- James Parker (1995) on “Study on Design Optimality.”
- Rong Lui (1995) on “Run Order Considerations for Two-Level Orthogonal Designs.”
- Kelly Ka-Lai Chao (1995) on “Three-Quarters Fraction of Plackett and Burman Design.”
- Cynthia Hale-Bennett (1995) on “From SPC to DOE: A Case Study.”
- Wanzhu Tu (1992) on “Dual Response Surface Optimization.”
- Scott Garber (1991) on “Partially Supplementing Designs.”
- Amy Kam (1991) on “The Missing Degrees of Freedom in Taguchi’s Orthogonal Arrays.”
- Wei Wu (1990) on “Missing Value Problems in Industry.”
- Anthony Cooper (1990) on “Factor Classification.”