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| Professor Tony Fung Elected Fellow of the AAAS |
Professor Tony Fung Wing-kam, Chair Professor of the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society founded in 1848. Professor Fung’s research interests cover statistical diagnostics, robustness, longitudinal data analysis, DNA profiling, forensic statistics and genetic epidemiology. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and was also awarded the prestigious Croucher Senior Research Fellowship in 2008. |
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| Professor Fung was elected by the AAAS Council through the strength of his remarkable contributions to statistical DNA forensics, robust statistics, professional services, and dissemination of statistical knowledge.
In recognition of their contributions to scientific advancement, a total of 539 AAAS members were elected as Fellows in 2011 and the awards were presented at the AAAS Fellows Forum held in Canada in February 2012. |
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