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RONG CHEN Professor of Statistics Department of Information and Decision Sciences M/C 294 College of Business Administration University of Illinois at Chicago 601 Morgan Street Chicago, IL 60607-7124 Phone: 312-996-2323 Fax: 312-413-0385 Email: >> View Rong Chen's CV

PRESENT POSITION: Dr. Chen is a Professor of Statistics at the Department of Information and Decision Sciences, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago. Before joining UIC in 1999, he was at Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University. DEGREES: Dr. Chen received his B.S. (1985) in Mathematics from Peking University, P.R. China, his M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University. FIELDS OF MAJOR STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES: Dr. Chen's main research interests are in nonlinear/nonparametric time series analysis, statistical computing and Monte Carlo methods in nonlinear/nonGaussian dynamic systems, and statistical applications in engineering, bioinformatics and business. He has received five NSF grants for his research in time series and Monte Carlo methods. He also has a US patent pending for a novice method in digital wireless communications. PUBLICATIONS: Dr. Chen has extensive publications in both statistical, bioinformatics and engineering journals. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. He is an Associate Editor for Journal of American Statistical Association, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Statistica Sinica and Computational Statistics. He is a member of the advisory board of XploRe, an advanced statistical software.