Recent Progress in Probability and Statistics in China

摘要

After one year's delay due to the big earthquake in 2011, the Second Institute of Mathematical Statistics Asia Pacific Rim Meeting (IMS-APRM) was held in Tsukuba, Japan, in July of 2012. As a member of the Scientific Committee of the meeting, I was responsible to mobilize participants from China and to recommend invited speakers. My inexperience in fulfilling the task was easily compensated by the enthusiasm of my colleagues. More than 10 statisticians and probabilists from the mainland of China gave invited talks. In particular, Professor Zhi Geng of Peking University delivered a Distinguished Lecture. Recent progress in probability and statistics in China was well presented. When I was asked by the Editor in Chief, Professor K. -C. Chang, to compile a special issue for Frontiers of Mathematics in China, I once again turned to the speakers for help.