Xiao-Li Meng (; born 1963) is a Chinese American

statistician A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...

and the Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

. He received the

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in 2001. He has written numerous research papers about

Markov chain Monte Carlo In statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods comprise a class of algorithms for sampling from a probability distribution. By constructing a Markov chain that has the desired distribution as its equilibrium distribution, one can obtain ...

algorithms and other statistical methodology. From 2004 to 2012, Meng was the Chair of Harvard's Department of Statistics, where he helped create innovative new statistics courses designed to give students a more positive impression of the subject. He edited the journals ''Bayesian Analysis'' from 2003 to 2005 and ''Statistica Sinica'' from 2005 to 2008. On August 14, 2012, Xiao-Li Meng was appointed dean of

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is the largest of the twelve graduate schools of Harvard University. Formed in 1872, GSAS is responsible for most of Harvard's graduate degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natura ...

(GSAS). Meng received his B.Sc. from

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is ...

in 1982 and his Ph.D. in statistics from

in 1990. He was elected a fellow of the

Institute of Mathematical Statistics The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts ...

in 1997 and of the

American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in the United States. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1839, and is the second oldest continuous ...

in 2004. He was elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) in 2020.

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Xiao-Li Meng's home page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meng, Xiao-Li 1963 births Living people Harvard University faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Fudan University alumni Harvard University alumni Scientists from Shanghai Chinese emigrants to the United States Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences