B.Sc. (First class with Distinction) in Mathematics,

York University, Canada (1975)

M.A. in Mathematics, York University, Canada (1976)

Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Western Ontario (1981)

Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (1991)

Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (2003)

Elected Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2006)

Honorary Member, Hong Kong Statistical Society, conferred March, 2009

Outstanding Service Award, International Chinese Statistical Association, conferred August, 2009

Emeritus Professor, Univeristy of Hong Kong, conferred May, 2020.

Distinguished Author, Journal of Time Series Analysis, conferred June, 2020.

Time Series Analysis;

Financial Econometrics;

Financial Risk Management;

Big Data Analytics;

Environmetrics;

Stochastic Processes with Applications to Hydrology and Climatology;

Extreme Value Theory;

Spatial Statistics;

Sampling Methods

Time Series Analysis;

Financial Econometrics;

Financial Risk Management;

Statistical Inference;

Statisitcal Learning;

Elementary Statistics;

General Education on Statistical Thinking.