Runze Li Explained

Runze Li is an American statistical scientist, currently the Eberly Family Chair Professor in Statistics at Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University.^[1]

He became a Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 2009, a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2011 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017.^[2]

Education

He earned his Ph.D at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000.^[1]

Research

His highest cited paper is Variable selection via nonconcave penalized likelihood and its oracle properties^[3] at 7390 times, according to Google Scholar.^[4]

Publications

• Fang, K.-T., Li, R. and Sudjianto, A. (2005). Design and Modeling for Computer Experiments. Chapman & Hall/CRC.
• Zou, H., Li, R. One-step sparse estimates in nonconcave penalized likelihood models. Ann Stat. 2008 Aug 1; 36(4): 1509–1533.
• Wang, Hansheng, Li, Runze, Tsai, Chih-Ling. Tuning parameter selectors for the smoothly clipped absolute deviation method. Biometrika, Volume 94, Issue 3, 1 August 2007, Pages 553–568

Notes and References

1. Web site: Holders of Endowed Chairs . science.psu.edu . August 22, 2016.
2. Web site: Runze Li Named AAAS Fellow . aaas.org . December 21, 2017.
3. J Fan, R Li - Journal of the American statistical Association, 2001. Variable Selection via Nonconcave Penalized Likelihood and its Oracle Properties. Volume 96, 2001 - Issue 456
4. Web site: Runze Li . December 21, 2017.