{"68792":{"#nid":"68792","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wu Awarded Einstein Chair Professorship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJeff\nWu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics at the H. Milton Stewart School\nof Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been awarded the Einstein Chair\nProfessorship, the highest honor for visitors of the Chinese Academy of\nSciences (CAS). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording\nto CAS, \u201cWu is one of the most-influential experts in statistic design of\nexperiments, and high-tech and industry application areas.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThe awards ceremony was held at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science\n(AMSS), a CAS national institute, in Beijing on April 27, 2011.\u0026nbsp; At the\nceremony, Wu delivered a lecture entitled, \u201cStatistical Design and Modeling of\nExperiments with High-Tech Applications\u201d, drawing on his ongoing research at\nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nAs part of the Professorship, he visited two branches of CAS in April and May,\nAMSS in Beijing, and the University of Science and Technology of China in\nHefei.\u0026nbsp; In Hefei, he gave a lecture entitled, \u201cA Fresh Look at Effect\nAliasing and Interactions: Some New Wine in Old Bottles\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nDr. Wu\u2019s research achievements cover mathematical statistics and industrial\nstatistics theories, methods and applications.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Wu\u0027s honors include\nmembership on the National Academy of Engineering (2004), Member (Academician)\nof Academia Sinica (2000), Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies\n(COPSS) Presidents Award in 1987, honorary professor at Chinese Academy of\nSciences, and an honorary doctor of mathematics at University of Waterloo. He\nearned his BS in Mathematics from National Taiwan University and a Ph.D. in\nStatistics from the University of California, Berkeley.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Wu joined\nGeorgia Tech in the summer of 2003.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThe Einstein Professor Program aims to enhance the training of strategic\nscience and technology experts and talented senior scientific leaders, and to\nstrengthen Chinese scientists\u0027 contacts and exchanges with top scientists\nthroughout the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nCAS is a leading academic institution and comprehensive research and\ndevelopment center in natural science, technological science and high-tech\ninnovation in China.\u0026nbsp; CAS strives to build itself into a scientific\nresearch base at an advanced international level, a base for fostering and\nbringing up advanced S\u0026amp;T talents, and a base for promoting the development\nof China\u0027s high and new technology industries.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics at the H.\n        Milton Stewart\n        School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been awarded\n        the Einstein\n        Chair Professorship, the highest honor for visitors of the\n        Chinese Academy of\n        Sciences (CAS).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-12 10:01:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:44","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55297":{"id":"55297","type":"image","title":"Jeff Wu, professor in the H. 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