Runze Li is an American statistical scientist, currently the Eberly Family Chair Professor in Statistics at

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. He became a Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 2009, a

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in 2011 and a Fellow of the

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in 2017.

Education

He earned his Ph.D at

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in 2000.

Research

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

Publications

*Fang, K.-T., Li, R. and Sudjianto, A. (2006). Design and Modeling for Computer Experiments. Chapman and Hall/CRC. *Fang, KT, Li, R. and Sujdianto, A. (2005). Design and modeling for computer experiments. CRC Press. *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

References

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