Honors
Professional Fellows
- Elected Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2013).
- Elected Fellow, American Society for Quality (2006).
- Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (1998).
- Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (1994).
- (Elected) Fellow, Royal Statistical Society (1988).
Professional Awards
- The 2020 Deming Lecturer at Joint Statistical Meetings (ASA).
- The 2019 Yuan-Shin Chow Award, The Chinese Probability Society (Taiwan).
- The 2015 Shewhart Medal, the American Society for Quality.
- The 2015 Brumbaugh Award, the American Society for Quality.
- The 2014 William G. Hunter Award, the American Society for Quality.
- The 2011 Don Owen Award, San Antonio Chapter, American Statistical Association.
- The Isobel Loutit Address Speaker, Statistical Society of Canada (2011, Acadia University).
- The Youden Address Speaker, The 2010 Fall Technical Conference (2010, Birmingham, AL).
- The Shewell Award, American Society for Quality (2010).
- Faculty Scholar Medal Award (The Recipient for Social & Behavioral Sciences), The Pennsylvania State University (2004).
- The Best Paper Award, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (with Kwang-Jae Kim, 1998).
- Citation of Excellent Service, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Taiwan, ROC (1998).
- Citation of Excellence, ANBAR Electronic Intelligence (1998).
- Visiting Scientist Fellowship, IBM Watson Research Center (1993-1994).
Professional Societies
- American Statistical Association (Elected Fellow).
- International Statistical Institute (Elected Member).
- American Society for Quality (Elected Fellow).
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Elected Fellow).
- The Royal Statistical Society (Elected Fellow).
- International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS, Founding Member)
- Chung-hwa Data Mining Society (Founding Member).
- International Chinese Statistical Association (lifetime member).
- Chinese Statistical Association, Taipei (lifetime member).
- New York Academy of Science (ex-Member).
- INstitute For Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS, ex-member).
Honorary Professorship
- Honorary Professor, College of Management, National Normal University (Taiwan, 2018—present).
- Honorary Professor, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, the University of Hong Kong (2015—2018).
- Shan-Jing Scholar, Shanxi University of Finance & Economics (2015—2018).
- Chang-Jiang Scholar, Renmin University of China (2008-2010).
- Mercator Visiting Professor, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) program, University of Giessen (Germany, 2008).
- Visiting Scholar Award, Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University (China, 2008).
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, National Sun Yat-Sen University (Taiwan, 2004-2005).
- Honorary Fellow Professor, Jinan University (Guangzhou, China, 2010)
- Honorary Fellow Professor, Fudan University (Shanghai, China, 2006)
- Honorary Chair Professor, National Chengchi University (Taiwan, 2004)
- Honorary Fellow Professor, Remin University of China (Beijing, China, 2003)
- Honorary Chair Professor, XiAn Statistical Institute (China, 2001)
- Research Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore (2001).
- William Mong Research Fellow, The University of Hong Kong (1999).
Others
- Most Outstanding Presentation Award, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA (1993).
- Alma & Hal Reagan Scholars Award, College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee (1993, 1994).
- Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee (1992).
- Listed in Who’s Who in Business Higher Education (WWBHE).
- Listed in Who’s Who Among Asian American (1994), Gale Research Inc.: Washington, D.C..
- Beginning Researcher Award, Gordon Research Conference on Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (1991).