T. Tony Cai

T. Tony Cai , is an statistician. He is the current Dorothy Silberberg Professor and Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the winner of 2008 COPSS Presidents' Award.

Career

Cai was born in Rui'an, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. In 1986, Cai graduated from the Departemnt of Mathematics, Hangzhou University when he was only 18 years old . In 1989, Cai received MSc from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Cai earned PhD from Cornell University .

Cai has four brothers and one sister. His sister Tianxi Cai is also working on statistics, and is an associate professor of biostatistics at Harvard University. His brother Tianwu Michael Cai, also majored in mathematics is a vice-president of Goldman Sachs.

Honors and awards

COPSS Presidents' Award 2008, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2006.