Meng Li is Noah Harding Assistant Professor of Statistics at Rice University. Before joining Rice, Dr. Li was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University (2015-2017). His recent research focuses on statistical modeling of challenging data that arise in scientific and industrial applications such as images, functional data, networks, and tree-structured data, with theoretical guarantees and scalable implementation.
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Research Areas
Probabilistic image analysis, machine learning, variable selection, functional data analysis, nonparametric Bayes, quantile regression, neuroscience, materials informatics
Industry Impact & Relevance
Research Award sponsored by QuesTek Innovations LLC
Education
Ph.D. in Statistics, North Carolina State University
B.S. in Statistics, Sun Yat-sen University
Teaching Areas
Advanced Bayesian Inference
Linear Regression
Mathematical Statistics
Recent Patent Applications
Title: “Image and video compression through wavelets with adaptive recursive partitioning” Inventors : Li Ma and Meng Li. Status : Provisional patent application # 62/914,602 Filed on 10/14/19 with the USPTO.
Societies & Organizations
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)
International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region (ENAR)
International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA)
Bernoulli Society (BS)
Honors & Awards
2020 Teaching + Research Excellence Award, School of Engineering, Rice University
2020 Keynote Speaker, Workshop, Inaugural Houston Area Chapter, American Statistical Association (HACASA) Workshop
2018 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2016 Empower Partnerships with Industry (PEPI) Award, SNF South Bid Data Hub