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Prof. Poon Wai-yin

Professor Poon Wai-yin, JP

Acting Provost
Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President (Education)
Wei Lun Professor of Statistics

BSc, MPhil (CUHK); PhD (UCLA)

Curriculum Vitae

Education & CUHK Employment

Education

  • BSc, MPhil, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

CUHK Employment

  • 2025-present, Acting Provost
  • 2015-present, Pro-Vice-Chancellor / Vice-President
  • 2001-present, Professor, Department of Statistics
  • 2014, Associate Vice-President
  • 2012-15, Director, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR)
  • 2006-14, Director, Centre for Promoting Science Education
  • 2004-14, Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Science
  • 2004-12, Director, MSc Programme in Data Science & Business Statistics
  • 1995-2001, Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics
  • 1987-95, Lecturer, Department of Statistics

Research Interests

  • Structural Equation Models, Marketing Research, Influence Analysis, Ranking Data, Categorical Data, Data with Misclassification.

Honours & Awards

  • Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award, CUHK, 2013-14
  • Exemplary Teaching Awards, Faculty of Science, CUHK, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2013-14
  • Outstanding Fellow, Faculty of Science, CUHK, 2014, 2019
  • UGC Award for Teaching Excellence, University Grants Committee, HKSAR, 2011
  • Best Teaching Awards, Asia Pacific Institute of Business, CUHK, 2005-06, 2008-09
  • Elected Member, International Statistical Association, 2001

Community Services

  • Member, Statistics Advisory Board, Census and Statistics Department, HKSAR Government
  • Member, Steering Committee on Implementation of Qualifications Framework Credit in Higher Education and Credit Accumulation and Transfer, Education Bureau, HKSAR Government
  • Member, UGC Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Group, University Grants Committee
  • Counsellor, Chinese Higher Education Development Network (CHED)
  • Council Member, Guangdong-HK-Macau Greater Bay Area Online Open Course Alliance (GDHKMOOC)
  • 副理事長, 大學通識教育聯盟, China
  • Expert, International Expert Committee of Center for Excellent Teaching and Learning, Peking University and China Association for Educational Technology, China
  • Member, Greater China MOOC Symposium Steering Committee
  • Director, The Education Foundation of the Federation of the Alumni Associations of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Limited
  • Honorary Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Insurance, School of Decision Sciences of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
  • Honorary advisor, Hong Kong Kindergarten Association
  • Chairperson, the Curriculum Development Council, HKSAR Government
  • Member, Education Commission, HKSAR Government
  • Member, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Council, HKSAR Government