Gongjun Xu
Professor of Statistics
University of Michigan
Email: gongjun at umich edu Phone: 734.647.9532
462 West Hall, 1085 South University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
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Research Interests
Research Interests
Latent variable models, psychometrics
Statistical learning and inference, high-dimensional statistics
Semiparametric models, survival analysis
Education
Education
PhD in Statistics, Columbia University, 2013
Advisors: Zhiliang Ying and Jingchen LiuB.S., University of Science & Technology of China (USTC), 2008
Current Editorial Service
Current Editorial Service
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (2022-2027)
Associate Editor, Journal of American Statistical Association (2023- )
Associate Editor, Psychometrika (2023- )
Associate Editor, Annals of Applied Statistics (2022- )
Associate Editor, Statistica Sinica (2020- )
Associate Editor, Journal of Data Science (2020- )
Consulting Editor, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology (2024- )
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow, 2026
International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) President's Citation Award, 2024
Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) Emerging Leader Award, 2023
Plenary Invited Lecture, Annual Meeting of the Classification Society, 2023
Keynote Speaker, Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Psychological Testing, 2022
Excellence in PhD Teaching award for Fall 2020, GS-JEDI and the PhD Student Council
Outstanding Young Researcher Award, International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA), 2019
ICSA China Conference Junior Researcher Award, 2018
NSA Mathematical Sciences Program Young Investigator Award, 2016
IES Statistical & Research Methodology in Education Early Career Award (with Chun Wang), 2016
ASA Nonparametric Statistics Section Student Paper Award, 2011
IMS Laha Award, 2011
Guo Moruo Scholarship, USTC, 2007
Recent News
Recent News
🎉 Congratulations to Chengyu on receiving the Best Poster Award at the VIASM workshop "Statistical Network Analysis and Beyond 2026" in recognition of his work "Convexity in Disguise: A Theoretical Framework for Low-Rank Matrix Estimation"! (June 2026)
🎉 Congratulations to Shihao on successfully defending his dissertation and becoming Dr. Wu! (May, 2026)
🎉 Congratulations to Teresa on receiving the Outstanding Undergraduate Major Award! (May, 2026)
🎉 Congratulations to Shihao on receiving the Department Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award! (April, 2026)
🎉 Gongjun elected ASA fellow (April 2026)
🎉 Susie's honors thesis was awarded Highest Honors by the Statistics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Congratulations! (April, 2026)
🎉 Congratulations to Chengyu on receiving the IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award! (April, 2026)
🎉 Big Congratulations to Shihao, who just accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Statistics Department at UC Davis! (Feb 2026)
🎉 Congratulations to Mengqi on receiving 2026 ASA Mental Health Statistics Section (MHSS) Student Paper Award! (Feb 2026)
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