About me
Chih-Li Sung (pronounced CHI LEE SUNG) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Probability at Michigan State University. His research interests include computer experiment, uncertainty quantification, machine learning, and applications of statistics in engineering. His research is partially supported by National Science Foundation (NSF).
He was awarded NSF CAREER Award in 2024, and awarded Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences (SPES) Award from ASA in 2019. He is currently an associate editor for Technometrics and The New England Journal of Statistics in Data Science.
Chih-Li Sung received a Ph.D. at the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech in 2018. He was jointly advised by Profs. C. F. Jeff Wu and Benjamin Haaland. He also received a B.S in applied mathematics and an M.S. in statistics from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
News
- 🎓 [April 2026] Congratulations to my Ph.D. student Junoh Heo on successfully defending his dissertation! He will begin his tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University in July 2026.
- 📊 [April 2026] Our paper “A review on computer model calibration” (WIREs Computational Statistics) has been recognized as one of the top 10 most-cited papers of 2024 in the journal.
- 🌐 [April 2026] Check out my Ph.D. student Andrews Boahen’s new webpage: andrewsboahen.github.io.
- 🎤 [March 2026] My Ph.D. students Andrews Boahen and Junoh Heo will present our latest research at the SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Minnesota (March 22–25, 2026). Session details: MS5 Sun PM and MS96 Mon PM.
- 🎉 I’m honored to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Probability at Michigan State University.
- 📌 I’m very honored and grateful to receive the NSF CAREER Award.
Special thanks to MSU and NSF for their support.
