Faculty

Jian (Frank) Zou is an associate professor of statistics at UCF’s College of Nursing. He previously worked at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, Duke University, Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute before joining UCF. His research interests include time series, high dimensional statistical inference, biosurveillance, spatial statistics and Bayesian analysis for risk management, as well as applications in AI (artificial intelligence) and data science. His work has been published in both statistics journals and data science-related venues, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Army Research Lab, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Education

• PhD, University of Connecticut
• MS, University of Connecticut
• MS, Shandong University
• BS, Shandong University,

Selected Editorial Activities

• Editorial Board, Statistica Sinica
• Editorial Board, Statistics and Its Interface

Selected Awards & Honors

• Elected Member, International Statistical Institute, 2019

Selected Professional Activities

• Member, American Statistical Association
• Member, International Chinese Statistical Association
• Member, The New England Statistical Society

Language

• Chinese