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Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 11 Biographical DataNAMETiefeng JiangEDUCATIONTime Period Degree Major Institution9/83-7/87 B.S. Statistics Jilin University, P.R. China9/87-7/90 M.S. Probability Jilin University, P.R. China9/95-8/99 Ph.D. Statistics Stanford UniversityPREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTTime Period Job Title Institution8/90-8/95 Lecturer Jilin University, P.R. China9/95-8/99 Teaching/Research Assistant Stanford University9/99-5/05 Assistant Professor University of Minnesota05/05-present Associate Professor University of Minnesota2 Grants, Honors and Awards1. Principal Investigator of “Random Matrix Theory and High Dimensional Statistics”, agency:NSF, grant period: September, 2012 - August, 2015.2. Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2011 - July, 2012.3. Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2010 - July, 2011.4. Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2008 - July, 2010.5. Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2007 - July, 2008.6. Research Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Hong Kong University, Hong Kong(2006).7. Principal Investigator of “CAREER: Random Matrices and Related Topics” , total grant:$428,167, agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2005 - July, 2007.8. Principal Investigator of “A Study of Random Matrix Problems Related to Statistics” , totalgrant: $100,266, agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2003 - July, 2006.

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 23 Scholarship/Creative ActivityPAPERS PUBLISHED OR TO APPEAR IN REFEREED JOURNALS1. Jiang, T. (2012). Low eigenvalues of large random graphs. Probability Theory and RelatedFields 153, 671-690.2. Dong, Z., Jiang, T. and Li, D. (2012). Circular law and arc law for truncation of randomunitary matrix. Journal of Mathematical Physics 53, 013301-14.3. Jiang, D. D., Jiang, T. and Yang, F. (2012). Likelihood ratio tests for covariance matrices ofhigh-dimensional normal distributions. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 142(8),2241-2256.4. Cai, T. and Jiang, T. (2012). Phase transition in limiting distributions of coherence of highdimensionalrandom matrices. Journal of Multivariate Analysis 107, 24-39.5. Jiang, T. (2012). Empirical distributions of Laplacian matrices of large dilute random graphs.To appear in Random Matrices: Theory and Applications.6. Cai, T. and Jiang, T. (2011). Limiting laws of coherence of random matrices with applicationsto testing covariance structure and construction of compressed sensing matrices. Ann. Stat.39(3), 1496-1525.7. Ding, X. and Jiang, T. (2010). Spectral distribution of adjacency and Laplace matrices ofrandom graphs. Ann. Appl. Probab. 20(6), 2086-2117.8. Jiang, T. (2010). The entries of Haar-invariant matrices from the classical compact groups.Journal of Theoretical Probability 23(4), 1227-1243.9. Jiang, T. (2009). The entries of circular orthogonal ensembles. Journal of MathematicalPhysics 50(6), 063302.10. Jiang, T. (2009). A variance formula related to quantum conductance. Physics Letters A373, 2117-2121.11. Jiang, T. (2009). Approximation of Haar Distributed matrices and limiting distributions ofeigenvalues of Jacobi ensembles. Probability Theory and Related Fields, 144(1), 221-246.12. Jiang, T. with Bryc, W. and Dembo, A. (2006). Spectral measure of large random Hankel,Markov and Toeplitz matrices. Ann. of Probab. 34(1), 1-38.13. Jiang, T. (2006). How many entries of a typical orthogonal matrix can be approximated byindependent normals? Ann. Probab. 34(4), 1497-1529.14. Jiang, T. (2005). Maxima of entries of Haar distributed matrices. Probability Theory andRelated Fields, 131, 121-144.15. Jiang, T. (2004). The limiting distributions of eigenvalues of sample correlation matrices.Sankhya. 66(1), 35-48.16. Jiang, T. (2004). The asymptotic distributions of the largest entries of sample correlationmatrices. Ann. of Applied Probab. 14(2).

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 317. Jiang, T. (2002). Comparisons of scores of two protein structures with foldings, Annals ofProbability, 30(4), 1893-1912.18. Jiang, T. (2002). Maxima of partial sums indexed by geometrical structures. Annals ofProbability, 30(4), 1854-1892.19. Jiang, T. and O’Brien, G. (2000). The metric of large deviation convergence. Journal ofTheoretical Probability, 13(3), 75-88, 805-824.20. Jiang, T., Rao, M. B. and Wang, X. (1995). Large deviations for moving average processes.Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, 59, 309-320.21. Jiang, T., Li, D., Rao, M.B. and Wang, X. (1995). Complete convergence and almost sureconvergence for weighted sums of random variables. Journal of Theoretical Probability, 8,49-76.22. Jiang, T. (1994). Large deviations for renewal processes. Stochastic Processes and TheirApplications, 50, 57-71.23. Jiang, T., Li, D., Rao, M.B. and Wang, X. (1993). Laws of large numbers and moderatedeviations for stochastic processes with stationary and independent increments. StochasticProcesses and Their Applications, 44, 205-219.24. Jiang, T., Rao, M.B. and Wang, X. (1992). Moderate deviations for some weakly dependentrandom processes. Statistics and Probability Letters, 15, 71-76.25. Jiang, T. (1990). A strong limit theorem of random variables taking values in Banach spaces.Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Jilinensis, 4, 31-34.CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS1. Jiang, T. (2012), “Distributions of Eigenvalues of Large Euclidean Matrices Generated fromThree Manifolds” August, invited speaker at the seminar sequence of “Random MatrixTheory” in Bejing University, 2012, Beijing, China.2. Jiang, T. (2012), “Distributions of Angles in Random Packing on Spheres” July, invitedspeaker at the the conference of “International Forum of Statistics in China” in ChineseRemin University, 2012, Beijing, China.3. Jiang, T. (2012), “Distributions of Eigenvalues of Large Euclidean Matrices Generated fromThree Manifolds” July, invited speaker at the the conference of “Modern Probability Theoryand High-dimensional Statistics” in Jilin University, 2012, Changchun, China.4. Jiang, T. (2012), “Distributions of Angles in Random Packing on Spheres’ July, invitedspeaker at the the conference of “International Conference on Quantitative Finance andRisk Management” in Jilin University, 2012, Changchun, China.5. Jiang, T. (2012), “Distributions of Eigenvalues of Large Euclidean Matrices Generated fromThree Manifolds” April, Invited speaker at Large Scale Statistical Inference and Learning:Challenges and New Directions, 2012, Minneapolis, USA.

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 46. Jiang, T. (2011), “Phase Transition in Distributions of Coherence of Large Random Matrices”July, Invited speaker at IMS-China Conference on Statistics and Probability 2011, Xi’an,China.7. Jiang, T. (2011), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles” July, Invited speaker atFrance-China Summer School and Conference: Random Matrix Theory and High-dimensionalStatistics, Changchun, China.8. Jiang, T. (2011), “Phase Transition in Distributions of Coherence of Large Random Matrices”July, Invited speaker at France-China Summer School and Conference: Random MatrixTheory and High-dimensional Statistics, Changchun, China.9. Jiang, T. (2011) , “Circular Law and Arc Law for Truncation of Random Unitary Matrix”,June, Invited speaker at Several Topics in Modern Statistics and Probability 2011,Changchun, China.10. Jiang, T. (2011), “Phase Transition in Distributions of Coherence of Large Random Matrices”,Invited speaker at Random Matrices and High Dimensional Statistics, Minneapolis.11. Jiang, T. (2010), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles” July, Invited speakerat the International Conference in Honor of P. L. Hsu’s 100 Birthday, Beijing.12. Jiang, T. (2010), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles” April, Invited speaker atthe Special Session on Random Matrix Theory and Applications, Sectional Meeting Programby AMS, Albuquerque, New Mexico.13. Jiang, T. (2010), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles” March, Invited speakerat the Seminar on Stochastic Processes, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.14. Jiang, T. (2009), “Spectral Properties of Large Random Graphs” July, 2009, Invited speakerat the IMS-China International Conference on Statistics and Probability, Weihai, China.15. Jiang, T. (2009), “Spectral Properties of Large Random Graphs” June, 2009, Invited speakerat the IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meeting, Seoul, South Korea.16. Jiang, T. (2009), “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributionsof Eigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles” Jan., 2009, Invited speaker at the Progress of SteinMethod, IMS, National University of Singapore, Singapore.17. Jiang, T. (2007), “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributionsof Eigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles” July, 2007, Invited speaker at the The Pao-Lu HsuStatistics Conference 2007, Machine Learning, China.18. Jiang, T. (2006), “Spectral Measure of Large Hankel, Markov and Toeplitz Matrices” June12, 2006, Invited talk at the Joint Probability Seminar in Beijing, China.19. Jiang, T. (2006), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” May 29, 2006, Invited talk at the conference of 34th AnnualMeeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, Canada.

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 520. Jiang, T. (2006), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” March 17, 2006, Invited talk at the conference of Random MatrixTheory and Its Applications to Statistics and Wireless Communications at IMS, NationalUniversity of Singapore.21. Jiang, T. (2006), “Spectral Measure of Large Hankel, Markov and Toeplitz Matrices” March15, 2006, Invited talk at the conference of Random Matrix Theory and Its Applications toStatistics and Wireless Communications at IMS, National University of Singapore.22. Jiang, T. (2005), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” Dec. 22, 2005, Colloquium, Institute of Mathematical Researchand Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong.23. Jiang, T. (2005), “Spectral Measure of Large Hankel, Markov and Toeplitz Matrices” Dec. 20,2005, Invited talk at Conference on Probability with Applications to Finance and Insurance -A joint HKU-HKUST-CUHK-Fudan U meeting celebrating Professor Tze Leung Lai’s SixtiethBirthday at Hong Kong.24. Jiang, T. (2005), “Spectral Measure of Large Hankel, Markov and Toeplitz Matrices” Dec. 17,2005, Invited talk at Conference on Probability with Applications to Finance and Insuranceat Zhejiang University.25. Jiang, T. (2005), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” March 4, 2005, Mathematics Colloquium, Department ofMathematics, Washington University in Saint Louis.26. Jiang, T. (2004), “How many entries of a typical orthogonal matrix can be approximated byindependent normals?” The 6th ICSA International Conference (invited talk), July 21 - 23,2004, Singapore.27. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” April 26, 2004, Mathematics Colloquium, Department ofMathematics, University of Oregon.28. Jiang, T. (2002), ”Singular Values of Matrices Generated From Spherical Distributions,”January 15, 2002, Statistics Colloquium, Department of Statistics, Stanford University,29. Jiang, T. (1998), ”The Metric of Large Deviations”, August 10, 1998, Mathematics Colloquium,Department of Mathematics, Jilin University, China.INVITED SEMINARS1. Jiang, T. (2012), “Distributions of Angles in Random Packing on Spheres”, School of Statistics,University of Minnesota (04/12/12).2. Jiang, T. (2012), “Distributions of Angles in Random Packing on Spheres”, Department ofMathematics, University of Minnesota (04/06/12).3. Jiang, T. (2011), “Phase Transition in Distributions of Coherence of Large Random Matrices”,Department of Statistics, Iowa State University (10/31/11).

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 64. Jiang, T. (2011), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles”, Department of Mathematics,Iowa State University (10/31/11).5. Jiang, T. (2011), “Coherence of Matrices, Testing Covariance Structure and Constructionof Compressed Sensing Matrices”, Department of Mathematics, Dalian University of Scienceand Technology (08/10/11).6. Jiang, T. (2011), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?”, Department of Mathematics, Dalian University of Science andTechnology (08/09/11).7. Jiang, T. (2011), “Maxima of Entries of Haar Distributed Matrices”, Department of Mathematics,Dalian University of Science and Technology (08/08/11).8. Jiang, T. (2011), “Circular Law and Arc Law for Truncation of Random Unitary Matrix”,Department of Mathematics, Jilin University (07/28/11).9. Jiang, T. (2011), “Phase Transition in Limiting Distributions of Coherence of High-DimensionalRandom Matrices”, Department of Mathematics, Jilin University (07/28/11).10. Jiang, T. (2011), “Likelihood Ratio Tests for Covariance Matrices of High-Dimensional NormalDistributions”, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin at Madison (05/04/11).11. Jiang, T. (2010), “Likelihood Ratio Tests for Covariance Matrices of High-Dimensional NormalDistributions”, The Wharton School, Department of Statistics, University of Pennsylvania(10/28/10).12. Jiang, T. (2010), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles”, Department of Mathematics,University of Minnesota (09/10/10).13. Jiang, T. (2010), “Coherence of Matrices, Testing Covariance Structure and Construction ofCompressed Sensing Matrices”, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Northeast NormalUniversity, China (08/07/10).14. Jiang, T. (2010), “Coherence of Matrices, Testing Covariance Structure and Construction ofCompressed Sensing Matrices”, Department of Mathematics, Jilin University, China (07/15/10).15. Jiang, T. (2010), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles”, Department of Mathematics,Jilin University, China (07/15/10).16. Jiang, T. (2010), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles”, Department of Mathematics,University of Washington at Seattle (04/05/10).17. Jiang, T. (2010), “Moments of Traces for Circular Beta-ensembles”, Department of Mathematics,University of Wisconsin at Madison (03/04/10).18. Jiang, T. (2009), “Spectral Properties of Large Random Graphs”, School of Mathematics,University of Minnesota (11/20/09).19. Jiang, T. (2009), “Spectral Properties of Large Random Graphs”, School of Mathematics,Jilin University (07/22/09).

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 720. Jiang, T. (2008), “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributions ofEigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles”, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota (03/07/08).21. Jiang, T. (2007) “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributionsof Eigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles”, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, GeorgiaInstitute of Technology (10/04/07).22. Jiang, T. (2007), “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributionsof Eigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles”, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology(10/04/07)23. Jiang, T. (2007), “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributions ofEigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles” July, 2007, School of Statistics and Mathematics, NortheastNormal University, China.24. Jiang, T. (2007), “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributionsof Eigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles” July, 2007, the Department of Statistics, University ofScience and Technology of China, China.25. Jiang, T. (2007), “Approximation of Haar Distributed Matrices and Limiting Distributions ofEigenvalues of Jacobi Ensembles” June, 2007, at the School of Mathematics, Jilin University,China.26. Jiang, T. (2006), “The Spacings of Record Values” December 01, Department of Mathematics,University of Minnesota.27. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” November 15, 2004, Department of Mathematics, NorthwesternUniversity.28. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” October 13, 2004, Department of Statistics, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley.29. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” October 11, 2004, Department of Statistics, Stanford University.30. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” October 4, 2004, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago.31. Jiang, T. (2004), “Spectral Measure of Large Hankel, Markov and Toeplitz Matrices” September23, 2004, Department of Statistics, University of Minnesota.32. Jiang, T. (2004), “Spectral Measure of Large Hankel, Markov and Toeplitz Matrices” September17, 2004, Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota.33. Jiang, T. (2004), “A Comparison of Scores of Two Protein Structures With Foldings,” June21, 2004, School of Mathematics, Jilin University, China.34. Jiang, T. (2004), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” June 18,2004, School of Mathematics, Jilin University, China.

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 835. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” June 7, 2004, School of Mathematics and Statistics, NortheastNormal University, China.36. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” June 7, 2004, School of Mathematics, Jilin University, China.37. Jiang, T. (2004), “Maxima of Entries of Haar Distributed Matrices,” June 4, 2004, School ofMathematics, Jilin University, China.38. Jiang, T. (2004), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” January, 30, 2004, Department of Biostatistics, University ofWisconsin-Madison.39. Jiang, T. (2003), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” September, 12, 2003, School of Mathematics, Universityof Minnesota.40. Jiang, T. (2003), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” May 2, 2003, Department of Statistics, North Dakota State University.41. Jiang, T. (2003), “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximatedby Independent Normals?” April 17, 2003, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota.42. Jiang, T. (2003), “The Height’ of Haar measure On Certain Groups,” April 10, 2003, Schoolof Statistics, University of Minnesota.43. Jiang, T. (2002), “Maxima of Entries of Haar Distributed Matrices,” November 26, 2002,Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee.44. Jiang, T. (2002), “‘The Height’ of Haar measure On Certain Groups,” November 26, 2002,Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota.45. Jiang, T. (2000), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” June 18,2001, IMA Post-doc Seminar , University of Minnesota.46. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February 2,1999, Department of Statistics, Purdue University.47. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February 8,1999, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.48. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February,1999, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University.49. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February,Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University.50. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February,1999, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota.

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 951. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February,Department of Statistics, Rutgers University.52. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February,1999, Department of Statistics, Yale University.53. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” February,1999, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago.54. Jiang, T. (1999), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” March, 1999,Department of Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz.55. Jiang, T. (1998), “Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures,” November12, 1998, Probability Seminar, Department of Statistics, Stanford University.Shorted Courses1. “Random Matrix Theory” at Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, China (08/06/2012-08/08/2012).2. “Sample correlation matrices and Haar-invariant matrices and their applications”, France-China Summer School 2011, Changchun, China (07/10/2011-07/30/2011).3. “Random Matrices”, Summer School in Department of Mathematics at Beijing University,China (06/30/2008-07/11/2008).International Lectures for Universities1. “Coherence of Matrices, Testing Covariance Structure and Construction of Compressed SensingMatrices”, Department of Mathematics, Dalian University of Science and Technology,China (08/10/11).2. “How Many Entries of A Typical Orthogonal Matrix Can Be Approximated by IndependentNormals?”, Department of Mathematics, Dalian University of Science and Technology, China(08/09/11).3. “Maxima of Entries of Haar Distributed Matrices”, Department of Mathematics, Dalian Universityof Science and Technology, China (08/08/11).Ph.D. THESISTitle: Maxima of Partial Sums Indexed by Geometrical Structures.Advisor: Professor Amir Dembo.Place: Department of Statistics, Stanford University, 1999.

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 104 TeachingINSTRUCTOR OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES AT UMNCourse Title (Course Number) Course Level DateIntroductory to Statistics (Stat3011) undergraduate Fall 99,00,03,04,Spring 00,03,04Introductory to Probability and Statistics (Stat3021) undergraduate Fall 00,02,03, Spring 03Data Analysis (Stat3022) undergraduate Spring 00Theory of Statistics I (Stat4101) graduate Fall 00, 02Theory of Statistics II (Stat4102) graduate Spring 01Theory of Statistics I (Stat5101) undergraduate Fall 08, 09Theory of Statistics II (Stat5101) undergraduate Spring 09Mathematical Statistics I (Stat8101) graduate Fall 09, 10, 11Mathematical Statistics II (Stat8102) graduate Spring 10, 11, 12Mathematical Statistics I (Stat8111) graduate Fall 03,04,05,06Mathematical Statistics II (Stat8112) graduate Spring 04,05,06,07Random Matrices and High-dimensional Statistics (Stat8932) graduate Spring 20125 ServiceConference and Workshop Organizers• Conference organizer: Several Topics in Modern Statistics and Probability, Jilin University,Changchun, China, 07/2011.• Workshop organizer: Random Matrices and High Dimensional Statistics, University of Minnesotaat Minneapolis, 04/2011.• Workshop organizer: The Jack Polynomial and Its Applications in Statistics, Jilin Universityat Changchun, China, 06/2010.• Workshop organizer: Random Graphs, Jilin University at Changchun, China, 06/2009.• Workshop organizer: Random Matrices, Jilin University at Changchun, China, 06/2008.• Workshop organizer: Special Partial Differential Equations and Random Matrices, Jilin Universityat Changchun, China, 06/2007.• Workshop organizer: Random Matrices, Jilin University at Changchun, China, 06/2006.• Workshop organizer: Representations of Lie Groups and their Applications, Jilin Universityat Changchun, China, 06/2005.• Conference co-organizer: Midwest Probability Colloquium, Northwest University at Chicago,10/2004.GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND AWARDS

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 11• Principal Investigator of “Matrix Theory and High Dimensional Statistics”, agency: NSF,grant period: September, 2012 - September, 2015.• Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2011 - July, 2012.• Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2010 - July, 2011.• Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2009 - July, 2010.• Principal Investigator of “CAREER continued: Random Matrices and Related Topics”,agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2007 - July, 2008.• Principal Investigator of “CAREER: Random Matrices and Related Topics”, total grant:$128,167, agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2005 - July, 2007.• Principal Investigator of “A Study of Random Matrix Problems Related to Statistics” , totalgrant: $100,266, agency: NSF, grant period: July, 2003 - July, 2006.Editorial Service• Associate Editor of Communication in Mathematical Research (2011-present).JOURNAL REFEREED (not counting multiplicities), 2005-PRESENT• Journal of Korean Mathematical Society, Journal of Inequalities and Applications, Informationand Inference (A Journal of the IMA), Journal of the American Statistical Association,Biometrika, Annals of Statistics, Random Matrices: Theory and Applications, BernoulliJournal, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Transactions of American Mathematical Society,Annals of Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Journal of Theoretical Probability,International Mathematics Research Notices, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,Probability Theory and Related Fields.GRANT AND AWARD PROPOSALS REFEREED• The Funds for Singapore Ministry of Education, 2011.• S. T. Yau International High School Mathematics Awards, 2010.MEMBERS• Member of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.GRADUATE ADVISEES

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 12Yang, Fan: Ph.D., Aug. 2011, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota. Dissertation:Likelihood Ratio Tests for High-dimensional Normal Distributions.Ding, Xue: Ph.D., June 2010, School of Mathematics, Jilin University, China. Dissertation:Spectral Properties of Matrices Related to Random Graphs.Zhou, Tianyun: Master, 2007, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota.Li, Danning: Ph.D., June 2012 (expected), School of Statistics, University of Minnesota.MEMBER OF GRADUATE EXAMINING COMMITTEESstudent department program date Completed:Ma, Xiaoye Biostatistics M.S. Spring 12 yesCheng, Mengfan Statistics BS Spring 12 yesYang, Fan Statistics PhD Fall 11 yesKim, Ji Hee Mathematics PhD Fall 11 noLi, Danning Statistics PhD Fall 11 noHu, Yan Biostatistics PhD Fall 11 yesKong, Lingtian Mathematics M.S. Spring 11 yesWu, Linlin Statistics BS Spring 11 yesLin, Jun Statistics BS Spring 10 yesWang, Long Statistics BS Spring 10 yesZhao, Peng Statistics BS Spring 10 yesLuo, Yiyang Statistics BS Spring 10 yesZhang, Yan Statistics M.S. Fall 09 yesZhu, Fukang (Jilin U., China) Statistics Ph.D. Spring 08 yesTan, Xili (Jilin U., China) Statistics Ph.D. Spring 08 yesKong, Xiaoxiao Biostatistics Ph.D. Fall 07 yesDavide Ferrari Statistics Ph.D. Fall 07 yesFujin Lu Statistics Ph.D. Spring 07 yesFan Yang Statistics Ph.D. Fall 06 yesQiaoyang Lu Statistics M.S. Fall 06 yesTianyun Zhou Statistics M.S. Fall 06 yesXinyun Zhu Statistics M.S. Spring 06 yesFan Lin Statistics M.S. Autumn 05 yesYi He Biostatistics M.S. Summer 04 yesChristopher Cook Statistics Ph.D. Spring 04 yesMingyan Lin Mathematics M.S. Spring 04 yesPonchai Chaiyamart Applied Economics M.S. Fall 03 yesLance Vrieze Fisheries and Wildlife Ph.D. Fall 02 yesHaihong Zhu Statistics Ph.D. Spring 02 yesXiaofang Shi Statistics M.S. Spring 01 yesDEPARTMENT COMMITTEES

Tiefeng Jiang CURRICULUM VITAE October 4, 2012 13Committee Date RoleUndergraduate Committee 9/99-9/00, 9/01-9/02 memberComputing Committee 9/99-9/01 memberCurriculum Committee 9/03-9/04 memberAdmission Committee 09/04- 04/07 memberExam Committee 08/04-present memberUNIVERSITY COMMITTEESCommittee Date RoleCLA Advisory Committee for the UndergraduateResearch Opportunities Program (UROP) 09/2006 member