Wenbo V. Li
Professor of Mathematics

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Research Interests. Stochastic modelling and analysis in sciences (mathematics, statistics, computation, biology, finance, engineering, networks); Gaussian processes and applications of Gaussian methods; Gaussian Random and Free Fields; Small deviation/value probabilities; Probability estimates for exit/survival/crossing time; Boundary crossing probabilities with applications to sequential analysis; Stochastic and combinatorial optimization/algorithm; Random polynomials and matrices; Stochastic inequalities; Simulation; Probabilistic methods; Probability on Banach spaces and geometric functional analysis; Stochastic partial differential equations and random dynamics.
  • Publications;

    • Selected Professional and Educational Experience

    Current/Selected Professional Services

    Upcoming/Recent Conferences

  • The eighth World Congress in Probability and Statistics, Istanbul, Turkey, July 9-14, 2012.
  • Meeting the Challenges of High Dimension: Statistical Methodology, Theory and Applications, Singapore, Mid-Aug – Mid-Nov, 2011.
  • Third IMS-China Int. Conf. on Statistics and Probability, Xian, China, Summer, 2011.
  • 35th Conf. on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, Oaxaca, Mexico, June 19-25, 2011.
  • Probability and Discrete Mathematics in Mathematical Biology, Singapore, Mid-Mar – early June, 2011.
  • The Ninth Northeast Probability Seminar (NEPS) , CUNY, New York City, Nov. 2010.
  • Congress of Chinese Probability and Statistics Society, Nankai, China, Oct. 2010.
  • CMI's summer school on "Probability and Statistical Physics in Two (and more) dimensions". July 11 to August 7, 2010 in Buzios, Brzil.
  • The 19th Simposio Nacional de Probabilidade e Estatística (SINAPE) of the Brazilian Statistical Association (ABE), Sao Pedro-SP Período, Brazil, July 26-30, 2010.
  • The Seventh Workshop on Markov Processes and Related Topics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, July 19-23, 2010.
  • An international conference in honor of P.L. Hsu’s 100th birthday, Peking University, Beijing, July 5-7, 2010.
  • The Tenth Int. Vilnius, Conf. on Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 28-July 2, 2010.
  • From Markov Processes to Brownian Motion and Beyond: An Int. Conf. in Memory of Kai Lai Chung, Beijing, June 13-16, 2010.
  • Workshop on Stochastics and Dynamics: Asymptotic Problems, University of Maryland, College Park, May 6-9, 2010.
  • Conference in honor Len Gross: Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics, April 11-13, 2010.
  • Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and their Applications, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, March 29- April 1, 2010.
  • Seminar on Stochastic Processes 2010, University of Central Florida, March 11-13, 2010.
  • Stochastics and Real World Models, International Graduate College (IGK), Bielefeld, Feb. 15-19, 2010.
  • Workshop on random complex structures and data science, Institute of Applied Mathematics, CAS, Jan. 2010.
  • The Eighth Northeast Probability Seminar (NEPS) , Columbia University, Nov 19-20, 2009.
  • The XI Latin American Congress in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 1-6, 2009.
  • Workshop on ``Random Dynamics: Where Probability and Ergodic Theory Meet'', 2009 Fall Eastern Section Meeting of AMS, Penn State, Oct. 24-25, 2009.
  • Int. Workshop on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, Shandong University, Weihai, China, July 20-24, 2009.
  • Third Int. Conf. on Stochastic Analysis and Its Applications, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, July 13-17, 2009.
  • Second IMS-China Int. Conf. on Statistics and Probability, Weihai, China, July 3-6, 2009.
  • First IMS-APRM (IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meetings), Seoul National University, Seoul, June 28 - July 1, 2009.
  • Int. Conf. on Applied Mathematics, 30th Anniversary of the Institute of Applied Mathematics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, June 27 to 28, 2009.
  • Advances in Stochastic Inequalities and Their Applications, Banff Int. Research Station (BIRS), Canada, June 7-12, 2009.
  • 2009 John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures, Stochastic Analysis and Applications, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April 17-18, 2009.
  • Workshop ``Small Ball Inequalities in Analysis, Probability, and Irregularities of Distribution'', AIM, Palo Alto, CA, Dec. 8-12, 2008.
  • The Seven Northeast Probability Seminar (NEPS) , Courant Institute, NYU, Nov. 20-21, 2008.
  • Fall 2008 Meeting of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware section of the MAA (EPaDel), Ursinus College, PA, Nov. 8, 2008.
  • Gaussian Analysis and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, AMS Southeastern meeting, Huntsville, AL, Oct. 24-26, 2008.
  • Chinese-French Meeting in Probability and Analysis, Centre Int. de Rencontres Mathematiques in Marseille-Luminy, France, Sep. 8-12, 2008.
  • Sixth Workshop on Markov Processes and Related Topics, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, July 21-26, 2008.
  • First IMS-China Int. Conf. on Statistics and Probability, Hangzhou, China, June 11-13, 2008.
  • High Dimensional Probability V, Centre Int. de Rencontres Mathematiques in Marseille-Luminy, France, May 26-30, 2008.
  • Workshop ``Probability and Geometry in Interaction'' Toulouse, France, May, 2008.
    Mathematical Geneology .
    • J. Kuelbs, R. Cameron, W. Hurwitz, D. Hilbert, C. Lindeman, F. Klein, R. Lipschitz, G. Dirichlet, S. Poisson and J. Fourier, J. Lagrange, L. Euler, J. Bernoulli.

    Teaching: Math 450 Math 630.

    Probability Seminar: 2001-Spring 2010
    Useful Links:
  • Probability Tutorials .
  • Electronic Journal for History of Probability and Statistics .

    Last modified Nov. 2009 by W.V. Li,