Dr. Jinyuan Chang received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in July 2013. From September 2013 to February 2017, he was a Research Fellow in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne. He currently serves as Executive Dean of the Institute of Statistics and Interdisciplinary Research at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), and as Executive Director of the Joint Laboratory of Data Science and Business Intelligence, SWUFE . He is also a Professor in the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science at Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Awards and Honors
2025: New Era Youth Pioneer of 2025
2024: The Special Government Allowance of the State Council
The First Prize of the 19th Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Higher Education Youth Science Award
The Third Prize of the 9th Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award in Institutes of Higher Education (Humanities and Social Sciences) by the Ministry of Education
The 27th Sichuan Youth May 4th Medal
2023: The Second Prize of Liu Shibai Fund for Outstanding Scientific Achievement
2021: The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China
Fundings and Projects
2025.01 – 2029.12: Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Statistical management theory of large-scale business scenarios”
2025.01 – 2029.12: Project of the Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Data science theory in large-scale business scenarios”
2024.01 – 2024.12: Tianyuan Fund for Mathematics, National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Statistical inference of microstructure noise in high-dimensional high-frequency financial data”
2022.01 – 2026.12: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China, “Fast algorithm and theoretical analysis for solving ultra high dimensional econometric models”
Professional Experience
2023.01 – present: Associate Editor of Journal of the American Statistical Association
2022.12 – present: Executive Council Member of the Probability and Statistics Branch of the Chinese Mathematical Society
2022.01 – present: Area Editor of Journal of Management Sciences in China
2019.04 – present: Vice President of the Youth Statisticians Association of the National Industrial Statistics Teaching and Research Association
2019.03 – present: Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics
latest news
Chang’s Paper Accepted by IJCAI2026
The paper “EMMS: Multi-Label Multi-Dimensional Selection”, co-authored by Ph.D. student Li Yang and Prof. Yanyong Huang of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Prof. Jinyuan Chang from our team, CTO Ou Zheng of Zhiling Tech, Postdoctoral Fellow Minbo Ma of Tsinghua University, and Prof. Xiaoyi Jiang of the University of Münster, has been officially accepted by the Main Track of IJCAI 2026, one of the renowned international conferences in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Huang’s Paper Accepted by JBES
The paper “Estimation of factors using higher-order multi-cumulants in weak factor models”, co-authored by Dr. Guanglin Huang from our team, Prof. Wanbo Lu of the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China, Prof. Kris Boudt of Ghent University, Belgium, has been officially accepted by the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, one of the leading international journals in the field of statistics.
Chang’s Paper Accepted by JRSSB
The paper “Autoregressive Networks with Dependent Edges”, co-authored by Prof. Jinyuan Chang from our team, Dr. Qin Fang of the University of Sydney, Australia, Prof. Eric D. Kolaczyk of McGill University, Canada, Dr. Peter W. MacDonald of the University of Waterloo, and Prof. Qiwei Yao of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, has been officially accepted by the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, one of the leading international journals in the field of statistics.
Chang and Yang’s Paper Accepted by JASA
The paper “Adapting to Noise Tails in Private Linear Regression”, co-authored by Prof. Jinyuan Chang, postdoctoral researcher Lin Yang from our team, PhD student Mengyue Zha of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Professor Wenxin Zhou of the University of Illinois Chicago, has been officially accepted by the Journal of the American Statistical Association, one of the leading international journals in statistics.
Chang, Du and He’s Paper Accepted by JASA
The paper “Testing Independence and Conditional Independence in High Dimensions via Coordinatewise Gaussianization,” co-authored by Prof. Jinyuan Chang, doctoral candidate Yue Du, Prof. Jing He from our team, and Prof. Qiwei Yao of the London School of Economics and Political Science, has been officially accepted by the Journal of the American Statistical Association, one of the leading international journals in the field of statistics.
Zhou’s Paper Accepted by JASA
The paper “Statistical Inference for Mediation Models with High Dimensional Exposures and Mediators,” co-authored by Dr. Wei Zhou from our team, Prof. Jingyuan Liu and doctoral candidate Xinyu Zhang of Xiamen University, and Prof. Jian Kang of the University of Michigan, has been officially accepted by the Journal of the American Statistical Association, one of the leading international journals in the field of statistics.
Chang Named Associate Editor of OR
Recently, Professor Jinyuan Chang was invited by Professor Amy R. Ward of the University of Chicago, Editor-in-Chief of the international top-tier academic journal Operations Research, to officially serve as an Associate Editor in the area of Machine Learning and Data Science.
Chang, Du and Huang’s Paper Accepted by AoS
The paper “Identification and estimation for matrix time series CP-factor models”, co-authored by Prof. Jinyuan Chang, doctoral student Yue Du, postdoctoral fellow Guanglin Huang from our team, and Prof. Qiwei Yao from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), has been officially accepted by the Annals of Statistics, one of the world’s leading journals in the field of statistics.
Chen Awarded Funding by National Bureau of Statistics
Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics announced the approval of the 2025 Major Statistical Special Projects. The project “Theory and Application of Population Statistics Integrating Sampling Surveys and Multi-Source Big Data”, led by Dr. Lei Chen, was approved for funding.
Chen and Zhou Awarded Funding by NSFC
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has recently announced the evaluation results of its 2025 project applications. Two projects from our team have been successfully awarded funding by Young Scientists Fund (Category C): “Clustering and Covariance Estimation of High-Dimensional Functional Time Series” led by Dr. Cheng Chen, and “Statistical Learning of Causal Chain Graph Models: Methods and Applications” led by Dr. Wei Zhou.
Dai Awarded Funding by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Recently, the Office of the National Postdoctoral Management Committee and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(CPSF) announced the evaluation results of the 2025 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF. The project "Research on Sufficient Dimension Reduction Theory and Algorithms under Complex Data Conditions" led by postdoctoral fellow Shuang Dai has been approved for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF (Band C).
Chang Elected as the 14th ACYF National Committee
From July 2nd to 3rd, 2025, the plenary session of the 14th committee of the All-China Youth Federation（ACYF） was held in Beijing. The session reviewed work reports, discussed and amended the ACYF Constitution, and elected the new leadership for the federation. Prof. Jinyuan Chang was elected as a member of the 14th Committee of All-China Youth Federation.
Dai and Zhang Awarded Funding by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
The China Postdoctoral Science Foundation has recently announced the results of the 77th batch (2025) of its General Program funding review. Two projects led by our postdoctoral fellows have been successfully awarded funding.
Zhou’s Paper Accepted by Statistica Sinica
The paper "Efficient Learning of DAG Structures in Heavy-tailed Data", co-authored by Dr. Wei Zhou from our team, Prof. Wei Zhong and doctoral student Xueqian Kang of Xiamen University, and Prof. Junhui Wang of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has been officially accepted by Statistica Sinica.
Chang and Zhu’s Paper Accepted by JRSSB
The paper "Bayesian Penalized Empirical Likelihood and MCMC Sampling", co-authored by Prof. Jinyuan Chang from our team, Prof. Chengyong Tang of Temple University (USA), and postdoctoral researcher Yuanzheng Zhu from our team, has been officially accepted by the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, one of the most prestigious journals in the field of statistics.
Chang’s Paper Accepted by JASA
The paper "Statistical Inference for High-Dimensional Spectral Density Matrix", co-authored by Prof. Jinyuan Chang from our team, Qing Jiang of Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Senior Statistical Analyst Tucker McElroy from the U.S. Census Bureau, and Prof. Xiaofeng Shao from Washington University in St. Louis, has been officially accepted by the Journal of the American Statistical Association, a leading journal in the field of statistics.
Chang Elected as the Standing Committee Member and Director of the Social Science Circle of Sichuan Youth Federation
On January 4, the 15th Plenary Session of the Sichuan Youth Federation Committee was held in Chengdu. The meeting elected the new leadership team of the 15th Committee of the Sichuan Youth Federation, including the president and standing committee members.
Chang Awarded the First Prize of the 19th Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Higher Education Youth Science Award
Recently, a ceremony to present the 19th Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation (FYTEF) Higher Education Youth Science Award and Education and Teaching Award was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu. According to the decision made by the expert review organized by the Ministry of Education and the joint meeting of the Foundation's Board of Directors and Advisory Committee, a total of 10 teachers nationwide were awarded the First Prize of Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Higher Education Youth Science Award and Education and Teaching Award (5 in each category). Professor Jinyuan Chang was awarded the First Prize of the Youth Science Award.
Chang’s Paper Accepted by JASA
The paper "On the Modeling and Prediction of High-Dimensional Functional Time Series", co-authored by Prof. Jinyuan Chang from our team, Assistant Prof. Qin Fang of the University of Sydney, Prof. Xinghao Qiao of the University of Hong Kong, and Prof. Qiwei Yao of the London School of Economics and Political Science, has been officially accepted by the Journal of the American Statistical Association, one of the top journals in the field of statistics.
Chang Awarded Funding by NSFC
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has recently announced the evaluation results of its Major Programs for 2024. The Major Program titled “Statistical Management Theory of Large-Scale Business Scenarios”, led by Prof. Jinyuan Chang from the Joint Laboratory of Data Science and Business Intelligence at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), has been officially approved. The project is a joint effort with Prof. Weidong Liu of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Researcher Xinyu Zhang from the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Gang Kou of SWUFE, and Prof. Hansheng Wang of Peking University.