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The result was snowball keep. (non-admin closure) Timotheus Canens (talk) 23:51, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

T. Tony Cai

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Is this professor sufficiently notable? He won what appeared to be a notable award (COPSS Presidents' Award), but the winners of that award largely don't have articles. I see no other indicator of notability. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 16:43, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:06, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep and please close this one quickly. A named chair holder at a major research university (WP:PROF, #5), an editorial board member Annals of Statistics (probably the number one journal in the discipline), an editorial board member of a bunch of other journals and publications, plus the 2008 COPSS Presidents' Award is plenty enough for passing WP:PROF. In fact, according to his webpage (which seems to be confirmed by the journal's website[1]), starting in 2010 he will move from being an Associate Editor to one of the two Editors of Annals of Statistics. Let me quote from the COPSS Presidents' Award citation[2]:For fundamental and wide-ranging contributions to the mathematics, theory and methods of statistics, including the theory and application of wavelets, block thresholding in wavelet regression, optimality theory, adaptation in nonparametric function estimation, confidence intervals in small samples, and methods for false discovery rate control; for applications to chemical identification, medical imaging and microarray data analysis; and for outstanding contributions to the statistical profession through extensive editorial work and mentorship of students. Nsk92 (talk) 21:29, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plus, here is an election citation when he was elected in 2006 as a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics [3]:for pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of nonparametric function estimation; for the introduction of innovative blockthresholding schemes; and for important contributions to the theory of adaptive inference. Nsk92 (talk) 22:08, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. In addition to the above, subject has good GS cites. I note that the nominator claims to be a lawyer but makes no claim to be a mathematician. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:18, 25 December 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Keep: Passes WP:PROF. Joe Chill (talk) 00:21, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Obvious pass of WP:PROF #5, probable pass of #3, and (with three papers of 100+ citations in Google scholar) a good case for #1 as well. Only a single criterion is needed for a keep. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:08, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. But the article could be WP:BETTER if it had a paragraph on his research with some links out to the relevant pages within wikipedia. Edward Vielmetti (talk) 03:30, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Snow Keep. The above facts confirm notability beyond doubt. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 17:36, 26 December 2009 (UTC).[reply]
The first thing that struck me when I saw this listed on the math WikiProject's "current activities" page as being listed for deletion, is that I recognize the name Tony Cai. Anyway, this person appears to meet WP:PROF #5. Hence, keep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Hardy (talk • contribs)
Keep - has at least one paper of many good citations in Google scholar. --DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 00:49, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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