Organized by the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), the fifth Global Scientist Interdisciplinary Forum (The Forum) took place in Shenzhen from January 3 to January 5 in 2020. Over 300 outstanding young scholars from home and abroad attended the forum.

Prof. Xuming He from University of Michigan was invited to give a lecture entitled "Inference on Selected Subgroups in Clinical Trials" in the morning on Monday, Dec 16, 2019. Professor Qiman Shao from the Department of Statistics and Data Science hosted the lecture. As the lecture was given in English, this news report will be presented in English in order to ensure the accuracy of the terminology.

In the afternoon of October 15, 2019, Prof. Jinchao Xu from the Pennsylvania State University was invited to give a lecture entitled "Deep Learning and Scientific Computing". Professor Qiman Shao from the Department of Statistics and Data Science hosted the lecture. As many of the terms referred to here in the lecture was given in English, this report will also be presented in English for the sake of the accuracy.

Professor Shao Qiman, Head of the Department of Statistics and Data Science at the Southern University of Science and Technology, was elected to the Institute of Mathematical Statistics’ Council in June 2019 for a term of 2019-2022.