Victor H. de la Peña is Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics and a Medallion Lecturer for IMS in 2007.Tze Leung LAI: Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Science from Academia Sinica (2001), Starr Lectures in Financial Mathematics from the University of Hong Kong (2001), Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellowship (1999-2000), Richard Anderson Lecture in Statistics from University of Kentucky (1999), Election to Academia Sinica (1994), Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Award (1983), John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1983-84).Qi-Man SHAO is Associate Editor of 5 top journals and co-author of: Chen, M. H., Shao, Q. M. and Ibrahim, J.G.… (2000) , Monte Carlo Methods In Bayesian Computation . Springer Series in Statistics, Springer-Verlag , New York. ISBN 0-387-98935-